Parenting
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An End of Summer Arts and Crafts Project
We have two more weeks of summer before the kids head back to school and – MAN! – am I counting down the days! My kids are restless, annoying, short-tempered, and B-O-R-E-D. So,…
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WARNING: You are now entering the “too cool” phase of parenting!
This Sunday, we were sitting in church together as a family. The first 20 minutes or so of our service is praise and worship music, and so we were all standing up singing…
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WWJD: Summer Snack Trays
I mentioned on Instagram the other day that I had a parenting mentor. I tossed it out there jokingly, but the more I thought about it, the more it is absolutely true. Jamie…
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Nerf War Birthday Party
Bean turned nine the last week of school, but we decided to have his party after school had ended and everyone’s schedules settled down a bit. Also, we wanted to wait until Gracie…
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Books My Kids Are Reading: Ages 7 and 9
It’s been a while since I’ve shared about our books around here. I’ll do a post later about my summer reading list, but I thought I’d give some ideas for books for kids…
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Ideas for a Girl Scout Bridging Ceremony
This past Saturday, my mom and I hosted Gracie’s Daisy troop bridging ceremony at my house. Our Girl Scout troop was bridging from Daisies to Brownies, which happens at the end of 1st…
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How to Mom: Multicultural Day
So, a few weeks ago, Gracie brought home this huge Multicultural Day project. She was super excited and wanted to start working on it right away, but I told her we had two…
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Living that Orlando Life
On Friday, I took the day off to be a chaperone on Gracie’s class field trip to Sea World. It was such a fun day with her! I love getting to see her…
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The Sneaky Entrepreneur
I picked Bean and Gracie up from their aftercare program yesterday afternoon and one of the teachers pulled me aside. “Um… Mrs. Brown… Michael has been making rainbow loom bracelets for all the…
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Chores for Elementary Aged Children
I started to write this post and it reminded me of a little spelling test Gracie took a few months ago in which she forgot a very important letter in one of her…
