Before we had kids I heard this idea and tucked it away for when we would one day need it. Now that our girls are a bit older I pulled this one out. When my husband goes out of town or the country, with the military, our girls have such a hard time adjusting. They [...]

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This recipe is easy enough for you kids to help prepare. It’s also a tasty way to get a serving of fruit in for the day! Our girls love desserts and fruit so this is a perfect way to give them something healthy and delicious. They also think they are getting something fancy because of [...]

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It’s time to start getting ready for back to school! I can’t believe the summer is almost over for us. Kraft foods was the source for these lunchbox tricks. Place a frozen juice box in your kids’ lunchbox. – it’ll keep the food chilled and will be thawed by lunchtime. Go for variety. Make sandwiches [...]

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The Setup Head to the dollar store to pick up plastic pitchers, napkins and small paper cups. You’ll also need a sturdy table, chairs, a cooler, ice and lots of lemonade. Advertise Bring in the crowds by posting signs around the neighborhood. Just be sure to take down and recycle the signs afterward. Choose a [...]

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Tonight while I was browsing my favorite recipe site allrecipes.com I found these air travel snack idea for traveling with your kids.  So I thought I would pass along the information. By: Sydny Carter Even if everything goes according to schedule, traveling with children can be a challenge. Children run better on a full tank, [...]

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Begin your child’s kitchen adventure with…wooden spoons, plastic or metal mixing bowls, wire whisk, kid’s cookbook, step stool, hot pads, plastic nesting measuring cups, and a child sized apron. Safety first. Keep young children away from a hot stove, oven, sharp knives and cheese graters. Allow even the youngest chef to pour the ingredients into [...]

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I’m going to have the song from Blue’s Clues stuck in my head all morning! “Oh, here’s the mail it never fails it makes me wanna wag my tail, when it comes i wanna wail, MAIL!!!!” Now I’m not going to be the only one. Anyway, a mailbox is a fun way to interact with [...]

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Our girls love to dress up! They have dress up clothes at home and a whole box of more dress up stuff at Grammy and Granddad’s house. My mom and I enjoy going to after Halloween sales and picking up cheap costumes to add to the box. Below are some tips from Martha Stewart for [...]

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Tonight the girls and I are going to pop some popcorn and settle in for a movie.  Each Saturday night this summer, The Wonderful World of Disney is playing a movie on ABC at 8/7c.  The movie for tonight is: Anne Hathaway and Academy Award¨-winner Julie Andrews return to the throne in this delightful sequel [...]

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Today is a quick and easy idea. For this race, all you need is a few cotton balls and some straws. Let the kids blow through the straws and race the cotton balls. This seems to work best if you get them to stand on one side of a table and blow the cotton ball [...]

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Awhile back a friend of mine shared a wonderful site with me. Thanks, Stacie! It is a place you can go read books online. What a great way to sample books before you buy them. Our girls also love to play on Mommy’s computer so this is a fun way to read to them. Click [...]

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Quick and easy sponge ball toy for the pool, backyard water fun or the bathtub! What you will need: Three kitchen sponges; the 3×5 size works best Zip ties or string Directions: Cut each sponge into thirds, lengthwise Gather the 9 pieces together in a bundle Center a zip tie around all the sponges and [...]

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What better way to cool off on a hot summer day than with some homemade ice cream? Have the kids make it themselves for the treat to be even sweeter. Here are two very easy ways for your children to have fun making it. Ice Cream In A Bag This no-cook recipe for vanilla ice [...]

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Here is another way to keep little hands busy.  All the little hands around here lately keep getting into things they shouldn’t, so tomorrow morning, we are passing out lacing cards.  It’s easy to make your own! Lacing cards are also a fun way for your kids to further develop their hand to eye coordination [...]

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Today is movie day! Each week during the summer we take the girls to the movies. Our theater shows kid movies each Tuesday and Wednesday at 10 am. It’s the same movie each day so we get a choice which works better in our schedule. For $2 each, we get admission to the movie, a [...]

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