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How to Encourage a Love of Reading in Your Toddler
Let them see you reading. Be an example. You can’t expect your kids to prefer a book over a screen if you are always on your phone instead of reading a book. Also be careful that you don’t do all your reading on your phone/kindle. Your kids won’t be able to distinguish whether you are […]
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God is Faithful
I wrote the following words in the waiting room at my OBGYN a couple months ago. These are my thoughts and feelings at a very vulnerable and uncertain place in my pregnancy. I never expected this pregnancy to be so difficult on me emotionally, but after loss the worries and emotions have all but consumed […]
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Toddler Tantrums and What to Do
Don’t give in or let them have their way just because it seems easier in the moment. All this does is insure they will do it again. By giving in your are creating future problems. Kids are smart and they will soon learn that all they have to do is throw a fit to get […]
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Toddler Friendly Lunches
I feel like I have been doing a lot of recipe themed posts lately, so I decided to keep up the trend and share some of my kids’ favorite lunches. I like to choose easy lunches that don’t take much time to prepare, but it can sometimes be hard finding something that both of my […]
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Chicken Stir Fry Recipe
As promised in my previous post, I am sharing our chicken stir fry recipe since I couldn’t find it online to share the link, and I couldn’t remember what cookbook I found it in. My husband always says when I make this that it doesn’t look like it’s going to be good (because of all […]
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Our Favorite Vegetable Recipes
My husband and kids are not always fans of vegetables, but I have gotten creative with finding new recipes and have discovered ways that we all enjoy eating different vegetables. I try to have a cooked vegetable or salad with dinner, and raw vegetables with lunch. The kids’ favorite raw vegetables are thin sliced carrots […]
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How to Encourage your Kids to Not be Picky
I know this can be a huge struggle with kids, especially toddlers. We have gotten pretty lucky with our kids. I’m not sure if it’s just their personalities or anything specific we have done, but they eat most fruits and vegetables and even whole wheat bread crust and all. Sometimes I forget it’s not common […]
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Our Favorite Breakfasts
As I have stated in a previous post, I like to make my breakfasts a day ahead of time and then have breakfasts ready to go for several days. Most of the recipes below are great for this. And the ones that I make the morning of don’t take too much time to throw together. […]
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Diaper Bag Essentials
I bring the diaper bag everywhere with us. I currently carry it instead of a purse when I have the kids with me. We have a black backpack diaper bag. My husband doesn’t mind carrying it since it’s not the purse style and I love all the pockets and compartments. It is also convenient to […]
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Tips for Flying with Kids
Check what you can. I travel with our kids by myself twice a year starting when our first was 14 months old and I was 5 months pregnant. And the most recent time being with a 3 year old and a 19 month old. I often have a suitcase that would be small enough to […]
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