On a weekend that found us with our fifth rainy, cold day in a row it was time to do something different. While very thankful for the much needed rain in our part of the world, I wanted to do something to break the monotonous cloudy days we’d been having. My kiddos asked me…
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Family Night Fun: Backwards
This family night idea was born out of pure desperation. And hunger. Definitely hunger. As far as I’m concerned, there’s only one option for a hungry mother when dinner is taking waaaay longer than it should to finish and a special dessert is just begging to be eaten. Declare a “Backwards Night”! And that’s…
Family Night Fun: Pajama Party
Family nights are a wonderful way to reinforce bonds and establish traditions with your children. It’s also just plain fun! And I believe that having fun is such an important part of being a family. I like to try to do something a little extra special at least once a month, but with our…
Fun Family Gender Reveal for Baby Number 5
I had an ultrasound this week and the baby cooperated just enough to find out whether we were having another son or daughter. Let me tell you, this baby is going to fit in just fine with our family. Talk about active! For the first time in any of my pregnancies I went to the…
Homemade Chore Dice for Kids
I can’t wait to have fun with these homemade chore dice I just made! Wow, did I really just use the words fun and chore in the same sentence? You bet I did! I can get wild like that, just ask my kids. 😉 I recently stumbled across this post at She Wears a Flower. She actually sewed and created…
