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Category Archives: Fun
DIY Climbing Wall
I totally loved this idea at my friend’s house! They had built a wooden shed on the side of their house, and creatively crafted a climbing wall on the outside. Taking pieces of scrap wood, they cut them into any kind of shape, smoothed it out a bit and screwed them in. That’s it. Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Children, Fun, Heidi, Money Saving Tips, Outdoor Activities, Summer Fun
Tagged activity for kids, climbing wall, DIY climbing wall, rock wall
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Valentine Hair Clips–small DIY gift
I wanted to give several little girls a Valentine that didn’t involve sugar, but that they would like (which ruled out my sugarless prune brownies–I didn’t even like those. Don’t search for the post, you won’t find it). I found … Continue reading
Posted in Crafts, Sunny, Valentine's Day
Tagged diy valentine, felt, hair clip, hot glue, love, Valentine's Day
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Most Intriguing History Book Series for Kids and Adults
Way back in April 2011, I posted about two history books, one of which I had heard about and not yet read. Okay, so now we are reading it, and I LOVE it!! I give it raving reviews and recommend … Continue reading
Posted in Learning, school, School Age
Tagged history for children, learning fun, story of the world, Susan Bauer, world history
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Birthday Party – Island Style
My daughter’s birthday party was so super fun, and I want to share what we did so that you might be inspired when planning your next child’s birthday. I first want to give credit to Family Fun magazine for giving … Continue reading
Posted in Birthdays, Children, Heidi, Outdoor Activities, Relationships, Uncategorized
Tagged birthday ideas, boy birthday, girl birthday, island birthday
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Olive Oil Lamps
A tradition our family has at Christmas is to light an oil lamp, with olive oil in it, similar to what we imagine they would have had in Christ’s time. We put it on our table for our Christmas Eve … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Christmas Decorations, Christmas Parties, Crafts, Sunny
Tagged Bethlehem, christmas, Christmas Eve, clay, cotton ball, craft, lamp, oil, olive oil, tradition, wick cotton
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And Here’s The Cinnamon Bear!
When we were children, one of my favorite traditions was gathering around the Christmas tree every night, starting on December 1st, to listen to our vinyl record of The Cinnamon Bear. I don’t know if my sisters were as enthralled … Continue reading
Backwards Trick or Treating
If your little ones are like mine, Trick-or-Treating is too much fun for just one day. My four year old is so into it, that we don’t have to use candy. She likes it so much that she’ll do it … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Chores, Family, Fun, Halloweeen Activities, Halloween and Autumn, Organization, Organization, Sunny
Tagged backwards, clean, fun, halloween, organization, tidy, Trick-or-Treat
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Happy Fall
That is what I want to remember to do in the next few months. Consider doing some things simpler. Then maybe I’ll have more time and energy to go all out on the other things… I know there are better … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Family, For You, Fun, Goals, Halloween and Autumn, Me Time, Outdoor Activities, Relationships, Sunny
Tagged consider simplicity, fall, leaves, less is more, mom, simplify
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Making a Reader out of your Child
I have 2 kids who absolutely LOVE to read. In fact, if you were to visit our house, you would hear at times (I’m sorry to admit), the following words coming out of my mouth, “Put the book down. It’s … Continue reading
Posted in Challenges, Children, Family, Fun, Janae, Learning, school, School Age, The Moms
Tagged books, early readers, learn to read, love to read, readers, tips for reading
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Four Tricks to Save Time, Money, Energy, and Sanity
There seem to be 4 things that I never have enough of and always seem to be running out of: Time, Money, Energy, and Sanity. That’s why when I can stumble on tricks to save one or all of those … Continue reading
Posted in All Writers, Cheri, Cooking Tips and Tricks, Family, Food, For You, Fun, Money Saving Tips, Organization, The House, The Moms, Uncategorized
Tagged baby food, cookie dough, earrings, refrigerated cookie dough, snacks, stickers, toilet paper, yogurt
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