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Easy DIY red, white and blue patriotic ribbon wands. They are so easy to make that a preschooler can make them! Preschool activity. Perfect for the 4th of July, Memorial Day, Veterans Day or any other parade or reason to wave a ribbon wand!

Easy Red, White, and Blue Patriotic Ribbon Wand

(Thank you to Woodpeckers® for sponsoring this post in return for my honest opinion about their products. All opinions stated are 100% mine.) Easy Red, White, and Blue Patriotic Ribbon Wand I heard a quiet mumbling coming from the other room. Jansen had been playing by himself for quite some time View Post

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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

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LEGO flag wreath

How to Make the Most Awesome LEGO Wreath

How to Make the Most Awesome LEGO Wreath I am wide awake while everyone around me is happily snoring. My mind is racing a million miles an hour. I have a love/ hate relationship with my brain when this happens. There is an idea brewing in my head and it just won’t stop nagging me. I MUST CREATE! I View Post

Filed Under: Creative, IG Links, LEGO, Summer, Wreaths

Family enjoying a summer picnic in nature.

End of Summer Family Bucket List the Whole Family Will Love

The summer is drawing to an end. Get the most out of the last few days with these fun end of summer family bucket list ideas. Summer Family Bucket List Summer is coming to an end. There are only so many days left of clear skies, warm sunshine, and high temperatures before school takes over again View Post

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Summer hygge ideas for the whole family. Summer is the perfect time for hygge. Summer bucket list items for the whole family. Bring coziness, happiness and hygge into your summer months with these fun ideas. #Hygge #Summer #BucketList #SummerBucketList #HappyFamily #HyggeIdeas #HyggeLife #mamainthenow

10 Fun Ways to Get Your Summer Hygge On

Fun ways to get your summer hygge on Nothing makes my heart sing more than when the kids embrace the values I so desperately try to instill in them. It’s now summer in the Pacific North West, which means everyone comes out of hibernation, dusts off the cobwebs and embraces nature. Yesterday one of View Post

Filed Under: Hygge, Life Style, Motherhood, Summer

How to prepare your kids for their first summer camp. Summer camp for kids. Prepare your kids for summer camp. Summer camps for kids. How to get the most out of summer camp for kids. #Summercamp #SummercampsforKids #PrepareYourKidsForSummerCamp #MamaintheNow #FunSummer #SummerBucketList #SummerCamps

How to Prepare Your Kids for Their First Summer Camp

How to prepare your kid for their first summer camp I won’t ever forget the first time I dropped my kids off at summer camp. Jordan and Jacob walked excitedly down the road, dragging their packed lunch boxes like they were brief cases filled with important documents. Jordan was so small, especially View Post

Filed Under: Kid (6-9 years), Parenting, Summer, Teen (13-18 years), Toddler (2-5 years), Tween (10-12 years)

When you need Father’s Day gift ideas, look no further than here. The perfect man cave gifts for Father’s Day, your husband’s birthday and of course Christmas. Shop in one place and get everything you need for Father’s Day. Man cave decor for every budget. #ManCave #FathersDay #ManCaveGifts #ManCaveDecor #FathersDayGifts #Fathead #Ad

The Perfect Man Cave Gifts for Father’s Day (and beyond)

The perfect man cave gifts for Father's Day (and beyond)   Thank you Fathead for sponsoring this post. Fathead is the source for officially licensed, life-size vinyl wall graphics and more. Choose team or entertainment favorites, or create your very own Custom Creation. When You Need Man View Post

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12 Ways to Have Fun with Bubbles. Bubble fun for kids. Summer outdoor activities for kids. Ideas for play with bubbles for kids. #Bubbles #Summer #SummerBucketList #BubbleFun #GrossmotorSkills #FunForKids #mamainthenow

12 Ways to Have Unbeatable Fun with Bubbles

12 Ways to Have Unbeatable Fun with Bubbles: You know what’s awesome about bubbles? Everything!  I mean really, we arm the children with soap and water and say "have fun!"  And they do!?  It’s a total win-win situation for everyone.  We are talking about some good clean (literally) fun that View Post

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Outdoor Gross Motor Activities. Gross motor skills ideas. Creative ways for your kids to work their gross motor skills. Outdoors summer activities for kids of all ages. #grossmotor #grossmotoractivities #grossmotorskills #grossmotorforkids #summerfun #funforkids #mamainthenow

14 Gross Motor Ideas to Take Outside

Outdoors Gross Motor Ideas School is out for summer!  And it’s time to throw the screens in the trash and kick the kids outside, enjoy the outdoors and get moving! We know that gross motor skills are important for muscle and strength development.  We know they are crucial to building confidence and View Post

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Fun LEGO road trip (and airplane) activities to keep the kids happy and have the family vacation of your dreams. LEGO building challenges, educational LEGO games and activities, printables using LEGO bricks and DUPLO. LEGO fun for toddlers, kids, tweens and teens. You won't hear "are we there yet" for hours!

15 fun LEGO Road Trip Activities To Keep The Kids Happy

LEGO Road Trip Activities I teamed up with LEGO® to bring you these fun LEGO road trip activities. All the opinions stated are 100% mine. Jordan looks at me with his piercing blue eyes. “May I please go to bed?” Wait… WHAT? He smiles that cheesy grin he’s known for…. “Yes, please come View Post

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Fun photo session idea for Father's Day, birthdays or Christmas cards. Funny family photo session. Unique group photo idea.

Fun Father’s Day Family Photo Session

Father's Day, birthdays and Christmas are all great causes of gift-giving stress. I never quite know what to get my husband who either has everything, or if he needs something, he buys it himself. Then one fine day, several years ago (four years actually) I decided to put the kids to good use. I had View Post

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50 awesome ways to have fun this summer! Our bucket list items are both realistic, well-balanced between structure and free-play. This list is a motherhood win.

50 Awesome Ways To Have Fun This Summer

The late afternoon sun is beating down on my face. I am soaking up the warmth, taking in the sounds all around me. The kids are playing nicely (not quietly) in the backyard, while I am relaxing after a full day of memory-making fun. This is my first summer as a stay-at-home mom. The magnitude of View Post

Filed Under: Creative, LEGO, Motherhood, Our Life, Summer

How to DIY a miniature dinosaur garden the kids will love. This is a great fairy garden substitute. Parenting win from a mother of four.

How to DIY a Miniature Dinosaur Garden the Kids Will Love

“But Mama, you cannot have a dinosaur from the Jurassic period living with one from the Cretaceous period - It just can’t be done!” His forehead was wrinkled and his eyes expressed sadness and confusion. Jacob (9) threw his hands in the air with an exasperated sigh. I was about to commit the View Post

Filed Under: Creative, Spring, Summer

Handprint art and footprint art ideas for every season of the year. Celebrate every holiday with a cute handprint art or footprint art. Preschool craft idea. Toddler craft idea. #PreschoolActivity #ToddlerActivity #CraftsforKids #HandprintIdeas #Handprintart #FootprintIdeas #FootprintArt #mamainthenow

Handprints and Footprints for Every Season

Handprint art & footprint art ideas for every season! His two chubby hands grab my face. I feel his sticky palms on my cheeks. The unmistakable smell of peanut butter sandwich, sweaty little boy and Play Doh lingers in the air. The tip of his nose meets the tip of mine. We look into each View Post

Filed Under: Creative, Fall/ Autumn, Spring, Summer, Winter

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