In December 2022, a group of moms and I started “Declutter December” together. While at a MOPs (Mothers of Preschoolers) meeting at our local church, a guest speaker discussed organizing and decluttering our home. One of the moms in my group decided to create a Facebook group for us to share the ways we are …
As a mom of an active Kindergartener, preschooler and baby, snacks are life. We never leave home without snacks. While we have our favorite pre-packaged snacks, I love making snack mixes because I can control the ingredients, be creative and include ingredients my kiddos and I enjoy eating. Yes, I enjoy snack mixes quite a …
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Winter is here! Where we live, the temperatures are very cold and we hope for lots of snow to fall over the months of December, January and February. Some days, it is just too cold, wet and snowy to go outside. That’s when I like to bring out a fun indoor activity to do with …
This week, my 4 1/2 year old, 2 year old and myself completed our first ever painting project that wasn’t free painting, finger painting or painting with handprints. We needed a gift for the grandmother’s, who we call MomMom and Babcia, for Mother’s Day. They don’t really need more stuff so that’s when I decided …
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Young children love to pretend in every way. They enjoy learning new activities, too! Every day, my young children see me do laundry. They sometimes like to help put the clothes in the washer and dryer, match socks while folding and my 4 year old likes to help put her clean and folded clothes away …
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We own many children’s books in our house. We love every one of them. I love reading and raising readers is important to me, but the sheer number of children’s books in the house can be overwhelming at times. As our children’s book collection grew and started to take over our living room, we needed …
You may have heard about the Montessori method. Pinterest is full of pictures of Montessori playrooms with neatly organized wooden toys. Of course, social media images may be different from reality. But that doesn’t change the fact that many families that started to apply the Montessori principles in their household agree that it is easier …
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Happy November! I can’t believe we are in the month of November already. I feel like we were just talking about the start of fall and Halloween! But here we are, inching closer and closer to the busy holiday season. It’s so easy this day and age to get wrapped up in the hustle and …
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We’ve been spending a lot of time in our home over the past several months. My husband works from home and our kiddos are playing more at home. While we miss our lifestyle and daily activities pre-COVID, we have enjoyed transforming some of the spaces in our home to make them better fit the needs …
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It was the day after my daughter’s birthday party. The day after a joyous celebration surrounded by friends and family. The day after she received a number of new toys, books and clothes. Our daughter was in toy heaven! She opened a toy and excitedly played with it. While our daughter was overjoyed by all the …
