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Arts, Crafts, and Fun Things to Do and Make with your children

Toss any magazine older Work them out. The problem with bad weather is that children don’t get enough exercise. Play “freeze dance” stopping in position when the music goes off. Pile up pillows and encourage the kids to gallop over them on hobbyhorses. Get out the tutus and do a dance show. The storm has hit and you are stuck indoors with small lightening fast children. Kids are bouncing off the walls. You’re just about to go bananas. You take a look, but the pieces to Candyland are missing. Maybe a boardgame can save you?
 
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Grab some couch cushions or an large box and drape a sheet over them. Put toys and kitchenware for the kids to play with underneath. They can make a walkway to the structure with blocks. Set it up and hand out the invitations to all of the stuffed friends. It could be your dog or cats birthday, or your child’s favorite stuffed animals birthday. Decorate white paper plates for party invitations by coloring them and personalizing them. Bake up some cookies or have a popcornfest. Stretch out the preparation. Throw a ten minute party. Fill plastic bottles with whatever is on the shelf to make potions. Toothpaste, ketchup, food coloring - the yuckier the better. Add baking soda and vinegar and watch your concoction fizz. Clean out the magazine rack and have your kids clip pictures and paste them on paper. Suggest a theme, such as animals. Toss any magazine older than your toddler. Work them out. The problem with bad weather is that children don’t get enough exercise. Play “freeze dance” stopping in position when the music goes off. Pile up pillows and encourage the kids to gallop over them on hobbyhorses. Get out the tutus and do a dance show. The storm has hit and you are stuck indoors with small lightening fast children. Kids are bouncing off the walls.

 

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November 7, 2008

New Plans to Graduate Kids in 10th Grade

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The last two years of high are generally spent preparing for college and enjoying the last hurrahs of senior year, but what if it were the first two years of high , grades nine and ten where this took place, instead of grades 11 and 12?

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Show Off Your Cute Baby!

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Does your baby have a special or a way of looking up at you that just melts everyone’s heart? Is he a little terror that is always getting into everything? Could she win a ? Can he make spaghetti come out of his nose?

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Interview with the Chicken Lady 3

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Are you ready to raise your own chickens and enjoy delicious grown eggs? This is the last blog post in our series that asks an expert chicken lady about all there is to know. If you missed the earlier two posts, I strongly suggest that you go back and catch up.

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November 3, 2008

Car Pet Restraints

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Do you use a pet restraint when you take your dog or cat in the car with you? I’m wondering because a couple of weeks ago when I went with my friend Karen to the Nashville Humane Society (NHS) they had a variety of suggestions posted for taking care of your pet.

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Fun Fall Crafts for Preschoolers: Homemade Trees

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On a scale from one to ten this craft is a solid three in terms of difficulty. Meaning if you have a preschooler like I do, he or she will have very little difficulty making these homemade trees.

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The End of a Relationship and a Long Running Series

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After rumors of infidelity, the long time relationship between American Idol’s Simon Cowell and television reporter Terri Seymour is over. His rep Max Clifford confirmed the two have separated.

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September 8, 2008

More "Whoever Heard of" Expressions

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Even though my mom is gone, an expression we’d say still lives on. I find myself coming up with some pretty funny “whoever heard of” lines. Ones I know would make my mom smile, if not chuckle. Perhaps they’ll tickle you as well.

That girl is so bow legged, she couldn’t hem a hog in a ditch.  That’s got to be one of my favorite .

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Frugal Living Week in Review: September 1st Through September 7th

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Here is the Frugal Living Blog week in review!
September 1st
Frugal Living Week in Review: August 25th Through August 31st
Food and back to are the two things on my mind this week.

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September 1, 2008

What’s Most Important?

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Author Mem Fox has created a furor recently by declaring that putting infants in is tantamount to child abuse. Of course the comments received critical reaction from .

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Baby Blog Month in Review: August 2008

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Isn’t it crazy the way babies grow so quickly? It seems that you just get used to one stage and boom they are already into another. Tonight, were busy getting the household all set for my eldest child’s first day of second grade. My two younger ones are excited and want to start , too.

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