Creating Tradition – Yummutricious Movie Night

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Movie nights are much anticipated events around here, especially new releases they haven’t seen before. Since movie night is often on a weekend, the pre-movie meal will commonly be pizza and chocolate milk (something that was basically a tradition for me growing up), so keeping snacks fun but also healthy is always at the forefront of [...]

Find the Truth – Learning Difficulties in Children

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Since I am a parent of a child who has had severe difficulties fitting into the public education system I have a few rather strong feelings on this matter and today I’m speaking out from my perspective. Please note: This post is solely from what I have learned as a parent of a child who [...]

Ready for School?

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As we quickly jet toward August a lot of families are already starting to prepare for yet another school year. As we head there I know so many families are starting a new year in very different stages. For some of us it’s old hat, but for some of you the new school year may [...]

Baked Apples with Raisins – Healthy Dessert

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Recently I stumbled upon a recipe that is actually a fun dessert we ate growing up. Once again showing that good things just keep coming back and that healthy foods definitely can be a great tradition! This dessert (or snack even) tastes like individual apple pies (without the crust which is fine with me). The one [...]

Beanie Designs

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As a Mom of a new little one, I must say one of my favorite things is finding something that is a “Must-Have“ for my baby that turns out to be treasured for it‘s comfort and cuteness. Finding a company that makes cute baby hats that are also organic is priceless! When we were asked [...]

Krazy Kid Moment

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I have always cut all my boys’ hair. I actually began cutting even hubby’s hair about 6 months after we got married. Salesman has always liked longer hair styles and likes to try to find ways out of getting his hair trimmed. He’s creative and tends to attempt persuasion and distraction to get out of [...]

Sane Summer Travel? An Interview with Suzanne Rowan Kelleher

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Later this month our family will embark on our biggest family trip ever and the idea of all 8 of us being cooped up in the Yukon for a trip to the other side of the mountains where we will stay for a week has been a little bit daunting. How do I fit everything [...]

Beachy Birthday Bash

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I know things have been pretty quiet around here but between the 4th of July, J-Man’s birthday and the Big Birthday Bash we threw for all of the boys last weekend things have been anything but quiet around our house. With 6 kiddos and a busy extended family it can be extremely crazy to try [...]

Preschool Learning – Mom Tech Corner

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I have neglected mom tech for the last few weeks and wanted to follow up this week with a few great edu-apps for Preschoolers. This week’s suggestions are all Punflay apps. They sent me these to review with my little guys and they really are worth grabbing if you’re in the market for super fun, [...]