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200 dinner table questions and conversation starters for kids and families - Great activities and ice breakers for children to get them talking and laughing with their parents. Free printables that could be used as writing prompts too. Great for road trips and classroom use too.

200 Dinner Table Questions to Ask Your Kids that Will Make You a Better Parent

The ultimate list of screen-free activities for kids and teens - These are the best things to do when you're bored during the summer, on weekends, or anytime. Fun, simple, and easy play ideas for parents, children, and students. Great for rainy days, outside days, learning, eating, getting active, and more. Perfect for at home but could be adapted for school.

The Ultimate List of 150 Screen-Free Summer Activities for Kids & Teens

Summer bucket list - Over 100 ideas for tweens & teens, and adults too! Includes crafts, recipes, and lots of fun activities indoors and outdoors. Free printable.

Summer Bucket List for Tweens & Teens – Free Family Printable

How to be a fun mom - These simple and easy ideas will help any mother to be more involved with her children. Article full of life tips for parenting made easy and things to do with your kids. Great for a stay at home mom or any parent who wants more quality time with her kids.

12 Secrets of a Fun Mom

An Intentional Summer - Unique DIY summer planner for moms. Includes calendar pages, goals, bucket list, free cheap and frugal activities and other printable pages. Resource pack has lots of questions to guide your planning for the whole summer. Best resource for moms in the summer!

7 Tips for Creating an Intentional Summer

The Ultimate Summer Reading List for Moms & Kids

All About My Mom – Mother’s Day Interview for Kids

The ultimate list of 132 unique and creative Easter egg fillers for kids of all ages - toddlers, preschoolers, even tweens and teens. Cheap and totally non candy and great for girls and boys. Lots of DIY and dollar store ideas that will work at school or home. This is the best big list of ideas and even includes money! Children and families will love these treats!

132 Non-Candy Easter Egg Fillers – Free Printable Ideas

29 Life Hacks for a simpler mom life - Useful tips and tricks that every girl and women should know. The best ideas for organization, mornings, and evenings.

29 Life Hacks for a Simpler Mom Life

Be internet awesome - Teaching parents how to show respect to their kids through their online internet behavior. Thoughts and truths on safe internet usage for parents, teachers, and kids. Words and pictures posted without thinking can hurt. These life lessons will work for boys and girls and men and women. #SaferInternetDay #BeInternetAwesome #Sponsored

Be Internet Awesome – 7 Tips to Respect Your Kids in the Internet Age

Bible verses on patience that will make you a better Mom - Learn how to be a patient person, learning patience with kids and others is never easy, but these Bible verses from God will help. Remember this scripture to calm yourself and love others. The words of the Lord and Jesus will give you strength. Lots of beautiful encouragement.

17 Bible Verses About Patience That Will Make You a Better Mom

How to Celebrate Advent with a Jesse Tree

The best 50 Bible verses every Christian kid should memorize - These simple and easy verses for kids are encouraging and easy to memorize. The inspirational truths can help behavior and assist in parenting. They are short and easy for children to learn. Great for daily, weekly, or monthly scriptures, this list of verses is perfect for school or home.

50 Bible Verses Every Christian Kid Should Memorize

45+ best tween, teen, & adult games for family game night, even games for the kids! Tips and ideas for the 45+ best simple and easy family game night board, dice, and card games for children and adults to play together. 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 older kids, tweens, teens, and adults to play together.

The Best 45+ Tween, Teen & Adult Games for Family Game Night

How to be happy as a mother - Happier moms do these 15 things - These thoughts and quotes will encourage and inspire even the most stressed mom. Simple tips for being a content, grateful mom in life at home, at work, and parenting.

How to Be a Happy Mother – Happier Moms Do These 15 Things

10 secrets to raising happy, successful kids - Children need love and affection, but what else? This positive article lists 10 tips, habits, and ideas and awesome quotes for moms and dads raising boys and girls.

10 Secrets to Raising Happy, Successful Kids Who Will Become Happy, Successful Adults

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

Fall Bucket List for Kids – Free Printable for Family Fun

The best fidget toys for kids or teens with ADHD or anxiety - These calming toys are good for children and adults at home or in the classroom at school. Most are quiet, silent even, so they can be used in preschool or any situation. Great way to calm down.

The Best Fidget Toys – A Simple and Easy Solution for Kids with Anxiety or ADHD

Encouragement quotes for women and moms. This inspiration was the words of God said through an elderly woman at the thrift store. Truths about life as a Christian mom with kids. Thoughts on the heart and children.

Mama, You Are Doing a Great Job With Those Children

Encouraging books for exhausted women, especially moms - These reading lists for fiction and non-fiction are full of encouragement, strength, and hope. Some include the words and truth of God and some are purely for fun and escape. Written by teachers of faith and full of truths from the heart. Lots of great book ideas here, perfect for summer reading or anytime.

15 Encouraging Books for Exhausted Women

Ideas to help kids love flowers and vegetable gardens and gardening - Great for toddlers and preschool children or older kids. Fun things and suggestions for plants. Creative ideas for boys and girls. Cheap and awesome tips.

4 Ways To Help Kids Connect With Mother Nature Through a Love of Gardening

The Ultimate List of Things for Tweens & Teens to Do When They’re Bored – 200+ Ideas & Printable

Ways to encourage kids to share without pressuring them - These suggestions are great for teachers or parents who want to reinforce sharing at home or at school. Includes a picture book list for kids to read or for adults to read to them. Activities for children and adults.

7 Ways To Encourage Your Kids To Share (Including a Book List)

Cherry Crest Adventure Farm Review - Lancaster, PA attraction for families and kids. Includes one of the best corn mazes in the US as well as many other attractions!

Cherry Crest Adventure Park & The Amazing Maise Maze Review – Family Fun in Lancaster, PA

40 positive affirmations for Christian kids - You will find tons of encouragement and inspiration for anxiety and anxious, worried thoughts in these 40 printable positive affirmations cards for Christian kids. Calm, peaceful thoughts for kids with anxiety, these inspiring words will expose the truths of God's word in a meaningful, repeatable way.

40 Printable Positive Affirmations for Christian Kids (Especially for Anxiety)

35 Coping Skills for Parents to Help Their Kids with Anxiety - Helping children with normal anxieties or anxiety disorders at home or at school. Simple and easy strategies, activities, and ideas to make parenting anxious children easier. Great for students and teachers. Mental health is super important and making feelings less scary and even fun makes all the difference. Great for kids, teens, and adults with panic attacks or anger management issues. These strategies cover all big feelings and stress.

35 Coping Skills for Parents to Help Their Kids with Anxiety

Simple and easy things for kids, teens, and adults to do when they're bored. Options for girls and boys, mostly at home but some traveling away from home. Would be good alone, with friends, or with a boyfriend or girlfriend or husband. Perfect for a summer night by yourself or a winter afternoon as a couple or anytime of the year! Some can be done on a rainy day and some with no money. Way more than 100 creative, fun, and cool ideas here.

The Ultimate List of Things for Kids to Do When They’re Bored – 200+ Ideas & Printable

25 Simple & Easy Habits to Make You a Happy Mom Even When Life is Hard

28 ways to turn around a bad day - You need a pick me up and Christian inspiration when you're having a bad day. At home, at work, or in any area of life, these tips and remedies are motivation to cheer you up. What to do one a bad day to fix your attitude and feel better. Great for mom but appropriate for men and teens too.

28 Ways to Turn Around a Bad Day

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

Summer Bucket List for Kids – Free Family Fun Printable

8 things every every frazzle mom needs to hear - Parenting makes you overwhelmed, weary, tired, and grumpy. These 8 truths from God and other moms will help you to cheer up and stay positive even in the challenges of motherhood.

8 Things Every Frazzled Mom Needs to Hear

101 mom & daughter or mother and son date ideas for quality one on one time together - Awesome tips for mommy and children to build a strong relationship. Kids need special time with their parents and these fun activities are perfect. Even good for dads!

101 Awesome Mommy-Daughter or Mommy-Son Date Ideas to Fit Any Budget

14 awesome habits of very happy moms - how to be content in your role as a working or stay at home mom. Tips, wisdom, and suggestions on how to be a happier mom in every day life. Includes morning and evening routines and self care needs. Inspiration, encouragement, and things to do to improve your mood and attitude toward your kids and family.

14 Habits of Very Happy Moms

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

Cute Bird Ornament – DIY Christmas Craft for Kids

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

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

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

exercising as a family

10 Tips to Exercise With Your Kids

10 Fun Family Activities for Fall

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

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

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

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?

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

We All Feel Like We’re Messing Our Kids Up

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

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

A Letter to My Baby on Her Sixth Birthday

12 Tips for Celebrating New Year’s Eve with Kids

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

20 Questions to Ask Your Kids Printable

Wow, such a great list! These are the best audiobooks for kids and families! There are so many new and classic books here, definitely something for everyone for road trips or just listening at home. All roadtrips are better with audio books! Everything from fun books to serious ones. Great to listen with your parents.

The 40 Best Audiobooks for Kids and Families

12 Bedtime Questions to Ask Your Kids

8 Tips for Teaching Your Kids to Pray

9 Ways to Celebrate Easter as a Family

123 Easter Basket Ideas

16 Simple Lent Activities for All Christian Kids

10 Ways to Ease Kids’ Fears

10 Ways to Keep Christ in Christmas

10 Ways to Count Down to Christmas

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

Kids' Bucket List - Almost 100 ideas and experiences that every kid should have. Some for boys, but mostly for girls. Year round fun for summer, winter, spring, and fall. These are the activities and things that all children should 'do before I die.' Awesome ideas for friends and family road trips and vacations. Mom and Dad will have great memories of childhood as well as their kids.

A Kids’ Bucket List – 82 Things Every Kid Should Do Before They Grow Up

11 Smart Tips for Cooking with Kids

Please Touch Museum – A Day Trip to Philadelphia

Adventure Aquarium – A Day Trip to Philadelphia

How to get kids to read

20 Smart Ways to Raise a Reader

9 Smart Ways to End Sibling Squabbles

9 Smart Ways to Stop Sibling Squabbles

Banish Crabby Mom

Banish Crabby Mom

Save Kids Lives with Global Road Safety Week

Making the Most of Easter at the Last Minute

How to Host A Christian Passover Seder Meal with Preschoolers

How to Celebrate a Christian Passover Meal for Preschoolers

Scavenger Hunt for Early Readers

Scavenger Hunt for Early Readers

God of Miracles from Lucado Treasury of Prayers

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

Moses and the 10 Commandments Booklet and Activity

A Prayer for My Children

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

Ideas for a Frozen Valentine’s Day Party

8 Ways to Become a More Patient Mom

How to Memorize Scripture as a Family

12 Secrets of a Fun Mom

35 Things I Hope My Kids Will Say About Me Someday

How to Celebrate New Year’s Eve with Your Kids

Things to do on Christmas Eve

8 Christmas Eve Traditions to Start This Year

10 Ways to Keep Christ in Christmas

6 Ways to Celebrate Advent with Kids

The Best Games for Elementary School Kids

The Best Games for Elementary School Kids

Tips and ideas for the 30+ best simple and easy preschool board, dice, and card games for little kids to play together or with adults, especially since they can't do reading. 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 young children.

The Best Games for Preschoolers

Childhood Anxiety, Drugs, and Faith

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

60 Random Acts of Kindness for Kids

10 Ways to Make Your Child Feel Special on Her Birthday

What to pack in your summer snack bag for healthy snacks for your kids when you're on the go. These simple, easy, and portable snacks and drinks are great for outdoors, whether you're at the beach, playground, or pool. Quick and refreshing, great for toddlers, preschoolers, older kids, and even for adults. Lots of protein. These are the best yummy, light ideas for cheap things to buy.

What to Pack in Your Summer Snack Bag

baking soda

10 Fun Uses for Baking Soda

Our 2014 Summer To Do List

How to Celebrate July 4th with Kids

15 Ways to Celebrate Independence Day with Kids

10 inspirational quotes for boys and girls, kids and teens, and even men and women. These truths from God, the Bible, Jesus, Maya Angelou, Nelson Mandela and others will inspire and motivate children and adults about life, strength, hope, and love. Encouragement for moms.

10 Inspiring Quotes to Teach Your Children

what to do with my kids this summer

What to Do With Your Kids This Summer

8 ways to improve your kids health

8 Tips for Kids to Improve the Health of Kids Who Are Picky Eaters

how to teach your toddler to brush her teeth

9 Tips to Teach Your Toddler to Brush Her Teeth

How to Celebrate Memorial Day with Kids

Turkey Hill Experience sign

The Turkey Hill Experience in Columbia, PA

7 Tips for Healthier Family Meals

7 Tips for More Healthful Family Meals

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

Feeding the children

Onions and Sinners

How to Make Marizpan Piggies for Good Luck

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

Stuff my 3-Year-Old Says

My Second Child’s Third Birthday Party

Finding Camaraderie in Motherhood When Your Friends Aren’t Around

Christmas Gift Ideas for Girly Girls

Christmas Gift Suggestions for the Girly Girl

Celebrate Your Daughters When They Play Like Girls!

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

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

25 iPhone and iPad Apps for Smart Girls

10 Fun Fall Activities for the Whole Family

10 Fun Fall Activities for the Whole Family

Are Your Children Crazy, Too?

20 ways to get preschoolers excited about math

20 Ways to Get Preschoolers Excited About Math

We Can’t Wait for Girl Scouts This Year

Arm & Hammer Tooth Tunes Toothbrush Review

Tooth Tunes Encourage Kids to Brush Their Teeth

10 kids books on grief

On Losing Your Grandma – 10 Kids Books on Grief

75 Ways to Love Your Kids

75 Ways to Love Your Kids

Our 2013 Summer To Do List

My Mom’s Opinion of My Ingenious Parenting Tip

The best kids iPad apps

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

best chapter books for elementary kids or read alouds - This amazing list includes selections for kindergarten, first grade, second grade, third grade, fourth grade, fifth grade, sixth grade and up. Every parent, mom, dad, and teacher will find good and appropriate books here, all curated by a former teacher and homeschool mom who included a summary of each book alongside its name!

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

If you take a mom to Target - This funny article had me laughing. Hilarious and so true. This mom is seeing right into my life!

If You Take a Mom to Target

Jesus, The Easter Bunny, and the Last Minute

Jesus, the Easter Bunny, and the Last Minute

Bring the Holidays Down a Notch

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

Preserving Lucky’s Magic

Magic Milk for St. Patrick’s Day

Truths in Parenting

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

What I (Used to) Feed My Kids

I Lied About The Fish

Dropped Naps

Happy New Year! {a video from Gracie}

Why I Didn't Tell My Kids About Sandy Hook

Why My Daughter Doesn’t Know About Sandy Hook

40+ gift suggestions for toddlers

40+ Christmas Gift Ideas for Toddlers

How to Celebrate Advent with a Jesse Tree

Jesse Tree FAQ

gift suggestions for girls

40+ Christmas Gift Ideas for Girls

Did You Do Anything Today?

Operation Christmas Child Shoebox

What to Pack in an Operation Christmas Child Shoebox #OCCGiving

We Need to Talk About Makeup

angry mom

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

Don’t Miss the Magic, Momma

The Little Sister

good dress up games for ipad and iphone

7 Good Dress Up Games for iPad and iPhone

The Best Educational Apps for iPad

The Best Educational Apps for iPad and iPhone

mommy lingerie

There’s No M in that Word

The Right Answer Was the Wrong One

She's So Beautiful

She’s So Beautiful

daddy-daughter dates

The Best Reward

potato chip incident

The Unfortunate Potato Chip Incident

Feels Like Home Blog

Playing in the Creek

The Missing Manners Rule

rude cashier

The Rude Cashier

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

Cheap Summer Fun – Have Glow Stick Treasure Hunt

free summer fun

6 Free Activities to Do with Your Family

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)

Glad One Bag Challenge

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

Build-A-Bear Workshop Birthday Party

Grace’s Build-A-Bear Workshop Birthday Party

2012 summer to do list

Our 2012 Summer To Do List

101 Best Picture Books to Read or Hear Before You Grow Up - This is an amazing list of the best children's books of all time! There are fun books, happy books, sad books, and all the other emotions for kids. Lots for boys and for girls. These ideas will keep kids reading and learning for years.

101 Picture Books To Read Before You Grow Up

daddy-daughter dates

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

Allie and the iPad

What It’s Really Like to be a Stay-At-Home Mom: Every Day is Mother’s Day

Allie Has a Sense of Humor

Cast Fear Out

kid writing

Grace Has Written Her First Book

parenting tips from a mom blog

Momma Means Business

Simplify Your Family By Focusing On Your Kids

What to put in plastic Easter eggs for kids - Includes fun ideas for egg fillers including trinkets and cool toys that can fit into the larger sized eggs. Ideas for all children from the very young to teens. Could also use some ideas for things to put in baskets.

132 Non-Candy Plastic Easter Egg Fillers

The Luckiest Day of My Life

Our Family Rules – According to Grace

family rules poster

Our Family Rules Tutorial

Allie and Zeus

Allie and the Television

mom blogger

A Day in the Life of a Mom Blogger

how to paint with a toddler

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

sibling rivalry

My First Sibling Squabble

Found My Bliss

I Found My Bliss

My Beautiful Baby

I Did It Myself

Overwhelmed By Cute

playing learning to read

Learning to Read & Write by Playing

Pennsylvania Farm Show

The Pennsylvania Farm Show

Matching Haircuts and Dealing with Childhood Fears

messy first birthday

First Birthdays

On Allie’s First Birthday

Santa Brought Drums

I am Not a Saint

Is Santa real?

Is Santa Real?

Magic Elf Ideas

The Magic Elf Becomes the Magic Gingerbread Girl

laughing baby

Ignoring the Fracas

best books for preschoolers

10 Books We Love for Preschoolers

Productivity and an Oreo-Crusted Baby

Suffocated

counting down to christmas

8 Ways to Count Down to Christmas

jesse tree

How to Make and Use an Advent Wreath for Kids

Rain forest Jumperoo - must have baby products

My Must Have Baby Gear

jesse tree ornament

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

Our Christmas Traditions

jesse tree

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

Harrisburg mommy blog

A Warm Fall Day in Harrisburg

This Person

painted face

Growing Up and Getting Brave

stay at home mom

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

people who keep me safe

People Who Keep Me Safe

steve jobs

What Do You Choose? – inspired by Steve Jobs

photographing babies

My Happy Baby

happy momma

So Happy

I’ve Won the Toothbrushing War

Suffering Without Bought Air

weird kids

My Weird Kids Are Just Like Their Mother

Our Bedtime Routines

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

The Tooth Brushing Fight

how to throw a barbie party

How to Throw a Barbie Princess Charm School Party

armpit hair

Motherhood is Glamorous

I’m Not Going Back to School in 2011

Allison with a Balloon

How Did This Happen?

10 Ways to Use Baking Soda for Babies & Kids

Super Gracie to the Rescue

Beaba Bib’expresso Makes Bottle Making Easier

Our Summer To Do List – 2011

The Chalk Debacle

Tips for Tooth Brushing For Kids

Go the F–k to Sleep is NOT Real Life

Tickling

Happy Birthday, Grace!

Tooth Brushing With a Preschooler

Messy

Teaching Your Kids to Enjoy Hiking This Summer

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

Another Library Fine

Playing Outside with My Girls

Allison’s Birth Story – The Delivery

Allison’s Birth Story – The Labor

Comparing My Girls

Allison’s Birth Story – The Induction

Allison’s Birth Story – The Back Story

Walking to Grandma’s House

Caring for Our Sensitive Skin with Aquaphor

Sister Love

Grace’s Hobby Horse

Grace’s Drawings

How to throw an indoor living room carnival for your family - Kids love carnivals, and these simple activities and fun games make it easy to have one for your family. Perfect for rainy days. Includes pictures and decorations. Awesome way to spend a day inside.

How to Host an Indoor Carnival for Your Family

Colossal

What I Learned From a Plastic Dinosaur

The Things Kids Say

I am a Strong Mom

10 Weeks Old

We Forgot the Babies

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

Why?

Walking

My Decision

cooking with kids

10 Ways to Get Small Children Involved in the Kitchen

An Impossible Choice

The Difference a Month Makes

Gratuitous Baby Photo

Who Do You Want to Be?

homemade valentines day gifts for kids to make

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

Be Our Guest

Our Family Bed

When Breast Isn’t Best

Valentine Countdown

Homemade Valentine’s Day – Gifts for Children

Sister Lullaby

I Want to Remember

Skiing Together

Grace and Allie

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

Brand New

We’re Home!

Reindeer Food

Legos Meet Polly Pocket

Everything Will Be Okay (Updated)

She Shall Be Known As

coloring the advent

Coloring the Advent

advent books

10 Ways to Celebrate the Advent

What Happens When Daddy Dresses the Preschooler

Our Favorite Christmas Books and DVDs

Unprepared

The best big sister books for when you have or are expecting a new baby - Older siblings need reassurance and gifts when the new baby comes. Children need reassurance that life will go on and older kids won't be forgotten. Reading stories about families like theirs will help a lot.

8 Books for New Big Sisters

Christmas Countdown Chain & Calendar

Teaching Children to Give featuring The King’s Christmas List

Operation Christmas Child

Best gift ideas for a new big sister or any older siblings - The best gifts to get for children when a new baby is born. Perfect for in the hospital or at home. Usually from moms or dads but could be from other kids or families. Awesome for toddlers and preschoolers.

The Best Gifts for a New Big Sister

Thinking About Thanksgiving

preschool activity book

Preschool Activity Book

More Books for the 3-year-old Crowd

Our Family

Halloween Traditions

Tar and Chips

First Grade

Grace's bedtime snack

Bedtime Snacks featuring Yoplait’s Gogurt and a Giveaway

Our Ultrasound Dilemma

Warm Toes

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

Fearfully and Wonderfully Made

The Nittany Lion Shrine

Playing Dress Up

Grace and Molly and Me

Practicing Her Dancing Moves

How Did I Parent Before I Had an iPhone?

Shrinky Dink hands

Smoochie Hands for When We’re Apart – Craft for Kids with Separation Anxiety

An Idle Threat

Playing with Sidewalk Chalk

baby clothes quilt

Keepsake Quilts: Design a Baby Clothes Quilt

Dancing Classes

Playing Learning Games

baby clothes quilt

Keepsake Quilts: Make a Quilt from Baby Clothes

Puppy Love

Pink Boogers

Dad, We Have to Have a Little Talk

Farewell Summer

She’s Figured Out My Tricks

A House on Fire!

Grace Is Getting A New Room

Jumpin’ in the Pool

Bouncing at Cherry Crest Farm

Confidence

Veggie Tales: Sweet Pea Beauty

Our Beach Vacation

Rain forest carousel at the Philadelphia zoo

A Day at the Philadelphia Zoo

Best books for 2 and 3 year olds and preschoolers - These learning books are great for boys and girls at home or in the classroom. Teaching kids life lessons in a fun way, many great ideas for read alouds. Awesome reading lists for young children.

25 Best Books for 2- and 3-year-olds and Other Preschoolers

Happy Anniversary

Pregnancy, According to a 3-year-old

A is for Crocodile

Friends

Grace’s Strider Balance Bike & a Strider Giveaway

Happy Birthday to You!

Our Favorite Mexican Restaurant

Playing With a Balloon

Introducing Our Newest Pets – Hermit Crabs

The Shopping List

Playing In The Waves

Grace and Her Babies

dry erase activity book for preschoolers

Grace’s Dry Erase Activity Book

Taking a preschooler to the beach? Simple and easy suggestions, activities, and tips for what to do. Make art, crafts, science experiments, math activities, and games. Super fun! They'll never get bored!

10 Ways To Have Fun with a Preschooler at the Beach

Joe’s First Slip N Slide

An Unexpected Nap

My top 10 hilarious summer disappointments - These funny inspirations for summer activities. Funny stories about warm weather. Great sarcastic quotes and humor. These are truths for everyone.

My Top Ten Summer Disappointments

Fun at the Swimming Pool

It Was Easier To Go To Work

Cucumber Buffet

Top Ten Crafty Father’s Day Gifts

How to Keep Your Water Bottle Cold All Day

Summer 2010 To Do List

Exhaustion

You Can Grow Another One

finished princess crown

How to Make a Foam Crown for Your Prince or Princess

How to Eat Snow Peas

Simple & easy DIY Disney princess birthday party for preschoolers - My 3-year-old loved this party. Complete with ideas for favors and goodie bags, activities, food, crafts, and games. Because the party was outside, we had only basic decorations. Easy to do on a budget or with toddlers. Served cupcakes instead of a big cake and kids decorated them at the party.

How to Throw a Simple Princess Birthday Party for a Preschooler

Feathering My Nest

Three is

Happy Third Birthday, Pumpkin!

Birthday Preparations

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

How A Bird Nest Rocked My World

A Weekend in the Park

Tips to Avoid Dog Bites

10 Tips to Avoid Dog Bites

The Uterus Book

Then God Laughed

My Library Fine

Looking Out for the Little Guy

One Big Egg

I Made You A Surprise!

Homemade Mother’s Day Gift – Colored Tote

My Cup Runneth Over

How to make a fun sensory bin for kids - Toddlers and preschoolers love sensory materials! Colored rice, lentils, popcorn, dried beans, and other small items make the perfect base for stickers, pompoms, and other slightly larger bits. Children love to pour, sift, and play in this mixture.

How to Make a Sensory Bin

Our First Sensory Tub

It Was Supposed to Be A Quick Walk

It Started Out As a Walk

I’ve Been Won Over By Princesses

Cousins

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

Hunting Easter Eggs

how to make resurrection eggs

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

The Same Crocs Shoe

Skinny Cow, meet Gracie

This is How Daddy Pees

This is How Daddy Pees

my artists smiling

We Skipped Our Project and Painted

Projects

How To Spend the Day with Small Kids in Washington DC

A Saturday Afternoon

It’s What I Just Want, Daddy

heart shaped pizza

How to Make an Easy Heart-Shaped Pizza

Mom 2.0: What You’re Doing Matters

Ode to Daddy

I’m So Over This Snow

Exercising Together with EA Sports Active

Exercising with EA Sports Active

The Most Valuable Tool in Potty Learning

Grace Did Not Enjoy Playing in the Snow

Melissa & Doug Fold & Go Castle

H is for…

Valentine’s Day Love Notes for Kids

There’s Something Wrong With My Juice

Mama is Calling Me

Playing Doctor

Playing with the Trains

Aunt Amanda

She Just Needed to Be Heard

Do Good

Fun for Kids at the Pennsylvania Farm Show

Going to the Eye Doctor

I Love These Lousy Pictures

Nurturing Trains?

What Should I Do with Baby Jesus?

Have a Coffee Table Picnic

Thomas the Train sets

Merry Christmas!

The Magic of Christmas

The Magic of Christmas

Baby Jesus Loves Chocolate

Dinosaurs are Cool but Sprig is Cooler

Warning: Dinosaurs Ahead

Grace’s First Snowman

How to Celebrate Advent with a Jesse Tree

How to Make a Jesse Tree

Advent Wreath – Start A New Christmas Tradition

A Weekend at the Beach

Christmas Gift Ideas for Preschoolers

A Busy Weekend in Avalon, New Jersey

Triangle Craft

Thanksgiving Crafts

Sightseeing in Valley Forge

Sightseeing Fun in the Rain

Simplifying Christmas

You Need My Help, Daddy?

Our Easy Scarecrow Craft – The Rest of the Story

Learning To Use The Potty

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

Disney on Ice is Something Special

Eebee’s Mix & Mash

Something Special

Dressing Up for Halloween

Free Fun With A Cardboard Box

The Right Tools Make All The Difference

Popcorn & a Movie

She’s Listening, and She Doesn’t Forget

My BooBoo Feel Better

Broken

Grace’s Homemade Tutu Gets a Second Chance

Grace’s Homemade Tutu

They Bless My Heart

Let’s Make Cookies

Visiting the Alpaca Farm

Alpaca Open House

How to Photograph Your Baby by Nick Kelsh

Grace’s Hospital Gown

How to Take Better Pictures of Children

Gracie’s Hospital Gown

Cold Weather Fitness Tips for the Whole Family

We Take Turns

Our House Guest

Upside Down

Car Seats Save Lives If You Let Them

Going to the York Fair in the Rain

I Am A Lousy Singer

The Two Bites Rule

A Close Call

My Heart Sings

Eating Ice Cream with Old Grandma

I Did It By Myself!

How To Take the Best Bubble Bath

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

Let’s Go Swimming!

Two Flowers

Making Lunch Special

Another Trip to the Fabric Store

A Happy Girl

I Kiss It

Her Own Drink

Eat The Rainbow

Just Like Momma

Overcoming Grace’s Fear of Animals

Positive Parenting Webinar: The Art of Consequences

Positive Parenting Solutions

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

Sightseeing… at home

Birthday Buddies

Buddies

Gimme, Gimme!

Danger: Child Entertaining Herself

I Missed Her So Much

That Sweet Face

Look, A How-gog!

What Would You Ask?

Separation Anxiety

Swinging: The Rest of the Story

Parentese: It’s a Whole New Language

Swinging

I Love Boating

The Best One

I Have A Confession

What is Honey?

More favorites

Mah Favorite

2 Going on 13

Happy (Belated) Birthday, Eric Carle!

I’ll Love You Forever

how to make a superhero cape

How to Make A Superhero Cape: A Tutorial

Gracie in the House!

Mmm – Creamy

Balls in the Circle (Toddler Bocce Ball)

Captured

I’m Big. I’m Bad.

We Are NOT Buying More Bottles

Growing Vegetables

Swimming Lessons

Summer Reading

Scared

Let Them Experiment

Boredom

A Great Birthday

Happy Birthday, Baby of Mine!

In 32 days, I turn 30

Who Are You?

Climbing Through a Tunnel

Goodies Are a Sometimes Food

A Sure Sign of Spring

A Sure Sign

My Painted Lady

Cranberry Lemonade

Grace’s People

We’ll Be Okay

We Didn’t Have a Choice

It’s hard to say good bye

Grandma’s House

I’m old.

Grace Ate…

Nanda’s kitties

Grace is Ready for the Sunshine

Frugal Fun – Packing Material

The Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus

My Favorite Picture from the Park

Lessons From the Park

Like Me Hat?

Feeding an Independent Child with the Baby Dipper

I’ll Do It Myself

I Redecorated my Kitchen

The Best Easter Morning Ever

Grace’s Fashion Sense

Veggie Tales: An Easter Carol

More Whole Day Food Plans for Toddlers

Four Generations

Whole Day Food Plans for Toddlers

The Lil Rinser is Working!

I Found a Treasure

homemade baby food

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

A Belly Laugh

DaBib is Da Bomb

Who is Training Whom?

What Should I Offer My Toddler?

What a Difference a Year Makes, Part Two

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

What a Difference a Year Makes

Who’s That?

A Big Kid Needs Big Shoes

What Does a Toddler Need to Eat?

A Spring Day in the Park

My Laundry Mess

One, Two, Three, Four

Cooking but Not Eating

Want To Go For A Ride?

How to make an awesome toddler pillow - Small children need small pillows for their bed! Here is an illustrated tutorial showing how to sew a very simple pillow for a girl or boy to sleep on. No pattern needed for this simple and easy DIY. Includes the best size and fabric for little kids.

How to Make a Toddler Pillow & a Toddler Quilt

Making up a Toddler Bed

My Graces

I’m Back to Rocking My Baby

Kids in the Kitchen Resources

Grace’s Lil Rinser

Ease Shampooing Struggles with the Lil Rinser

Save Your Sanity – Put Things Where They Belong

Let Your Toddler Help in the Kitchen

Veggie Tales: Abe and the Amazing Promise

Bath Paints – More Fun in the Tub

Make A Crayon Roll

Organizing Your Play Kitchen

Happy Happy

Little Max

Accessories for a Play Kitchen

Cheese curls

Choosing a Play Kitchen

How do you treat croup?

How do you like my hat?

Snacks for Toddlers

Is this spousal abuse?

Bath Crayons Recipes

Bath Crayons

Ta-dah! Tadoodles and their aftermath

homemade baby food

How to Make Homemade Baby Food the Cheap & Easy Way

The Epiphany

Sharing wonderful

Hope for my baby girl

Opening presents is hard work.

My most unusual Christmas dinner

My strange Christmas

Appreciate Your Home – Go Away

Our First Big Snow

Our New Nativity Set

My favorite photo

Grace’s Teething Fix

Breakfast

We’re starting to decorate for Christmas

Trimming the tree

The ghost of Thanksgiving past

Symbolism of the Christmas Wreath

Pomegranates

A Little Turkey

My Thanksgiving Menu

Verklempt

My Grandma

My Christmas list

Pumpkin patch

Start a new tradition – have an Elfscapade!

Mirror, mirror…

Have you lost the plug for your bathtub?

My inspiration

Eyes and ears and mouth and nose…

Happy BOO to you!

Danger!

ticka, ticka, ticka

Happy Harvest!

My secret

My Precious Family

My Mom Rules!

Lefty

Tagged again – more minutia

Playing together

Happy Halloween, Dear Gracie

styrofoam peanuts

We have a problem.

An apology

Did you plan your children?

Chatterbox

Are you sleepy?

Beans – yummy and fun

The cure!

Growing how fast?

Like mother, like daughter

The worst day

Touchdown!

Bye bye, Momma

Tragically unhip

The first time

Our family bed

Grace and her buh

Growing up, a little slower

Mmm… tomato!

Babies and bunnies and birdies, oh my!

My reader

30 days to happiness, days 4 through 10

30 days to happiness, day three

Grace’s bounty

The incredible shrinking bed

30 days to happiness, day two

30 days to happiness, day one

Toddlers and Tweenies

He knows what you need before you do

Bronzed beauties

All I know about the beach

Our favorite beach so far

Exfoliate much?

The beach is fun

Look at those curls!

Tagged again!

How to take a shower when you have a toddler

My girl

The great lipstick challenge

Banana pizza

I’m thankful

Hanging – Saturday Photo Scavenger Hunt

Rest in peace, Randy Pausch

Add speech writing to my list of talents

Vacations with my niece

Isn’t it great

Snickers

The Big Read

Small and floppy

My handyman and his assistant

Who’s this Feels like home person?

Whose toy is this?

Does your family have a mission statement?

Sixth grade

Bubbles!

What I love about being married

Baby signing

What is a grown up?

A powerful story

Birthdays

Wordless Wednesday

Berry picking

Grocery shopping

Update on staying home

Happy birthday, Pumpkin!

Ten Best Things about Being a Mom

A brief history of time, according to TGZ

Just call me Frugal Freida

Growing up, only not quite so fast

More bathtime fun

Good, bad, and worse

My husband = my hero

Love your kid to bits.

I’m jumping on the bandwagon.

Is there an award for –

What does all this mean?

Making choices

My 101st post – 101 Things About Me

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

Before I was a Mom

Growing up

Just one smile

On the tenth month

A kiss

Walking

Jelly beans

A bathtime layout

Two new layouts

Bathtime fun!

Work like a dog

I Flipped!

Beware of kid

Magazine Cover Contest

Happy Easter!

My little posie

XOXOXOXO

Movin’ on up

My love list

41 weeks

Oh, boy, am I proud!

I (heart) Moxie!

An only child

9 months

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

Another day, another layout

A phone call

Digital scrapbooking

Still perennially overwhelmed

Me, in a nutshell

Silly Sunday

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Blueberries, continued

President not princess

A taste of blueberries

I am so lucky.

A new take on revelry

8 months old

The laptop wars rage on

Patience shows up again

God calling

Who, me?

Patience

Feel the love

Pole dancing

Our nightly routine

Lucky

A theme

Making a list and checking it twice

The perennially overwhelmed

Snow day!

Infested

Mmmm, Gracie!

Kee-tee!

PLEASE go to sleep

A lucky girl

…but I ate them.

This makes me laugh every time I see it

BYOC – bring your own chair

This isn’t nice, but it’s funny.

The laptop wars

My baby

Let’s be friends

Choose happiness, an update

There’s a reason we call her "Monkey"

How she’s grown!

Choose happiness

I needed a laugh

On being a working mom