Do you love to make messes? I don’t, but my preschoolers do. I should have started my preschooler series with this post, but I got a little carried away last week with all my flash card excitement.
One of the hardest lessons I have learned as a mom of preschoolers is that really fun preschool activities [...]

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Although I am thankful for her every Tuesday, since she is turning 14 this week it was time to send a little thankfulness her way.
She is my oldest, and was kind enough to ease me into parenting. I was a young mom and didn’t have any idea what I was doing with her. She was [...]

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There is a guest post on my other blog, by Kelsey Smith from My Sweet Life. In it she shares some tips for getting great pictures of your kids this summer. Stop by and check it out, you will learn a lot.
Here is one of my latest summer photos

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The past few days have shown me the need for a summer routine. Usually we school through the summer, but after this year we needed a little break. We will probably pick school back up the first week of August, so until then we need to find something to do with all of our free [...]

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Crystal asked us to post some of our frugal ideas for family fun, here are some activities our family enjoys.

Save your old bread and then feed the ducks. This is probably one of our favorite family activities that we have done since our kids were little.
Take Nature Walks. There are some trails by our house [...]

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One thing I love about my little kids is that they still think chores are fun. Unfortunately, there are many chores that they would love to do, but they are just too little. It doesn’t help that I have two really capable older kids that can do any chore in the house as well as [...]

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I want to begin this post by saying that if I endorse a product on my site it means; I own it, love it, buy it as a gift for others, and I want you to love it too. I do not promote products very often, but when I do, consider me a believer.
A few [...]

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Keep Your Summer Vacation Frugal
With the ridiculous price of gas, our summer travel plans are becoming more and more frugal by the day. My wife and I have a couple weekend getaways planned for us and the kids. Our vacation planning got me thinking of some of the more frugal things we do to keep [...]

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