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The Best Things About Board Games {and tips for playing with kids}

Board games are just plain fun. Thank goodness, because that fun has saved many a family get together from boredom or bickering disaster and kept us away from couch potato land. We actually talk and laugh like human beings while playing games. Yep – no bickering (yes, adult siblings bicker) and no big debates allowed. [...]

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Dirty Little Fairies

I must have seemed confused when Violet asked me to line them up. I eyed the dolls and their wings and their pointed toes and said “sweetie, fairies fly”. Sophia looked at me with disdain and said, “hey mom, just open their legs up all the way and then they can sit. That’s the only [...]

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Doodle Me with Love

I have been doodling since I was a small child. While my life has changed immensely since my youth my escape in colors and shapes on paper has remained constant. My lines have matured but the visions in my head have not changed much over the years. I find comfort in these drawings, in the [...]

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Ta Ta Training Wheels

I must confess we thought Sophia was totally ready to ditch her training wheels this past spring, but we held off. She wanted to focus on getting her swim band and all the kids on our block were obsessed with scooters. Her bike was really abandoned for a few months. We knew she had the balance, [...]

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Sophia’s Ocean Themed Birthday Party

Around here, we love a good party. Birthdays are celebrated right here at our home and enjoyed by as many friends and family as our kids want to include. We just like people and don’t mind entertaining. Also, we love to throw a good party and DIY it. Not only does it save money, but [...]

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