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Imaginative play is the best. But what's even better than imaginative play? A contest celebrating imaginative play! ...
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How to encourage imaginative play
My kids have BIG imaginations. They're always telling me what they're "a-tenin (pretending) to be." Don't get me wrong, this can be really annoying sometimes, like when my 2-year-old only wants to meow to let me know she needs something. But on the flip side of the coin, I know it's one of the most ...
Favorite Things Friday – Morning Beauty
>> The little moments in our days that become my favorite things. ...
10 things people don’t tell you about having kids {Especially #3}
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There are several things that, as a non-parent, you just don't know... And parents don't really fill you in on until absolutely necessary. However, I WISH I would have known these things (at minimum) before having kids. It just would have made me feel slightly more... Prepared. Although nothing ...
Extreme Saving 2 {or, how we do it now, with 4 kids}
It's been a while since I wrote part one of this miniseries, but we have learned many MORE ways to skinny up our budget since then! We're still living solely off freelance jobs, which can be few and far between, but we have not missed a bill payment yet since my husband lost his full-time job, the ...
Extreme Saving {or, how we do it with 3 kids}
Since my husband lost his job, we've been in super-frugal mode. We've been here before, so it's just kind of implementing past methods we've found to work for us... But since we're asked a lot by families thinking about having more kids how we make the pennies stretch (and still live comfortably), ...