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Reflections of Motherhood – What Would You Say?

If you could go back to right before you had your first child, what would you say to yourself? Beautiful. What would you say? Thanks to Scott Stratten from Unmarketing and Alison Kramer from Nummies for this amazing look at motherhood.

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A Summer Weekend

It was a beautiful weekend here in Central IL – so we headed to Washington Park for a little lunch and playtime. Good thing we brought lots of cereal and bread, the ducks were especially hungry today. We brought some old cookies, but they didn’t want them.  I didn’t know ducks were that picky. Weird! [...]

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Planning A Trip With Kids

Our vacation hasn’t started, but I believe my mind is already there. Planning for a trip is a lot of work and I don’t have time for silly tasks such as cooking, laundry and dishes. Today, Brian gave the kids their new little fishing poles to take with us.  Neither of them have been fishing [...]

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“Mom, He Took My Toy!”

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“Mom, Andrew took my toy.”  “Mom he’s laying on me!” “MOOOMMMMMM, HELP!!!!” The good thing is that my kids are starting to play together and have a good time. But, the bad news is that the arguing has started as well.  My kids are only 2 and 4 and the bickering and complaining and yelling [...]

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Mother’s Day – A Day To Cherish

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I haven’t posted in a while…it seems that life has been too busy to sit down and write about it.  But, today…today is a special day.  A day that I will remember forever.  Mother’s Day. What a wonderful, bittersweet day.  As a mom, I cherish this day.  As a motherless daughter, I dread it most [...]

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FEATURE FRIDAY – How to Have a Happy Marriage When You’re Busy Being Parents

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By Elizabeth Pantley, Author of Kid Cooperation, Perfect Parenting and Hidden Messages Is your marriage everything you ever hoped it could be? Or has it been pushed down your list of priorities since having children? Let’s face it, parenthood is a full-time job, and it dramatically changes your marriage relationship. But marriage is the foundation [...]

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FEATURE FRIDAY – Helping Your Child Become Heathly & Fit

What causes children to be overweight? Just like adults, children are overweight when they eat more calories than they burn through physical activity (in play and exercise). The CDC recommends that children get 60 minutes of activity each day to maintain good health. This is easy to explain, but hard to change because there are [...]

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FEATURE FRIDAY – WANT A POLISHED PRE-SCHOOLER? It starts with you!

Lately I have been wondering what’s happened to the days when people always held doors for others and saying thank you in any form was routine, not something for special occasions. Teaching our two-year-old son Eric manners has been important to me and my husband Ric since Eric learned to talk and say “I want [...]

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Wordless Wednesday – Feeling Blessed

I hardly ever get a photo with all of us in it since I’m usually the one taking the picture.  But, we got one this past week! It makes me smile when I look at it and see what a beautiful family I have been blessed with.  I am very thankful!

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Going from 2 to 3…Lay It On Me Mamas!

Below is a guest post from Tenille of Feisty, Frugal and Fabulous: After reading “Making Babies” this past week, it really made me start thinking about whether or not we are ready to add a third child to our family. It doesn’t help that one of my friends just had her third baby girl or [...]

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