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How to Enjoy the Holidays While Healing Your Gut

As we head into the holidays, learn how to confidently enjoy the food and the company while healing your gut.   Sponsored by and developed in part with support from Ferring Pharmaceuticals. How to Enjoy the Holidays While Healing Your Gut It’s that time of year when we gather around tables View Post

Filed Under: Health, IG Links, Life Style, Printables, Reviews, Winter

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The Best Mom Planner for When Life Gets Hectic

Moms need the right tools to juggle the activities in a hectic household. Learn which mom planner is the best and get tips on how to manage appointments. The Best Mom Planner for When Life Gets Hectic I received product from Purple Trail in return for my honest feedback. Every opinion stated is View Post

Filed Under: Featured, IG Links, Life Style, Motherhood, Printables, Reviews

The Best Printable Halloween Signs for Safer Trick-or-Treating

You bought the candy and the costumes, all that's left now is finding the right Halloween signs to keep everyone a bit safer! The Best Printable Halloween Signs for Safer Trick-or-Treating I dug deep in our playroom closet. The bin filled with prior years’ costumes is filled to the brim. View Post

Filed Under: Fall/ Autumn, IG Links, Life Style, Printables

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The Best High School Homework Tools and Tips

  The Best High School Homework Tools and Tips  This post is sponsored by Casio. All opinions stated are entirely mine.  We are several weeks into the new school year, and I find myself breathless on the couch at the end of every day. Did we manage to get everything done today? Did View Post

Filed Under: IG Links, Parenting, Printables, Teen (13-18 years), Tween (10-12 years)

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The Printable Father’s Day Cards He Will Love

The Printable Father's Day Cards He Will Love Is it me, or does Father’s Day always sneak up on you too? After the crazy year we’ve had of COVID and pandemic life, the dads in our lives definitely deserve their own day, as we mothers had our special time in the spotlight.  Over the years, our View Post

Filed Under: Creative, Featured, Gift Guides, IG Links, Printables, Summer

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The Best Christmas Lights Scavenger Hunt for the Whole Family

The Best Christmas Lights Scavenger Hunt for the Whole Family I'm kinda obsessed with Christmas. I'll be the first person to admit that. And while there are certain things that I'm not a huge fan of (*cough, cough* elf on the shelf *cough, cough*), there are other holiday traditions and activities View Post

Filed Under: Hygge, IG Links, Motherhood, Printables, Winter

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Fun Ways Your Kids Can Make Money

Thank you DiversyFund for sponsoring this post. It’s never too early to learn about investing for your future! When your kid comes to you with wild dreams and wishes, take it as a learning opportunity. Talk to them about how kids can make money! Fun Ways Your Kids Can Make Money There’s one in View Post

Filed Under: Financial Life, IG Links, Parenting, Printables, Reviews

DIY Danish Christmas Heart Craft. These adorable felt hearts are a wonderful way to give a gift card, small present or handmade ornament! Fun to make with kids.

How to Make a Woven Danish Christmas Heart Craft

My childhood Christmas memories came flooding back with this Danish woven Christmas Heart craft. They make adorable handcrafted ornaments and they are fun way to give a gift card. Woven Danish Christmas Heart Craft Christmas is about upholding and creating traditions. Every year families bring out View Post

Filed Under: Creative, Hygge, Printables, Winter Tagged With: Christmas, Crafts, Danish, DIY, Heart, Pin THIS!, Printable

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20 Fun Activities to Keep Tween and Teen Boys Entertained and Happy

When you are tired of the eye-rolling and endless video-game playing turn to this super fun list of 20 activities for boys, perfect for tweens and teens! 20 Fun Activities to Keep Tween and Teen Boys Entertained and Happy I am pretty sure, we never considered the potential of us being stuck at View Post

Filed Under: Parenting, Printables, Teen (13-18 years), Tween (10-12 years)

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School’s Out, Now What?! The Daily Schedule for Kids that Will Save Your Sanity

The Daily Schedule for Kids that Will Save Your Sanity The alarms on your phone are shut off for several weeks, or what feels like “indefinitely”. The kids’ lunch boxes are empty, wiped clean and stored for a few weeks, or for all of eternity. What’s the difference anyway? The kids are home, View Post

Filed Under: Hygge, Life Style, Motherhood, Parenting, Printables

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How To Find The Best Asthma Management Plan For Your Child

This post was sponsored by the American Lung Association. All opinions are my own. How To Find The Best Asthma Management Plan For Your Child It’s exactly 11:38 pm. Our family has been in bed for three hours. Our oldest kids are nestled in their beds, sound asleep. Our youngest is next to me, View Post

Filed Under: Health, IG Links, Life Style, Parenting, Printables, Reviews, Special Needs

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How to Organize Your Children’s Medicine Cabinet

Back to school means back to germs. How you organize your children's medicine cabinet matters greatly this time of year. I have received information and materials from JOHNSON & JOHNSON CONSUMER, Inc., McNeil Consumer Healthcare Division, LLC. The opinions stated are my own. This is a View Post

Filed Under: Health, Heart, Life Style, Printables, Reviews, Special Needs

How to Make a Woven Heart Teacher Gift

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #CollectiveBias #SeasonofWriting How to Make a Woven Heart Teacher Gift I put the box down on the ground with a heavy thud. The kids immediately came swarming from out of nowhere. There’s View Post

Filed Under: Creative, Hygge, IG Links, Printables, Winter

Easter bunny perler bead pattern. Free perler bead template to make a cute bunny. Fuse bead bunny template. Fuse bead Easter templates. #Perlerbeads #Perlerbeadpattern #perlerbeadtemplate #fusebeads #meltybeads #mamainthenow #EasterCrafts

How to Make the Cutest Perler Bead Bunny – FREE Printable Template

The cutest perler bead bunny:  OK, can we all agree that this winter was unusually long, cold and did I mention long? We live in the Pacific North West and within the past few days, the cherry blossoms are finally in bloom. The beauty of the pink flowers are giving me hope that spring IS View Post

Filed Under: Creative, Perler, Printables, Spring

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