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Happy Halloween Ideas (and The Child Whisperer winner).
Halloween and a winner. Happy Halloween! Wishing everyone a night of fun candy loot gathering! Just wanted to share with you some of my favorite last minute Halloween ideas from around the interwebs…...
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Happiness in your own Backyard: Tips for Thanksgiving
*instagram photos An awesome backyard… was in my backyard the whole time! When we found out we were moving to South Carolina I had visions of the old plantation home on acres and acres of land that we...
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Thankful Heart Tree
I can’t wait… to do this tree when my family is here in a couple of days! Some Thanksgiving traditions for us are: Our Thankful Heart Tree Sharing something we’re thankful for around the dinner table...
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Last minute Familyness Ideas for Thanksgiving.
it’s the last minute…. you have your kids at home, grandparents and cousins are about to come into town. Life has been pretty crazy lately and you’ve barely had a chance to think about what the...
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Pie Making: The fun part
the helpers. One of the best parts about Thanksgiving is the amount of help you can get from younger kids. There are so many little jobs to be done that can be accomplished in about 5 minutes flat....
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Giving Kids the Gift of An Experience for Christmas
Giving Kids the Gift of an Experience Our kids get receive one gift from us under the tree and one gift from us (Santa) next to their stocking. One of our favorite things to give them is the gift of...
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Giving Kids the Gift of Your Time at Christmas
giving the best thing you have as a gift… Meaningful gifts are my favorite at Christmas time! Mike is great at giving me gifts. I talked about some of those last year here. I’m excited about giving...
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February: The beginning of The Year of Love.
Giving what you have to others… creates more love, in you, for them. Falling in love is awesome! We fall in love and get married, we fall in love with newborn babies, we fall in love with new...
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Love is a Verb.
(thank you to millie holloman for this awesome picture!) love happens even when it’s not easy. We rush out the door, backpacks banging against the table as everyone rushes for the car. We scramble to...
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The Backwards Birthday Party
doing something new. A couple of years ago my girls had their 10th birthday. At our house we have big parties (definition: with friends) every 5 years. The in between years are family parties....
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Your Mom Goes To College: Back-to-School Familyness
Things are changing. Again. The wind rushes violently through the branches of our trees outside my open back door. This summer has been different from all the rest and now that school is starting...
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Our First Day Back-to-School 2013
It’s time again… After the summer we’ve been through I was ready to get back to school. We needed a change. I was feeling ready to move on. In a surprising way, I was looking forward to this day....
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Eat the Food Tina: Getting Inspired To Have Dinner Together
The dinner table that re-inspired me. Across the tan and white polka dot oilcloth. Spread in front of us is a gourmet meal that we couldn’t have found in any restaurant in England. Sitting opposite...
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Nine Familyness Thanksgiving Day Ideas
Simple stuff… We did this backyard Thanksgiving Day last year. The reason we can pull it off and not feel overwhelmed is because we all worked together to make it happen. As I always say…the...
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Thanksgiving Weekend: Nine Fun Ideas
enjoying the whole weekend. Thanksgiving weekend is the signal that things are about to get a little more chaotic. Some days that means happy chaos, other days it’s just plan chaos, and then there...
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What to do the week after Christmas?
What now? In the days following Christmas (or any holiday that lots of energy goes into preparing for) there can be a let down and a little bit of a feeling of wondering what to do with yourself. All...
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Hello New Year, What do I do with you?
(download your New Year Familyness Questions kit here) Why resolutions and I don’t get along It’s January 2nd and already I feel behind this year. Everywhere I look on the internet it seems like...
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Valentine’s Day Countdown. Idea #4.
a month of love. Over the weekend the ebook, “How Do I Love You? Let me count the days” was launched in honor of February and Valentine’s Day and love. Through out the month I’ll be highlighting...
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Valentine Countdown: Brooke Snow
photos in this post by: Brooke Snow How Do I Love You? Let me count the days. [an excerpt from "How Do I Love You? Let me count the days."] Brooke Snow “It’s so easy for me to continue on with my...
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Valentine Countdown: Laura Cottril
photo by: www.lauracphotography.com How Do I Love You? Let me count the days. [an excerpt from "How Do I Love You? Let me count the days."] Laura Cottril My youngest likes to get out the door early so...
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