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How to save money with DIY vases for every season

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How to save money with DIY vases for every season

It’s that time of year again. It rains, and then the sun comes up, and everything looks beautiful. Dandelions start popping up everywhere and your kids love picking them for you. They make bouquets and collect as many flowers and leaves that they can. But what do you do with all of them?   My girls, want to keep them all and say that they are special to them. Most of our vases are tall, and big. They are too big to hold just a kids handful of flowers. So what can we do? We are working in our house...

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Another "Mom Win" Snack

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Another "Mom Win" Snack

My kids expect a lot when it comes to new snacks. If I tell them that I have a new idea for a snack, they get really excited, and start talking about all the things it could be. They put high expectations on it. Now don’t get me wrong, they are perfectly happy with apples, or yogurt or something “plain”. But, if I tell them I have a new idea and want to try something, that is when they expect big things.    Things were no different the other day when I told them that if they would play nice...

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6 Ways To Keep Your Kids Entertained While Working From Home

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6 Ways To Keep Your Kids Entertained While Working From Home

Do you need help coming up with some ideas of how to keep your kids entertained throughout the day? Whether or not your kids are in school learning, or at home doing school work, during the week, or weekends, it always seems the same. Kids need a lot to keep them entertained and busy. Now I am not meaning they need a lot of fancy toys, or computers and games. I know I did not have those growing up, and I stayed very busy. What kids sometimes need, is a little bit of direction of what to play.  Depending on...

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Teachers right about now could use a smile

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Teachers right about now could use a smile

No matter where you are in the world reading this, there is probably one thing that we all can agree with. Teachers have had a hard year. Now this isn’t saying that no one else has had a hard year, we all have. But this right now, we are going to talk about teachers, and something small we can do for them. The stress of going to school everyday, with a classroom full, keeping especially those younger kids apart, cleaning their hands, and doing their best to keep them on track educationally, considering that the year before sort of ended...

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Moms, crafts, and empty bottles. A great weekend project

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Moms, crafts, and empty bottles. A great weekend project

If you are like me, I hardly have time to sit and read articles for projects. I scroll on Pinterest when my kids are in bed, and if I there was something that I wanted to see, it would either need photos or a quick write up. I don't have time for much with kids, work, family, laundry, cooking, lunches, and the list goes on!! That is why when I find these cute, quick easy projects, I want to make reading about them as easy as possible!   Moms, are you like me, and during this pandemic, have any empty...

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