Category: CREATING MEMORIES
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We are firm believers in helping our children get the recommended amount of sleep. I notice a huge difference when my kids are well rested. They are pleasant to be around, not as crabby and much more helpful. Our bedtime ritual starts after dinner. We play really hard for an hour to get the energy…
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Today we made a sound wall. I am sure our neighbors are going to love us for it. My friend has been reading a book called Creative Families, by Amanda Blake Soule. One of the pages that caught friend’s attention and thought my kids would love was an idea called the sound wall. Interested, I…
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A family that learns to clean together, learns to play together. My brother-n-law works many long hours during the week. On the weekends, he enjoys staying home with his kids and doing chores together. He says it allows him to reconnect with his children, while at the same time the chores are tackled. He suggests…
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The first day of school is just around the corner. For those of you who send your kids off with a packed lunch, here are a couple of ideas to get you started without a fight. Take three small baskets and fill one with fresh fruit, another with vegetables and the third with additional healthy…
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I have always loved movies. Some of my clearest childhood memories are of going to the movies. I can remember the whole family going to the drive-in and another time sitting on my dad’s lap watching Raider’s of the Lost Ark. During the summer, our local movie theater hosts a free movie day every week.…
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You can have a picnic anywhere: in the backyard, on the floor under the dining table, in a tent made of blankets, or an actual tent inside or outside the house. Give everyone invited an assignment to bring something. It could be food, a song or a book about picnics, a blanket, place mats, a…
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Whether it is cracking eggs, measuring ingredients, or setting the table, helping plan the menu, or anything else age appropriate; when kids are part of the preparation and cooking process, they tend to eat what they had a hand in making. To help get my kids involved in the meal, we pretend we are going…
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Father’s day is the official day designated to give dad the recognition he deserves. Every year at our house, the kids make a card fashioned with their hand prints. It is sweet to look at the cards from the past few years to see how much the kids have grown both physically and artistically. What…