Parenting

What to expect when your child is Learning to Swim

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There is affiliate links in this post What to expect when teaching kids to swim. I have a rule my kids must learn to swim.  Here are my recommended ages and ideas on your kids learning to  swimming.   FACT: 2nd leading cause of accidental death of kids under the age of 14 in the US.  [...]

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Strong Mom Empower Summit

sherry aikens and Kerri lee Walsh

Strong Moms Empower Summit  I know that their has been some controversy about the Strong Moms campaign being sponsored or created by Simalac. But the Message which is being said is important regardless to who is speaking.  We need to stop beating an judging other mothers.  Now I have to put aside my feeling about [...]

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Pancake Art Ideas: Kid Food

pancake drawing

Ideas how to make Pancake art.. talk about a fun activity to do with older kids on a day off school or a weekend morning. Pancake drawing is very easy you need a flat top griddle, Large squeeze bottles, food coloring, and Pancake mix. I got my 24oz squeeze bottle at a restaurant supply store [...]

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What is Pinterest?

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What is Pinterest?  So I have a friends who ask me what it Pinterest.  Pinterest is a visual bookmarking tool for the web.   So lets say you are surfing the web and you come across an article you would like to refer to later.  You can “Pin it” (Pinterest term for marking a site)  for [...]

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Girls Like to build @MegaBloks #Barbie #MommyParties

barbie mega blocks house

My daughter and her friends got to experience Barbies Mega Bloks.  The girls spent about 2 hours building the Barbie Mega Bloks house and the pool.  They love also they  decorated the house and pool  with the stickers and all the accessories.  They read and followed all the easy to understand instructions no parental help [...]

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International Night Word Wednesday

girl dressed as a peasant

Tonight was International Night at school.  My daughter identifies with the Irish side of my family .. (My Irish grandmother thinks she is a hoot)  My daughter was born near St. Patricks day, so every thing is irish to her.   I am not really sure what it was about international night but my daughter talked [...]

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Box Tops Rock and Stockup Pantry Giveaway

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So my kids school has earned in the past years several thousands of dollars in what the school called “Free Money”?  How Box Tops for Education .   Just by parents looking purchasing for General Mills product and then saving the tops they kids have benefited in the form of new books and tech.   The schools [...]

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A letter to my 12 year old

12 year old boy

Dear 12 year old son You are amazing.. you made me who I am today.  12 years ago you came in to this world.. you were not ready to come 43+ hours of induced labor you were not ready to arrive then.  My blond haired blued boy.. I was almost 30 and still was not [...]

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Saving our Teeth – LISTERINE 21 day challenge Part 1

girl holding listerine

LISTERINE® 21 Day Challenge We are signed up.  Are you ? Use LISTERINE products for the next 21 days and see the difference in your mouth.  Oral care is always a challenge in my house.  Having 2 kids I am constantly nagging to brush there teeth before school and at bed time.    Everyone in [...]

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Fashionable or Abuse : Pierced Earrings

little girls ear

Pierced Ears Fashion or Abuse for little girls. I was 7 and my sister was 8, when we got our ears pierced together. We want to be like the other girls in our class and have pierced earrings  I remember it clearly,  we wait as the marker was placed on our ears,  wiped with alcohol [...]

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