May 22, 2013

7 Must Teach Lessons For Kids

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1. TEACH Generosity – Watch neighbor’s pet, offer to water lawns, deliver cookies or dinner to someone in need, offer to mow neighbor’s grass… 2. TEACH Independence- Tie shoes, potty training, riding a bike, expand boundaries; take a babysitting course, Drivers Education. 3. TEACH Practical Life Skills- Learn to cook/ clean/ sew (sewing on a [...]

S’More Ice Cream Cake

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You know my love for Ice Cream and my love for S’mores now put the two together and you get a S’more Ice Cream cake. Another must try recipe that not only your kids will go crazy over but any S’more loving fan will From Country Crock Serves 16 Ingredients: 2 cups graham cracker crumbs [...]

Summer Memory Verse Mania {Part 2 Promises}

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Have you been joining in the Summer Mermory Verse mania?  I first shared about it a few weeks back – my plan to get my kiddos to memorize bible verses over the summer. If you missed this fun idea and article Click here and you can get all the details of our Summer Memory Verse [...]

Summer Memory Game – Free Printable

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  Who doesn’t love free – now you can create your own Summer Memory Game with this free printable  from Family Fun and bring smiles to your kids faces. Click here for free printable.

Mom Tip: Popsicle drips

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Mom Tip: It’s Summer, it’s hot and my kids are begging for more popsicles to cool off but somehow they melt faster then they can eat them leaving them with sticky fingers.  Solution: Use a cupcake liner to catch the drips. Take a cupcake liner and poke a hole in the liner and slide it [...]

Things To Do Instead Of Turning On The TV (and it’s Printable!)

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Are you kids begging to turn on the TV more hours then you want it on? are you hearing I’m bored during Summer vacation days?  Now you can print off this fun and colorful printable fulled with ideas of things your kids can do instead of watching TV. Childhood 101 complied this list and created [...]

OUTDOOR ENTERTAINING MUSTS

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Summer is finally here and with it brings the coveted outdoor entertaining season. Dawn Bryan, founder of The Qualipedia, offers some basic summer party hosting tips that will also turn your outdoor event into a spectacular evening. Party Basics: Arrange guests in small comfortable groups, to foster mingling (this can be done with small tables [...]

6 Sweet S’more Fun Recipes

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Its true I’m a S’more addict which is why last Monday during our weekly live webcast (TV show for moms) I shared with our viewers 6 sweet S’more ideas – I know you are going to want to tr on or two of these out this Summer so stock up on the supplies and get [...]

Candy Stripe Count Down Calendar {free printable}

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We like to countdown the days in our family to upcoming special events, vacations,  holidays and birthdays it allows us to anticipate what is coming up and even be ready for what’s ahead.  To countdown we have used a variety of ways from paper chains, white boards, framed printables , daily notes and gifts.  Now [...]

8 Fun Kool-Aid Ideas – Non-Drinkable That Is!

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By: Trisha Novotny It’s time to think beyond the pitcher when it comes to using those packets of Kool-Aid drink mix.  The Next time you are at the grocery store pick up a few extra Kool-Aid packets and gather your kids around to  create one or more of these fun summer ideas using Kool-Aid: #1 [...]