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Make Spring Cleaning FUN!

Every Sunday morning my family does our weekly deep cleaning. It is a time to clean up and organize for the week. We were sitting at breakfast when I reminded my kids that after breakfast it was time to organize their rooms, play some music, and have fun while they cleaned up a bit. My son remarked that Sundays were “lazy days”, not clean up days.

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How To React To A Stumper

I was having a luxuriously relaxing cup of coffee at our local shop with my twin 7-year-old daughters one recent morning. We were talking about homework, how one doesnt like dance class, and how they prefer crushed cornflakes to breadcrumbs/parmesan on my homemade chicken fingers. Mellow, chilling, nice.

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Making a Difference: Your Love

    Sometimes making a difference in life involves nothing more than giving your love. There are times when tragedies happen in the lives of wonderful people. Although it can feel heartbreaking that there is nothing you can do to change the circumstances, that does not mean you can’t make a difference. When someone is […]

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How to Balance Children and Technology

In the modern age of texts, tweets, and status updates, it is of utmost importance that parents maintain open lines of face-to-face, soul-to-soul communication with their children. This does not mean resisting a highly technological world that is not going away, but rather continually exploring new ways to connect with one another both on and beyond the keyboard.