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6 Easy Steps to a Clutter Free Home

When you first move into your home it seems like you have so much space. Unless of course you’re downsizing and then it may seem like you don’t have enough space! As the years pass, you might find yourself becoming a pack rat. What are you going to do with all the stuff you have accumulated? Perhaps it’s time to weed out the unnecessary items and organize your home. Don’t panic at the thought of organizing your home, it’s really not that difficult, I promise! In fact, I want to share 6 easy steps to a clutter free home. Home organization is a step-by-step process. It will take more than a day or even a week to get everything to a manageable level, but once…

Money Matters

5 Tips for Teaching Your Kids to Save Money

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Saving money is an acquired skill. For some of us it may just come naturally and for some of us, it needs to become a mindful habit. If you’ve been here before, then you know that I advocate for teaching kids how to be money savvy. This is an important life skill (how to manage their money), that is often overlooked. But why touch on this more? Why the need for sharing five tips for teaching your kids to save money? For that matter, why bother repeating some of the previous tips found on this blog? Because one of the easiest ways to learn is through repetition. That and if this is your first time here, this is your first time seeing a post about…

Family Friendly Holidays

How Old is Too Old to Participate in Halloween Activities?

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As an adult, and parent, I have to wonder about this. How Old is Too Old to Participate in Halloween? At what age do you call it quits? The short answer, I would think, is when you’re ready. They sell plenty of costumes, after all, for adults. And there’s seemingly no shortage of Halloween decorations. So it’s really no wonder that in the United States, Halloween continues to be a multi-billion dollar industry. But when do you stop celebrating? When do you outgrow Halloween? For that matter, is it possible to outgrow Halloween? We have shared a few ideas for creating a toddler friendly Halloween, an autism friendly Halloween, and even a few costume ideas for the family. When it comes to trick-or-treating, I’ve also…

Spider Type Printable Cards for Toddlers and Preschoolers

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This week’s book in the Virtual Book Club for Kids is the Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle Eric Carle is a favorite author in this house so we were pretty excited to do something with this book. In fact, later on in our home preschool plans (at this point next year I’m thinking), we’ll do an Eric Carle unit. But, if you just want to base your own unit and study around spiders, instead of Eric Carle, then I have a few suggestions for you: & We’ll also be sure to take a walk at some point so we can go look for spider webs and spiders outside. I had wanted to set up a sensory bin, since this seems to be the…

Gift Guides and Gift Ideas

The Ultimate Guide to Gift Ideas for Toddler Girls

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While I told myself that I wasn’t going to do a gift guide this year, I say that every year and every year I change my mind. This year, however, will be slightly different as I only intend to do product based guides instead of review guides. I’ve probably established before that I am not meant to be a review blogger- and I still stand by that. That said, if I should come across a product that I think would be of interest to you all, I will be happy to give you a thorough and honest review. To kick things off, I’m starting an ultimate guide to gift ideas for toddler girls … the reasoning should be obvious if you’re a long time visitor….

Entertainment

The Importance of Having an All Asian Cast in Mulan

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When I first started this blog, I had vowed to myself that I wouldn’t touch a few topics. Those topics are: religion, gender, politics, and race. As this blog has evolved and I’ve taken it in it’s current direction, I’ve managed to mostly keep politics, gender, and race out of it. Religion was something that I felt I could incorporate naturally and gradually. However, as my children are getting older (and in particular Squeaker), I’ve come to realize that I cannot ignore gender and race completely. Politics, on the other hand, I refuse to touch. So why then, after so many months with this blog, am I breaking away from my stance against posting about gender and race? Well, that has to do with a…