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Ideas for Celebrating a Christ Centered Advent Season with Kids
November 27, 2015
Our family kicked off the Christmas season with some Christmas music last night after our Thanksgiving dinner. I'm a big stickler about waiting to celebrate until after Thanksgiving, but once…
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Gratitude When We Don't Feel Grateful...
November 26, 2015
Last week, we had a boy with an attitude. It started with something minor, but when I corrected him on it, the situation escalated. As my husband and I talked…
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Five (More!) Christmas LEGO Projects to Build (With Instructions!)
November 16, 2015
Five LEGO® Christmas Projects with Instructions! Last year, we posted five Christmas projects to build, and we're back with new ones for the Christmas season! Honestly, I'm not a…
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10 Minute No-Sew Jedi Costume and Toys R Us Lightsaber Review (And Giveaway!)
November 15, 2015
This post is sponsored by Toys R Us and Duracell. As we get closer to the release of the new Star Wars movie on December 18th, the boys have all…
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Learning Activities for Kids Who Love Cars!
November 12, 2015
With four boys in our house, we have accumulated a lot of Hot Wheels and Matchbox cars! We have found that they make great manipulatives for all kinds of learning…
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Math Facts Baseball (An Awesome Way to Practice Math!)
November 10, 2015
Math Facts Baseball - Use this simple game to review addition and subtraction facts! Okay, so baseball season just ended, so this probably should have been a football game. But…
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25 More Homemade Gifts to Make for Boys
November 8, 2015
Last year, I shared a post with gifts to make for boys, and I'm back with 25 more homemade gift ideas! Of course these are not meant to be *only*…
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How to Make a Cardboard Box Race Track for Hot Wheels Cars
October 30, 2015
Convert a cardboard box (we used a Costco diaper box) into simple race lanes for Hot Wheels cars! This simple race track releases four cars at one time. The boys…
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Sorting, Counting, and Graphing for Preschoolers
October 29, 2015
Make a giant color graph, and sort, count, and graph toys or other objects! I've mentioned before that Jonathan (turning 4 in January) is always asking for more "school" to…
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Science Experiment for Kids: Which food does my pet like best?
October 27, 2015
This post contains Amazon affiliate links. If you've followed this blog for very long, you probably have noticed that we really love science. My oldest son loves engineering types of…
