Parenting

Keeping Track of Your Child’s Medicine Doses~ Good Advice During the Winter Season

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Keeping Track of Your Child’s Medicine Doses~ Good Advice During the Winter Season Keeping Track of Your Child’s Medicine Doses~ Good Advice During the Winter Season I love pretty much everything about Fall and Winter.  I think I can count on one hand the things I dislike about the cold months; heating bills, icy roads, […]

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Why I can’t buy Lucky Charms – I have FAILED that 5 year old child inside myself

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Remember when you were a kid and you would say, “Some day when I am older.”  That sentence could have ended with, stay up all night, eat candy for dinner, drive a sports car, lay on the beach all day…. or maybe it ended with, buy Lucky Charms for breakfast and eat them every day

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12 Ideas to make Valentines Day fun for the whole family ~ A Thrifty Family Valentines Party!

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Updated:  One of the most important characteristics of a happy family is the ability to play together.  Any holiday is a good excuse for a party, but Valentines Day is an especially appropriate time to put a little effort into making your family feel special.  Sometime in February, have a fun party for the whole

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Sharing the Throne: 5 Ways to Help Older Siblings Deal with a New Baby

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This is a great post Alison wrote a few years back, since we just had our 5th baby I thought it was great advice and worth sharing again.  My sister just had her second child.  Like most parents, they’re trying to figure out how to help their daughter adjust to this new little critter.  Whether

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Free Range Parenting ~ Children, like chickens, need fences as well as freedom.

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Falling in Love with your Family by Alison In a Nutshell: Children, like chickens, need fences as well as freedom. Despite the fact that we live in a typical house with a typical small yard, we are proud chicken-keepers.  We frequently let them out in the yard to eat bugs and “play” with kids, but

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