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life in a large family can be pretty busy. here are ranting ravings reviews and real life.
Teaching Children to be Gracious Gift Receivers
Money Saving Mom has been one of my favorite blogs for years. Our family has benefited from her penny pinching, dollar stretching, coupon cutting ideas.
She recently had
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Girl’s Vintage Birthday Party idea from Smashed Peas and Carrots Blog
Hail, Hail the gangs all here! This time it is hail to the hostess!
I don’t often link to ideas that aren’t focused on homemade gift ideas. Christmas Adam is primarily
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Sleep Study and a trip to the park
We took Ren to Pediatric Sleep Clinic on the recommendations of her doctors at the Down Syndrome clinic, where they heard her sleeping and wanted to rule out an obstruction. it is
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Boys will be Boys (but sometimes it takes a girl to teach them)
We’ve all heard it, “Boys will be boys”. Sometimes this phrase is used to dismiss rude disorderly behavior. We try to clamp down on that, but I think sometimes our society also tries to
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A trip to the ZOO!
The kids were invited to a zoo birthday party. This was a definite hit! Most of my younger kids had never been to a zoo even though it is only
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The face behind the careless and hurtful name- Retard
The “R” word. Retard. UGH! Just a few years ago I would have allowed that word to slip out of the mouths of my own teenagers with only a small verbal reproof
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Another Engagement!
Aren’t long time friends the best!?! Even when there are gaps in time that you see each other?
There is a special family we have known for quite a long time. Our oldest boys and
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Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow, Sister-in-law BEWARE!
My husband’s sister is an army wife in the true sense of the word. She has three young children and deployment for her husband is not a new experience for them. At
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Dandy of a Ring!
My seven year old came in beaming today! She had created a special dandelion ring just for me.
The instructions: wrap the
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An Unusual Easter Gathering
Pools and Easter don’t typically go together, especially in upstate New York. But my mom has a propensity for the unusual. Some things did progress normally for a Sunday though. It’s always
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