I’m rather health conscious when it comes to snacks. We don’t eat chips or cookies or candy. Hot dogs and donuts are 2 main culprits I keep out of my house (but I admit, they taste good and we splurge once a year!) Now I just discovered pistachios as a healthy snack with lots of […]
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We know that kids say and do the darnedest things. Phillip Done has captured them from his years of experience as a 3rd grade teacher in his book 32 Third Graders and One Class Bunny – Life Lessons from Teaching. If you’ve ever wondered how in the world a teacher survives 6 hours a day, […]
It is true that swaddling your baby helps them sleep better. When I had my babies, the hospital nurse taught me to wrap my babies tightly in a receiving blanket. (I kept one of those hospital blankets for memories!) When the baby is nice and snug, he feels secure and warm, just like in your […]
The cheapest bottled drinking water is Kirkland Costco brand for about 20 cents a bottle. You run through 10 bottles of those a day for a family and that’s over $700 a year…just for water! Every drop of water in that bottle counts, I tell my kids. Don’t spill it, don’t wash your hands with […]
Summer is a great time to catch up on reading, both for yourself and for your children. The libraries and bookstores are nicely air-conditioned, and the seats are comfortable! What types of books do you like to read? I just finished reading Fairy Foals with my daughter. In fact, we read it rather slowly because […]
