Category Archive: kids

Apr 28

Monsters University – Trailer

I can’t wait for this one to come out in theaters on June 21st! My kids always adored the original Monsters Inc, so I hope they still enjoy this one as much even though they are older now.

Apr 27

Do As I Say Not As I Do

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Jayde had this really cool project that required two weeks to complete. She spent a huge chunk of her Spring Break working on this because she was super excited about it. Basically the assignment was to create an animal and habitat, then write about it. Jayde created a “fleagle”, which was basically a mis of …

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Apr 25

Breaking Routines

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This week we decided to surprise the kids with a trip to the park after school, we even had John show up after he got off work so that they could get time with Dad too. We ate frozen yogurt and animal crackers and watched the fish swim in the creek. Then we decided to …

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Apr 18

UnCommon Custom Cases

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This article may include a provided product or affiliate link. See footer for full details. Mother’s Day is just around the corner on May 12th. Which means it is time to start planning to make that special mother in your life feel really special. For me nothing is more special that a personalized gift, especially …

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Apr 14

Fragment Friday 4/12- Super Late Edition

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Whew this week has worn me out, which pretty much explains why my Friday post is being posted on Sunday. – This week my friends super adorable 5 year old stayed with us. He’s so cute it almost makes me want to have another kid… almost. – It also finally warmed up enough that we …

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Apr 11

Spring is Here At Last!

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I always say how much I really love snow but it seems that we haven’t actually gotten enough snow the past few years to really account for anything. So I have been especially excited for Spring this year so that I can get back outside with the kids. Luckily yesterday was GORGEOUS, so we surprised …

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Apr 10

Simplifying and Organizing- Spring Cleaning Edition

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Spring cleaning has proven to be much harder this year than the years before. In general we just have WAY too much stuff, most of it is crap that we haven’t touched in a very long time but yet we ( I ) have not gotten around to getting rid of it just yet.I have …

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Apr 09

WW 4/10

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Apr 08

How to help your child do better at school

“An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.” – Benjamin Franklin Often, the best students don’t have tutors or go to special schools; they are frequently the products of good parenting.  Parents must remember that their son or daughter’s success in school doesn’t merely rely on lessons learned in the classroom, but rather begins …

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Mar 28

How Young is Too Young?

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Yesterday was the day that all parents dread, one of them at least…. The day that your child has their first boyfriend/girlfriend. I figured that I still had a decent amount of time before my kids had any real interested in the opposite sex. I mean my oldest is 12 and my youngest is 9, …

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