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Transitioning to a Toddler Diaper Bag

Posted on August 22, 2016 by Jamie H

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #SuperAbsorbent #CollectiveBias Find out what you need to include in a diaper bag as you transition out of the baby stage and into the toddler stage! Plus, how shopping for Huggies Diapers at Costco helps save you money! I’ll be honest, packing around a diaper bag for a baby was sometimes a bit daunting (especially while packing around the baby as well!). So by the time we started transitioning into toddlerhood, I was tempted to just ditch the diaper bag altogether. However, since

Loveland Living Planet Aquarium in Salt Lake City

Posted on August 11, 2016 by Jamie H

My family took a trip recently to Salt Lake City, Utah, along with my parents, my sister, and her family. While we were there, we wanted to visit the Loveland Living Planet Aquarium. They were kind enough to give me tickets so that I could share our experience with you! Initially, I was planning to write a post of several fun things to do in Salt Lake City (and that will be coming soon!), but once we visited the Living Planet Aquarium, I realized that it really required a post all of its own. There was so much to see

4 Crafts to Enjoy with Kids

Posted on July 20, 2016 by Jamie H

Most children love crafts projects. That’s why elementary school includes so many wonderful assignments for them. Once they’re familiar with the joy of crafting, it’s easy to teach them new skills that could become lifelong hobbies. Here are 4 crafts to enjoy with kids. Building a Better Mailbox While children today don’t have the same appreciation of the importance of mail as people of a past generation, they still think the mailbox is fun. You can teach them the thrill of designing their own thanks to this decorative guide to mailbox personalization. It shows the many ways that parents and

Why I Don’t Blog About Homeschooling

Posted on November 12, 2015 by Jamie H

If you’ve been here before, you may remember that we started homeschooling preschool the year before last. And then at the beginning of this last school year, I told you about how we were planning goals for our homeschooling year. So why didn’t I blog about homeschooling? The truth may shock you. Because the truth is that we didn’t do much that I could blog about. Last year was a tough one for me, and I felt tired. Drained. Exhausted. I know there are people with way worse times than me, but that doesn’t change the fact that I just

DIY Kid Costumes

Posted on October 5, 2015 by Jamie H

12 Ideas for kid costumes you can make at home! My kids love dressing up. For us, costumes aren’t a once a year thing, they’re an every day thing. But I don’t know if you’ve noticed how terribly made constumes from the store are, these days? They’re definitely designed to be good for only one day, or at the most a week. Since I couldn’t find great quality costumes that my kids can wear throughout the year to play in, I decided to find some great costumes to make instead. So I wanted to share with you some of the

Edible Art for Kids

Posted on August 31, 2015 by Jamie H

Create edible art for your kids with these fabulous products, while earning Bonus Box Tops™ for your favorite school! Our summer has flown by! Between the family get-togethers, swimming, camping, bike riding, and all the other fun summer events, I feel like our relaxed schedule turned into a hectic mess! Previously, I’ve loved doing crafts with my kids, but we didn’t do any this summer, and with fall around the corner, it was time to remedy the situation. When deciding on a craft to do, I wanted it to be a big success. And for my kids, snacks are always

Fun Summer Learning Ideas

Posted on July 2, 2015 by Lucy

Great resources for fun summer learning ideas including activities, workbooks, websites and apps for both Preschoolers and Grade-Schoolers. I’m a big believer that summer should be a time of play. A time of fun and a break for school but at the same time, I don’t want my kids forgetting everything they’ve learned and not being ready for school when September rolls around. So as the summer goes on we’ll be using more of these ideas. Preschool & Kindergarten Summer Learning Ideas *Activities –Fine Motor Bean Craft –Domino Bugs –Color Playdough Mats –Time Telling Clock –Sing with Me ABC’s –

Time Telling Clock

Posted on May 6, 2015 by Jamie H

You may remember from my post on Homeschooling Goals that one of our goals this year for Miss Magoo is to learn to tell time. We have flashcards and workbooks that help her learn about telling time, but one thing I really wanted to make was a Time Telling Clock. I remember as a kid, there were some school classrooms that had clocks somewhat similar to this EasyRead Time Teacher Children’s Wall Clock, but I’m way too cheap to buy such a thing. So I decided to make my own, and the time telling clock was envisioned. I knew that

Verse of the Week Chalkboard 2

Posted on March 17, 2015 by Jamie H

The Verse of the Week Chalkboard helps families memorize scripture together! I think that memorizing scripture is such an important aspect of the education we can give our children– and ourselves! In Psalm 119:11, it says, “I have hidden Your word in my heart, that I might not sin against You.” When we set scripture memorization as a priority, we can better learn about God. In fact, I think scripture memorization is so vital, that it’s part of our homeschooling goals for Miss Magoo and Little Man. I attempted to make a Verse of the Week Chalkboard a while back,

Growing a Desire for Giving in Kids

Posted on February 24, 2015 by Jamie H

One of my greatest goals in growing my children’s personalities is that they become truly generous individuals. I know that there are some children who are born with generous hearts and are just truly generous kids, but most of the rest of us are born pretty selfish, and have to be taught generosity. Obviously, my kids are young and I’m no expert here, but I figured that the earlier I taught my kids how gratifying it is to be generous, the more likely it is that they would desire to give to others. Because of this, we’re teaching them about