Today is Thursday and I’m convinced that the Easter Bunny really should have delivered more jelly beans. How is it possible that one small child could have consumed so much candy in a few days? Turns out, she had help. The problem with jelly beans is that they travel to the bottom of the basket [...]
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Champions for Kids seeks to “mobilize millions” of people by providing training and resources to improve the lives of children in communities across America and beyond. The easiest way to participate is through their simple service project ideas of which there is a new one each month. More than 16 million children under the age of 18 are [...]
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More than 16 million children under the age of 18 are food insecure in this country. That means that their families lack the funds to adequately supply their growing bodies with nutritious foods on a daily basis, thus resulting in poor nutrition and an unprotected immune system. Of that 16 million, 3 million are under [...]
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Three ways you know you’ve been missing in action online: Your husband asks if you’re still a blogger. Your triberr leader checks to see if you’re alive. Your house is clean – there are some perks to being offline! This past month has been quite a busy one for this football family. In addition to [...]
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Recently I noted that the last time I went away with my husband {just the two of us}, I was very, very pregnant. I’m not saying that pregnant women can’t have fun, but with limited access to abdominal muscles, just walking on the beach was a bit of a chore. Yesterday, we had a busy [...]
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Kids off of school for Christmas break? Need something to keep them entertained? Check out Alvin & the Chipmunks: CHIPWRECKED. On Friday, I treated Ellie to an afternoon at the movies. She was so excited to go see “the hamster movie.” Hamsters… chipmunks… all the same when you’re three. We decided to see a matinee, [...]
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Each year when we drag our Christmas decorations down from the attic, we often debate over which items we should use and which items we should skip. With a three year old, we brought out mostly items that could withstand her curiosity. After trimming our tree, hanging our stockings, & arranging the nativity… the little [...]
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If you are a reader of this blog then you know two things about my dear little daughter: She is very busy. She has a ferocious appetite. On school days, she is absolutely, positively starving when I pick her up from preschool. Like most kids, she asks to go get a kids’ meal at a [...]
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Saving Money Made Easy I’ll never be an extreme couponer, but that doesn’t mean that I don’t like saving money at the grocery store. One store in particular has grabbed my attention with their fuelperks! program that rewards me at the gas pump. BI-LO grocery recently unveiled their new Bonus Card that you can now [...]
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