"Pick A Stick" Fun Activities

One mom has a great idea with these colored activity popsicle sticks. She puts them in a jar, and when the kids are bored, they reach into the jar and pull out an activity stick for everyone to do together. You could easily modify the activities according to the ages of your own children, and places to go that are in your own area. I love seeing creativity like this that promotes family time!

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Pool Noodles And Balloons

I've never met a child that doesn't like pool noodles or balloons. What a great summer fun idea if you ever find yourself with a group of children needing something to do!

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Children's Reading Nook

Nothing could be more inviting than this adorable reading nook to encourage your young ones to read a book or two!

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Homemade Bubble Recipe

Children and bubbles go hand in hand!

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Why Children Are Happy

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Making Do

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Children have that uncanny way of learning to adapt and enjoying life, come what may!

Fun, Educational & Safe Websites For Kids

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Be Patient With Children

This is something I've realized more fully now that I look back on my years as a younger mother....I would be more patient....I would take more time to sit with and listen to - I mean really listen to - my children. 

Oh yes, I loved them. I shared my days with them. I cared for them and protected them fiercely as a mother bear does her cubs. But, in looking back, I recognize that there was room for improvement!

Seeds In Mother's Garden

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My children ~ Becca and Charlie ~ and me.

A Pocketful Of Nonsense

This was one of my daughter's favorite books. We still remember some of the silly rhymes to this day, like this one:

I love you, I love you,

I love you divine.

Please give me your bubble gum.

You’re sitting on mine!

(James Marshall's outrageous wit brings new life to old classics and to original limericks by Marshall himself. Readers young and old will delight in wacky interpretations of "Fuzzy Wuzzy Was a Bear" and classic jump-rope rhymes like "Teddy Bear" and "Cinderella." This treasure trove of nonsensical verse will have you laughing out loud and begging for more.)

Big Truck, Little Truck

This was one of my son's favorite books when he was young. It's a great story with wonderful pictures. 

I miss my children being small, reading to them, and sharing so much of the everyday little things with them!

Children's Room Organization

Shelving ideas like this are my all time favorite way to keep a child's room neat and organized. 

Everything is also very accessible, and easy to put back when done!

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A Walk Through The Meadow

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