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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

Everything you need to know about hurricane preparations and hurricane safety. Prepare your home and family for a hurricane and keeping your family safe during and after a hurricane. This is a complete guide!

Hurricane Preparation and Safety! Everything You Need to Know!

Hurricane Preparation and Hurricane Safety! If you lived in the South during the 2004 and 2005 hurricane seasons you already know more than you ever cared to about hurricanes, how to prepare and the damage they leave behind. In case you are new to the area or just need a reminder, this is a View Post

Filed Under: Health, Life Style, Printables Tagged With: Guest Blogging, health, Printable, safety

Are you asking these 10 questions before dropping your child off at a play date? Hosting a fun and safe play date requires upfront answers to hard questions. Click to read more - and get a free printable.

Are You Asking The 10 Questions That Will Keep Your Child Safe?

Play dates! Love them or hate them, they are a great way to get your child to socialize with their friends. Now that our two oldest are in elementary school they are starting to invite friends over to the house. Sometimes we know the parents, but there have been times where we have set up “blind View Post

Filed Under: Kid (6-9 years), Parenting, Printables, Toddler (2-5 years), Tween (10-12 years) Tagged With: friends, Kids, Printable, safety

20 healthy post-game snacks for soccer moms. These snack ideas and the printable are sure to give you inspiration for next time you are called upon to bring snacks after the big game.

20 Healthy Post-Game Snacks

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Kraft Foods for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine. 20 Healthy Post-Game Snacks! It was an unseasonably hot afternoon, even for South Florida. The sidelines were packed with cheering parents and slightly bored siblings. A few of the dads had View Post

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: health, Kids, Printable, Recipe, review

Be organized, reach goals and have fun with these FREE printables! Exceed your dreams of efficiency and productivity. These are perfect for working moms and stay at home moms. Rock motherhood!

Be Organized, Reach Goals and Have Fun with FREE PRINTABLES

I am SO excited to share this collection of printables with you. One of my favorite bloggers, Emily at My Love For Words is an incredibly efficient and organized mom. She has saved my sanity a number of times with her spreadsheets and lists, so I decided it was time to help you, my dear reader. I am View Post

Filed Under: Creative, Life Style, Motherhood Tagged With: DIY, Motherhood, Parenting Shortcut, Printable, Recipe, work life balance

Turn Your iPhone Into a Life Saving Device. Follow these simple steps to set your phone up to speak for you - when you can't!

Turn Your iPhone Into a Life Saving Device

If you are anything like me (meaning: “an average mom”) you have A LOT of important information and pictures stored in your phone. In order to safeguard our privacy, as well as protect our phones from grubby little toddler fingers, we take advantage of the latest iOS View Post

Filed Under: Health, Life Style, Special Needs Tagged With: Caregiver, health, Heart, Motherhood, Printable, safety, special needs

8 Way to Keep Your Family SAFE When the Unexpected Happens! Free Printable Inside

8 Ways to Keep Your Family Safe When the Unexpected Happens

“Tove, this is Tina from your children’s soccer camp. Your boys were not picked up by Susan today. They are still here in the office with me. I have been trying to reach Susan for the past hour, but her cell phone goes to voice mail!” (Names and locations have been changed.) Imagine receiving View Post

Filed Under: Health, Life Style, Motherhood, Our Life, Parenting, Printables Tagged With: Caregiver, family, health, Motherhood, Parenting Shortcut, Printable, safety, work life balance

Asking Saves Kids!

Asking Saves Kids! I Ask! Do You? #AskingSavesKids

June 21st is the first day of summer! Ahhhhh, summer! It’s the time of year where families reunite across the miles. Vacations are spent in relatives’ homes and the kids have an endless stream of playdates with friends. We become more relaxed with bed time and even meal time. But as parents, our View Post

Filed Under: Kid (6-9 years), Toddler (2-5 years) Tagged With: Expert Answers, friends, health, Printable, safety

Contact Card, fillable. Perfect to leave at a playdate, give to teacher, babysitter and friends

Contact Card With Medical Information: FREE Printable

Emergency Contact Card With Medical Information: These printable contact cards are fillable. Complete them directly on your computer before printing. Use these cards when you have to leave your child in someone else's care. They will share vital information about your child when you cannot View Post

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