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When a pet dies, children sometimes don't know how to handle their sad feelings. Some don't understand what death means and don't understand that they will never see their beloved pet again. These 10 kids books will help to explain what has happened on a child's level and will help them understand the tough emotions they are facing. Includes both religious and non-religious books, cats, dogs, mice, and goldfish.

10 Best Books for Kids About the Death of a Pet

best books for preschoolers

10 Books We Love for Preschoolers

10 cold weather exercise tips for the whole family - You can workout with your kids all year long, even in the winter, whether you go outside or stay inside is up to you! Lots of tips, ideas, and suggestions here. If you plan ahead and wear the right clothes, you can have fun with your kids and stay strong and healthy all year.

10 Cold Weather Exercise Tips for the Whole Family

10 Fun Fall Activities for the Whole Family

10 Fun Fall Activities for the Whole Family

10 Fun Family Activities for Fall

baking soda

10 Fun Uses for Baking Soda

These princess books are not the traditional Disney fairytale! They feature strong, independent, brave, smart girls who solve problems themselves. Great for toddlers, kids, and teens, these books are awesome and funny with beautiful illustrations and a strong life lesson for girls and boys alike.

10 Princess Books You’ll Want to Read Again & Again

10 Quotes to Teach Your Children

These 10 summer bored busters for boys and girls include rainy day activities, outside activities, crafts, and more! Your kids will love them!

10 Super Summer Boredom Busters for Kids

10 Tips for surviving family road trips. Lots of ideas, hacks, and tips for essentials in packing and better organization. #2 is my favorite!

10 Tips for Surviving Family Road Trips

Tips to Avoid Dog Bites

10 Tips to Avoid Dog Bites

exercising as a family

10 Tips to Exercise With Your Kids

advent books

10 Ways to Celebrate the Advent

10 Ways to Count Down to Christmas

10 Ways to Ease Kids’ Fears

cooking with kids

10 Ways to Get Small Children Involved in the Kitchen

10 Ways to Have a Perfect Valentine’s Day with Your Kids

10 Ways To Have Fun with a Preschooler at the Beach

10 Ways to Keep Christ in Christmas

10 Ways to Keep Christ in Christmas

10 Ways to Make Your Child Feel Special on Her Birthday

10 Ways to Use Baking Soda for Babies & Kids

10 Weeks Old

101 Best Unique Christmas Gift Ideas for Girls Ages 6-8

best books for elementary kids

101 Chapter Books to Read (or Hear) Before You Grow Up

101 Life lessons to teach my daughter with Bible verses and quotes - Lessons to live by for girls and women. Things I've learned about relationships, wisdom, friendships, and hard truths. Some funny, some serious. Words from Mom about people, family, God, and life. Inspirational and motivational stories about growing up. Wise advice about living, paying bills feelings, making mistakes. So positive and so true.

101 Life Lessons to Teach My Daughters

101 Picture Books To Read Before You Grow Up

what to put in easter eggs

106 Things to Put in Easter Eggs

11 Smart Tips for Cooking with Kids

12 Bedtime Questions to Ask Your Kids

12 iPad Apps You’ll Be Happy to See Your Kids Playing

12 Secrets of a Fun Mom

12 Tips for Celebrating New Year’s Eve with Kids

123 Easter Basket Ideas

How to Celebrate July 4th with Kids

15 Ways to Celebrate Independence Day with Kids

16 Simple Lent Activities for All Christian Kids

2 Going on 13

20 Questions to Ask Your Kids Printable (With My Kids’ Answers)

How to get kids to read

20 Smart Ways to Raise a Reader

20 ways to get preschoolers excited about math

20 Ways to Get Preschoolers Excited About Math

25 iPhone and iPad apps for smart girls - Some are educational. Some are just for fun.

25 iPhone and iPad Apps for Smart Girls

27 iPhone and iPad Apps for Smart 3-year-olds

30 days to happiness, day one

30 days to happiness, day three

30 days to happiness, day two

30 days to happiness, days 4 through 10

30 ways to help siblings get along - You want to build better relationships between your children. This free printable of simple activities and tips will have your kids loving their brothers and sisters all day long!

30 Ways to Help Siblings Get Along

Tips and ideas for the 30+ best simple and easy family game night board, dice, and card games for kids and adults to play together, especially when you have a non-reader. These games make great gifts to buy and are the perfect addition to any home's game basket. Great to play on Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's Eve, or any holiday. Games for all ages to play together.

30+ Best Games for Family Game Night (When You Have a Non-Reader)

35 Things I Hope My Kids Will Say About Me Someday

gift suggestions for girls

40+ Christmas Gift Ideas for Girls

40+ gift suggestions for toddlers

40+ Christmas Gift Ideas for Toddlers

41 weeks

51 awesome Christian Christmas gifts for kids - Wondering what to get your kids for the holidays? This post is full of tips and ideas for buying Xmas gifts that bring children back to Jesus without lame presents.

51 Awesome Christian Christmas Gift Ideas for Kids

51 Awesome & unique Christmas gift ideas for tween girls - These fun ideas are sure to please the tweens in your life! Whether they're 9, 10, 11, or 12 years old, there is something on this list for them for the holidays or even for birthdays!

58 Awesome & Unique Christmas Gift Ideas for Tween Girls

free summer fun

6 Free Activities to Do with Your Family

6 Tips to Make Grocery Shopping with Children a More Pleasant Experience

6 Ways to Celebrate Advent with Kids

60 Random Acts of Kindness for Kids

good dress up games for ipad and iphone

7 Good Dress Up Games for iPad and iPhone

7 strategies for empowering a picky eater - Whether they're toddlers, preschoolers, older kids, or teens, picky eaters are a pain! Use these 7 tips and ideas to encourage healthy eating habits at dinner and all meals through the day.

7 Strategies for Empowering Picky Eaters

7 Tips for Healthier Family Meals

7 Tips for More Healthful Family Meals

70 ways to connect with your kids - 70 simple ideas and tips for things to do to spend time with your kids, real time, not checking your phone and pretending to play time.

70 Ways to Connect with Your Kids

75 Ways to Love Your Kids

75 Ways to Love Your Kids

8 Books for New Big Sisters

Things to do on Christmas Eve

8 Christmas Eve Traditions to Start This Year

8 months old

How to get your child to sleep through the night. Sleep tips, ideas, and suggestions for every kid from Elizabeth Pantley author of The No Cry Sleep Solution. Parenting at bedtime and at night.

8 Sleep Tips for Every Child (and Every Parent)

8 ways to improve your kids health

8 Tips for Kids & Healthy Eating

8 Tips for Teaching Your Kids to Pray

8 Ways to Become a More Patient Mom

counting down to christmas

8 Ways to Count Down to Christmas

9 months

9 Smart Ways to End Sibling Squabbles

9 Smart Ways to Stop Sibling Squabbles

how to teach your toddler to brush her teeth

9 Tips to Teach Your Toddler to Brush Her Teeth

9 Ways to Celebrate Easter as a Family

A bathtime layout

A Belly Laugh

A Big Kid Needs Big Shoes

A brief history of time, according to TGZ

A Busy Weekend in Avalon, New Jersey

A Close Call

Rain forest carousel at the Philadelphia zoo

A Day at the Philadelphia Zoo

mom blogger

A Day in the Life of a Mom Blogger

A Great Birthday

A Happy Girl

A House on Fire!

A is for Crocodile

A Kids’ Bucket List – 61 Items Every Kid Should Do

A kiss

A Letter to My Baby on Her Sixth Birthday

A Little Turkey

A lucky girl

A new take on revelry

A phone call

A powerful story

A Prayer for My Children

A Saturday Afternoon

A Spring Day in the Park

A Sure Sign

A Sure Sign of Spring

A taste of blueberries

A theme

Harrisburg mommy blog

A Warm Fall Day in Harrisburg

A Weekend at the Beach

A Weekend in the Park

Accessories for a Play Kitchen

Add speech writing to my list of talents

Advent Wreath – Start A New Christmas Tradition

Adventure Aquarium – A Day Trip to Philadelphia

All I know about the beach

Allie and the iPad

Allie and the Television

Allie and Zeus

Allie Has a Sense of Humor

Allison with a Balloon

Allison’s Birth Story – The Back Story

Allison’s Birth Story – The Delivery

Allison’s Birth Story – The Induction

Allison’s Birth Story – The Labor

Alpaca Open House

An apology

An Idle Threat

An Impossible Choice

An only child

homemade baby food

An Unbalanced Diet? How to Deal When Your Toddler Refuses a Whole Food Group

An Unexpected Nap

angry mom

Angry at Your Kids? 11 Healthy Ways to Deal With It

Another day, another layout

Another Library Fine

Another Trip to the Fabric Store

Appreciate Your Home – Go Away

Are you sleepy?

Are Your Children Crazy, Too?

Attention: Little Girls’ Swimsuit Designers, Manufacturers, and Sellers

Aunt Amanda

Babies and bunnies and birdies, oh my!

Baby Jesus Loves Chocolate

Baby signing

Lunch packing tips & ideas for kids or adults - Whether it's back to school time or not, most of us pack lunches every day. Make lunches fun and simple with these good ideas for work, school, or road trip meals!

Back to School Tip: Make Mornings Easier by Planning Ahead

Balls in the Circle (Toddler Bocce Ball)

Banana pizza

Banish Crabby Mom

Banish Crabby Mom

Bath Crayons

Bath Crayons Recipes

Bath Paints – More Fun in the Tub

Bathtime fun!

Be Our Guest

Beaba Bib’expresso Makes Bottle Making Easier

Beans – yummy and fun

Grace's bedtime snack

Bedtime Snacks featuring Yoplait’s Gogurt and a Giveaway

Before I was a Mom

Berry picking

Beware of kid

Birthday Buddies

Birthday Preparations

Birthdays

Blueberries, continued

Books for the 3-year-old Crowd

Boredom

Bouncing at Cherry Crest Farm

Brand New

Breakfast

A Sense of the Resurrection teaches children about Jesus' death through real life sensory experiences.

Bring the Easter Story to Life with A Sense of the Resurrection

Broken

Bronzed beauties

Bubbles!

Buddies

Bye bye, Momma

BYOC – bring your own chair

Captured

Car Seats Save Lives If You Let Them

Caring for Our Sensitive Skin with Aquaphor

Cast Fear Out

Catch, Zeus! (How Not to Play With the Cat)

Celebrate Your Daughters When They Play Like Girls!

Chatterbox

Cheap Summer Fun – Have Glow Stick Treasure Hunt

Cheering Up A Sick Preschooler (Plus a $100 Giveaway)

Cheese curls

Childhood Anxiety, Drugs, and Faith

Choose happiness

Choose happiness, an update

Choosing a Play Kitchen

Christmas Countdown Chain & Calendar

Christmas Gift Ideas for Preschoolers

Christmas Gift Ideas for Girly Girls

Christmas Gift Suggestions for the Girly Girl

Climbing Through a Tunnel

Cold Weather Fitness Tips for the Whole Family

coloring the advent

Coloring the Advent

Colossal

Comparing My Girls

Confidence

Cooking but Not Eating

Cousins

Cranberry Lemonade

Cucumber Buffet

Cute Bird Ornament – DIY Christmas Craft for Kids

DaBib is Da Bomb

Dad, We Have to Have a Little Talk

Dancing Classes

Danger!

Danger: Child Entertaining Herself

December Birthday Ideas – Do’s and Don’ts of Celebrating a Birthday During Christmas

Did You Do Anything Today?

Did you plan your children?

Digital scrapbooking

Dinosaurs are Cool but Sprig is Cooler

Disney on Ice is Something Special

Do Good

Does your family have a mission statement?

Don’t Miss the Magic, Momma

Download my Free Guide – 8 Tips for Stress-free Living

Dressing Up for Halloween

Dropped Naps

Ease Shampooing Struggles with the Lil Rinser

Eat The Rainbow

Eating Ice Cream with Old Grandma

Eebee’s Mix & Mash

Every Day is Mother’s Day

Everything Will Be Okay (Updated)

Exercising Together with EA Sports Active

Exercising with EA Sports Active

Exfoliate much?

Exhaustion

Eyes and ears and mouth and nose…

Farewell Summer

Fearfully and Wonderfully Made

Feathering My Nest

Feeding an Independent Child with the Baby Dipper

Feel the love

Finding Camaraderie in Motherhood When Your Friends Aren’t Around

messy first birthday

First Birthdays

First Grade

Four Generations

Free Fun With A Cardboard Box

Free printable Christ-Centered Easter basket scavenger hunt for Easter morning - A treasure hunt is a great way to find your Easter basket. This hunt for kids, tweens, or teens uses the main points of the Easter story of Jesus as clues. Awesome Christian fun in riddles. Great for families at home. Religious and Bible-based. Easy clues using both indoor and outdoor spots.

Free Printable Christ-Centered Easter Basket Scavenger Hunt

Free printable Valentines Coupon Book for Kids - Children will love when mom prints these adorable coupons for them! Cute ideas to show them how much you love them. Make great gifts for a DIY Valentines Day.

Free Printable Valentines Coupon Book for Kids

Friends

Frugal Fun – Packing Material

Fun at the Swimming Pool

Fun for Kids at the Pennsylvania Farm Show

Gimme, Gimme!

Go the F–k to Sleep is NOT Real Life

God calling

God of Miracles from Lucado Treasury of Prayers

God of Miracles {A Prayer from The Lucado Treasury of Bedtime Prayers}

Going to the Eye Doctor

Going to the York Fair in the Rain

Good, bad, and worse

Goodies Are a Sometimes Food

daddy-daughter dates

Grace & Her Dad (featuring 51 Frugal Father-Daughter Dates)

Grace and Allie

Grace and Her Babies

Grace and her buh

Grace and Molly and Me

Grace Ate…

Grace Did Not Enjoy Playing in the Snow

kid writing

Grace Has Written Her First Book

Grace Is Getting A New Room

Grace is Ready for the Sunshine

Grace’s Big Sister Gifts

Glad One Bag Challenge

Grace’s Birthday Party Part Two (featuring Glad’s One Bag Challenge & a giveaway)

Grace’s bounty

Build-A-Bear Workshop Birthday Party

Grace’s Build-A-Bear Workshop Birthday Party

Grace’s Drawings

Grace’s Dry Erase Activity Book

Grace’s Fashion Sense

Grace’s First Snowman

Grace’s Hobby Horse

Grace’s Homemade Tutu

Grace’s Homemade Tutu Gets a Second Chance

Grace’s Hospital Gown

Grace’s Lil Rinser

Grace’s People

Grace’s Princess Birthday Party

Grace’s Strider Balance Bike & a Strider Giveaway

Grace’s Teething Fix

Gracie in the House!

Gracie’s Hospital Gown

Grandma’s House

Gratuitous Baby Photo

Grocery shopping

Growing how fast?

Growing up

painted face

Growing Up and Getting Brave

Growing up, a little slower

Growing up, only not quite so fast

Growing Vegetables

H is for…

Halloween Traditions

Hanging – Saturday Photo Scavenger Hunt

Happy (Belated) Birthday, Eric Carle!

Happy Anniversary

Happy Birthday to You!

Happy Birthday, Baby of Mine!

Happy Birthday, Grace!

Happy birthday, Pumpkin!

Happy BOO to you!

Happy Easter!

Happy Halloween, Dear Gracie

Happy Happy

Happy Harvest!

Happy New Year! {a video from Gracie}

Happy Third Birthday, Pumpkin!

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Have a Coffee Table Picnic

Have you lost the plug for your bathtub?

He knows what you need before you do

Heart-Shaped Pizza

Her Own Drink

Homemade Mother’s Day Gift – Colored Tote

Homemade Valentine’s Day – Gifts for Children

homemade valentines day gifts for kids to make

Homemade Valentine’s Day – Gifts Kids Can Make for Adults

Hope for my baby girl

How A Bird Nest Rocked My World

How Did I Parent Before I Had an iPhone?

How Did This Happen?

Oh no! Your daughter asked about sex! How do you tell her about sex and puberty in a comfortable, natural way that doesn't leave anyone feeling awkward?

How Do I Talk To My Daughter About Puberty and Sex?

How do you like my hat?

How do you treat croup?

How she’s grown!

Tips and ideas for losing or maintaining a healthy weight by avoiding junk food and candy. It's necessary for healthy eating and healthy living. You CAN stick to your diet for life and feel amazing! Great how to avoid article.

How to Avoid Junk Food and Maintain a Healthy Diet

How to Host A Christian Passover Seder Meal with Preschoolers

How to Celebrate a Christian Passover Meal for Preschoolers

How to Celebrate Memorial Day with Kids

How to Celebrate New Year’s Eve with Your Kids

How to Eat Snow Peas

how to help your child cope with the death of a pet - Grief and loss are not easy for adults, and children feel so much more strongly. Helping them through their emotions and feelings in this time is super important, whether they are mourning a dog, cat, goldfish, rabbit, bird, or other pet. Death is a part of life with animals and it is normal to feel sad and lost without your best friend. This mom's thoughts and feelings about her kitten are witty and poignant. Awesome read.

How to Help Kids Deal with the Death of a Pet – 14 Tips for Coping

How to Host a Living Room Carnival

How to Keep Your Water Bottle Cold All Day

finished princess crown

How to Make a Foam Crown for Your Prince or Princess

How to Make a Jesse Tree

How to Make a Sensory Bin

how to make a superhero cape

How to Make A Superhero Cape: A Tutorial

How to Make a Toddler Pillow & a Toddler Quilt

jesse tree

How to Make and Use an Advent Wreath for Kids

homemade baby food

How to Make Homemade Baby Food the Cheap & Easy Way

How to Make Marizpan Piggies for Good Luck

how to make resurrection eggs

How to Make Resurrection Eggs (and Why I Didn’t Make Any This Year)

How to Memorize Scripture as a Family

how to paint with a toddler

How to Paint with a Toddler (or, Allie’s First Painting Experience)

How to Photograph Your Baby by Nick Kelsh

How to make a simple DIY gratitude jar craft for kids and families - This simple practice will change your life. Includes instructions, name ideas, and tips for making and using the jar. Could be used in the classroom or at home. Children love it!

How to Raise Grateful Kids – Make a Family Gratitude Jar

How To Spend the Day with Small Kids in Washington DC

How to take a shower when you have a toddler

How to Take Better Pictures of Children

How To Take the Best Bubble Bath

how to throw a barbie party

How to Throw a Barbie Princess Charm School Party

Hunting Easter Eggs

I (heart) Moxie!

I Am A Lousy Singer

I am a Strong Mom

I am Not a Saint

I am so lucky.

I Did It By Myself!

I Did It Myself

I finally got around to uploading some pictures to my laptop.

I Flipped!

I Found a Treasure

Found My Bliss

I Found My Bliss

I Have A Confession

I Kiss It

I Lied About The Fish

I Love Boating

I Love These Lousy Pictures

I Made You A Surprise!

I Missed Her So Much

I needed a laugh

I Redecorated my Kitchen

I Want to Remember

I’ll Do It Myself

I’ll Love You Forever

I’m Back to Rocking My Baby

I’m Big. I’m Bad.

I’m jumping on the bandwagon.

I’m Not Going Back to School in 2011

I’m old.

I’m So Over This Snow

I’m thankful

I’ve Been Won Over By Princesses

I’ve Won the Toothbrushing War

Ideas for a Frozen Valentine’s Day Party

target

If You Take a Mom to Target

laughing baby

Ignoring the Fracas

In 32 days, I turn 30

Inadequate Mom (Or, How Grace Was at the Olive Garden with No Underwear)

Infested

Introducing Our Newest Pets – Hermit Crabs

Is Santa real?

Is Santa Real?

Is there an award for –

Is this spousal abuse?

Isn’t it great

It Started Out As a Walk

It Was Easier To Go To Work

It Was Supposed to Be A Quick Walk

It’s hard to say good bye

Why all parents need to talk to their kids - especially tweens - about underage drinking - statistics, tips, ideas, and facts for how to talk to your children about drinking alcohol at parties or anywhere.

It’s Not Too Early to Talk About Underage Drinking with Your Kids

It’s What I Just Want, Daddy

Jelly beans

How to Celebrate Advent with a Jesse Tree

Jesse Tree FAQ

Jesus, the Easter Bunny, and the Last Minute

Joe’s First Slip N Slide

Jumpin’ in the Pool

Just call me Frugal Freida

Just Like Momma

Just one smile

Kee-tee!

baby clothes quilt

Keepsake Quilts: Design a Baby Clothes Quilt

baby clothes quilt

Keepsake Quilts: Make a Quilt from Baby Clothes

Kids in the Kitchen Resources

jesse tree ornament

Learning the Christmas Story – Jesse Tree & Truth in the Tinsel

playing learning to read

Learning to Read & Write by Playing

Learning To Use The Potty

Lefty

Legos Meet Polly Pocket

Lessons From the Park

Let Them Experiment

Let Your Toddler Help in the Kitchen

Let’s be friends

Let’s Go Swimming!

Let’s Make Cookies

Like Me Hat?

Like mother, like daughter

Little Max

Living at Work: How Mothers Can Find Some Real Time Off

Bring the Holidays Down a Notch

Living Fully – Why I’m Not Bringing Our Holidays Down a Notch

Look at those curls!

Look, A How-gog!

Looking Out for the Little Guy

Love your kid to bits.

Lucky

Magazine Cover Contest

Magic Milk for St. Patrick’s Day

Mah Favorite

Make A Crayon Roll

Making a list and checking it twice

Making choices

Making Lunch Special

Making the Most of Easter at the Last Minute

Making up a Toddler Bed

Mama is Calling Me

Matching Haircuts and Dealing with Childhood Fears

Me, in a nutshell

Melissa & Doug Fold & Go Castle

Merry Christmas!

Messy

Mirror, mirror…

Mmm – Creamy

Mmm… tomato!

Mmmm, Gracie!

Mom 2.0: What You’re Doing Matters

parenting tips from a mom blog

Momma Means Business

More bathtime fun

More Books for the 3-year-old Crowd

More favorites

More Whole Day Food Plans for Toddlers

Moses and the 10 Commandments Booklet and Activity

armpit hair

Motherhood is Glamorous

Movin’ on up

My 101st post – 101 Things About Me

My baby

My Beautiful Baby

My BooBoo Feel Better

My Christmas list

My Cup Runneth Over

My Decision

My favorite photo

My Favorite Picture from the Park

sibling rivalry

My First Sibling Squabble

My girl

My Graces

My Grandma

My handyman and his assistant

photographing babies

My Happy Baby

My Heart Sings

My husband = my hero

My inspiration

My Knock-the-Ball-Out-of-the-Park Life

My Laundry Mess

My Library Fine

My little posie

My love list

My Mom Rules!

My Mom’s Opinion of My Ingenious Parenting Tip

My most unusual Christmas dinner

Rain forest Jumperoo - must have baby products

My Must Have Baby Gear

jesse tree

My New FREE eBook – How to Celebrate Advent with a Jesse Tree

My Painted Lady

My Precious Family

My reader

My Second Child’s Third Birthday Party

My secret

My strange Christmas

My Thanksgiving Menu

My Top Ten Summer Disappointments

weird kids

My Weird Kids Are Just Like Their Mother

Nanda’s kitties

stay at home mom

No One Warned Me (On Being a Stay-at-Home-Mom)

Now I am a mom, and I deserve a present.

Nurturing Trains?

Ode to Daddy

Oh, boy, am I proud!

On Allie’s First Birthday

On being a working mom

10 kids books on grief

On Losing Your Grandma – 10 Kids Books on Grief

On the tenth month

One Big Egg

One, Two, Three, Four

Feeding the children

Onions and Sinners

Opening presents is hard work.

Operation Christmas Child

Organizing Your Play Kitchen

2012 summer to do list

Our 2012 Summer To Do List

Our 2013 Summer To Do List

Our 2014 Summer To Do List

Our Beach Vacation

Our Bedtime Routines

Our Christmas Traditions

Our Easy Scarecrow Craft – The Rest of the Story

Our Family

Our Family Bed

Our family bed

Our Family Rules – According to Grace

family rules poster

Our Family Rules Tutorial

Our favorite beach so far

Our Favorite Christmas Books and DVDs

Our Favorite Mexican Restaurant

Our First Big Snow

Our First Sensory Tub

Our House Guest

Our New Nativity Set

Our nightly routine

Our Summer To Do List – 2011

Our Ultrasound Dilemma

Overcoming Grace’s Fear of Animals

Overwhelmed By Cute

Parentese: It’s a Whole New Language

Patience

Patience shows up again

people who keep me safe

People Who Keep Me Safe

Pink Boogers

Playing Doctor

Playing Dress Up

Feels Like Home Blog

Playing in the Creek

Playing In The Waves

Playing Learning Games

Playing Outside with My Girls

Playing together

Playing With a Balloon

Playing with Sidewalk Chalk

Playing with the Trains

PLEASE go to sleep

Please Touch Museum – A Day Trip to Philadelphia

Pole dancing

Pomegranates

Popcorn & a Movie

Positive Parenting Solutions

Positive Parenting Webinar: The Art of Consequences

Practicing Her Dancing Moves

Pregnancy, According to a 3-year-old

Preschool Activity Book

Preserving Lucky’s Magic

President not princess

Productivity and an Oreo-Crusted Baby

Projects

Pumpkin patch

Puppy Love

Reflections on the Angel in the Salvation Army Store

Reindeer Food

Rest in peace, Randy Pausch

Reward with Food, Punish with Food: 11 Tips to Prevent Childhood Obesity

Santa Brought Drums

Save Kids Lives with Global Road Safety Week

Save Your Sanity – Put Things Where They Belong

Scared

Scavenger Hunt for Early Readers

Scavenger Hunt for Early Readers

Separation Anxiety

Sharing wonderful

She Just Needed to Be Heard

She Shall Be Known As

She’s Figured Out My Tricks

She’s Listening, and She Doesn’t Forget

She's So Beautiful

She’s So Beautiful

Sightseeing Fun in the Rain

Sightseeing in Valley Forge

Sightseeing… at home

Truths in Parenting

Silent Children are Up to No Good and 30 Other Parenting Truths

Silly Sunday

Simplify Your Family By Focusing On Your Kids

Simplifying Christmas

Sister Love

Sister Lullaby

Sixth grade

Skiing Together

Skinny Cow, meet Gracie

Small and floppy

Smoochie Hands for When We’re Apart

Snacks for Toddlers

Snickers

Snow day!

happy momma

So Happy

Something Special

Spring bucket list - Over 100 ideas for kids, teens, families, and adults! Includes crafts, recipes, and lots of fun activities indoors and outdoors. Free printable.

Spring Bucket List for Kids – Free Family Fun Printable

Start a new tradition – have an Elfscapade!

Still perennially overwhelmed

Stuff my 3-Year-Old Says

styrofoam peanuts

Suffering Without Bought Air

Suffocated

Summer 2010 To Do List

Summer Reading

Super Grace (or How I Told Grace a Bedtime Story)

Super Gracie to the Rescue

Swimming Lessons

Swinging

Swinging: The Rest of the Story

Symbolism of the Christmas Wreath

Ta-dah! Tadoodles and their aftermath

Tagged again – more minutia

Tagged again!

Tar and Chips

Teaching Children to Give featuring The King’s Christmas List

Teaching Your Kids to Enjoy Hiking This Summer

Ten Best Things about Being a Mom

Thanksgiving Crafts

That Sweet Face

The 30 Best Audiobooks for Kids and Families

The beach is fun

The Best Easter Morning Ever

The Best Educational Apps for iPad

The Best Educational Apps for iPad and iPhone

The Best Games for Elementary School Kids

The Best Games for Elementary School Kids

The Best Games for Preschoolers

The Best One

daddy-daughter dates

The Best Reward

The Big Read

The Chalk Debacle

The cure!

The Difference a Month Makes

The Epiphany

The first time

The ghost of Thanksgiving past

The great lipstick challenge

The Importance of One-on-One Time with Your Kids

The incredible shrinking bed

The laptop wars

The laptop wars rage on

The Lil Rinser is Working!

The Little Sister

The Luckiest Day of My Life

Magic Elf Ideas

The Magic Elf Becomes the Magic Gingerbread Girl

The Magic of Christmas

The Magic of Christmas

The Missing Manners Rule

The Most Valuable Tool in Potty Learning

The Nittany Lion Shrine

Pennsylvania Farm Show

The Pennsylvania Farm Show

The perennially overwhelmed

The Right Answer Was the Wrong One

The Right Tools Make All The Difference

The Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus

rude cashier

The Rude Cashier

The Same Crocs Shoe

The Shopping List

The Things Kids Say

The Tooth Brushing Fight

Turkey Hill Experience sign

The Turkey Hill Experience in Columbia, PA

The Two Bites Rule

This is THE ULTIMATE list of activities for kids and teens (and even adults!) to do on an airplane during long flights! Airplane travel can be a little stressful, especially with children, but these activities and ideas will keep them busy and entertained for hours!

The Ultimate List of Activities for Kids to Do on an Airplane

Ultimate staycation guide to winter family fun - Great for kids, teends, families, adults, and couples - Both indoor, at home, and outdoor activities. Good ideas for things to do on a date. Best cheap ideas for free and pay.

The Ultimate List of Staycation Ideas for Winter Family Fun

potato chip incident

The Unfortunate Potato Chip Incident

The Uterus Book

The worst day

Then God Laughed

There’s a reason we call her "Monkey"

mommy lingerie

There’s No M in that Word

There’s Something Wrong With My Juice

They Bless My Heart

Thinking About Thanksgiving

This is How Daddy Pees

This is How Daddy Pees

This isn’t nice, but it’s funny.

This makes me laugh every time I see it

This Person

Thomas the Train sets

Three is

ticka, ticka, ticka

Tickling

Tips for Tooth Brushing For Kids

Toddlers and Tweenies

Tooth Brushing With a Preschooler

Tooth Tunes Encourage Kids to Brush Their Teeth

Top Ten Crafty Father’s Day Gifts

Touchdown!

Tragically unhip

Triangle Craft

Trimming the tree

Two Flowers

Two new layouts

Unprepared

Update on staying home

Upside Down

Vacations with my niece

Valentine’s Day Love Notes for Kids

Veggie Tales: Abe and the Amazing Promise

Veggie Tales: An Easter Carol

Veggie Tales: Sweet Pea Beauty

Verklempt

Visiting the Alpaca Farm

Walking

Walking

Walking to Grandma’s House

Want To Go For A Ride?

Warm Toes

Warning: Dinosaurs Ahead

We All Feel Like We’re Messing Our Kids Up

We Are NOT Buying More Bottles

We Can’t Wait for Girl Scouts This Year

We Didn’t Have a Choice

We Forgot the Babies

We have a problem.

We Need to Talk About Makeup

my artists smiling

We Skipped Our Project and Painted

We Take Turns

We’ll Be Okay

We’re Home!

We’re starting to decorate for Christmas

What a Difference a Year Makes

What a Difference a Year Makes, Part Two

steve jobs

What Do You Choose? – inspired by Steve Jobs

What Does a Toddler Need to Eat?

What does all this mean?

What Happens When Daddy Dresses the Preschooler

What I (Used to) Feed My Kids

What I Learned From a Plastic Dinosaur

What I love about being married

What is a grown up?

What is Honey?

What Should I Do with Baby Jesus?

What Should I Offer My Toddler?

What to Do (and Avoid) When You Have Morning Sickness

what to do with my kids this summer

What to Do With Your Kids This Summer

Operation Christmas Child Shoebox

What to Pack in an Operation Christmas Child Shoebox #OCCGiving

What to Pack in Your Summer Snack Bag

What Would You Ask?

When Breast Isn’t Best

Who Are You?

Who Do You Want to Be?

Who is Training Whom?

Who’s That?

Who’s this Feels like home person?

Who, me?

Whole Day Food Plans for Toddlers

Whose toy is this?

Why I Didn't Tell My Kids About Sandy Hook

Why My Daughter Doesn’t Know About Sandy Hook

Why all parents need to talk to their kids about underage drinking - statistics, tips, ideas, and facts for how to talk to your children about drinking alcohol at parties or anywhere.

Why You Need to Talk to Your Kids About Underage Drinking

Why?

Winter bucket list - Almost 100 ideas for kids, teens, families, and adults! Includes crafts, recipes, and lots of fun activities. Free printable.

Winter Bucket List – Free Family Fun Printable

Wordless Wednesday

Work like a dog

XOXOXOXO

You Can Grow Another One

You Need My Help, Daddy?