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How To Make a Solar Eclipse Viewer

Kids Activities Blog 8/18 4:00A Arena
One of the coolest solar eclipse activities for kids is teaching them  how to make a solar eclipse viewer . It is actually a lot easier than I imagined. With just a cereal box and a few items, you can...

Helping Kids Heal: When Your Child Needs Psychotherapy

North Texas Kids 8/18 3:00A NTKids
Helping a Child who is Entering Psychotherapy We prepare children for all sorts of things in life—a new babysitter, the first day of school, the arrival of a new sibling. Preparation is important...

5 Sandwich-Free Back to School Lunch Ideas

Kids Activities Blog 8/18 1:05A Chris
Sandwich-free lunches are all the rage these days! Lunches without a traditional sandwich can sometimes be a little more challenging to put together. So today on Family Food Live , 5 Sandwich-Free...

Cupcake Liner Elmo

Kids Activities Blog 8/17 1:00P Melissa
It s hard to believe that Elmo has been delighting children since the early 1970s! When my boys were little, they loved to watch Melmo while enjoying an afternoon snack. If you have a toddler or...

DIY Backpacks with Fabric Markers

Kids Activities Blog 8/17 7:00A Arena
This school year, let your kids showcase their unique style by making DIY backpacks with fabric markers . We ve partnered with Tulip Fabric Markers to bring you three ways to transform a white...

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Mom’s Guide to School Clothes Shopping With Tweens

7 on a Shoestring 8/17 4:00A Staci Salazar
This post is sponsored by Kohl s. I received the included back to school clothes and essentials as compensation. During the summer, trying to juggle everyone s schedules seems...

Grandparents Day Printables

Carrie Elle 8/17 12:00A Carrie
Grandparents Day is coming up! Honestly, we are kind of hit-or-miss with this holiday. Mother s Day and Father s Day seem sufficient to me, but this year I thought I d take a little extra effort to...

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Dine and enjoy Family Fun at Pirate’s Dinner Adventure

My Crazy Savings 8/18 3:08A Courtney Solstad
While in Buena Park, we were invited as guests to check out the Pirate s Dinner Adventure . I have been to Medieval Times and thought it might be a little like that, but boy...

Back to School Savings at Spa810

My Crazy Savings 8/17 4:41P Courtney Solstad
I am a Spa810 Mom and have collaborated with them to bring you this awesome deal! As always, all opinions are mine and are honest! The savings are HOT at Spa810 right now and...

Family Fun at Knott’s Berry Farm

My Crazy Savings 8/17 4:00A Courtney Solstad
My family and I were recently invited to check out Buena Park, California! We knew this would be the perfect last trip for the summer. We were given tickets to a few area...

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My Heart.

The Wiegands 8/16 6:43P CaseyWiegand
The way she perfectly fits there, be still my heart... School starts in a week and I already feel homesick for them. As I tucked them into bed tonight I told them that....how I felt homesick thinking...

Rescuing the Girl in You :: Chrystal Evans Hurst [Ep 172]

God Centered Mom 8/13 7:39P Heather MacFadyen--interviews Sh
Join me for some real talk with Chrystal Evans Hurst where she shares her story of pressing through hard times, admitting when she needed God to rescue her and reclaiming dreams she had as a kid....

Clean Eating.

The Wiegands 8/12 12:20P CaseyWiegand
Okay, I posted on instagram about our journey recently with “cleaner eating” and had NO idea what a huge response I would get, it was SO encouraging to have so many beautiful accounts to follow and...

Party Day, My little Peach

The Wiegands 8/10 7:01P CaseyWiegand
What a gift. All those sweet little moments. With this sweet last babe I have tried to hold onto every last one. It was her day, her party day. She smashed cake, she laughed at her brother and...

Summer of Mentorship [Week Six] :: Grammie (Doris Howard)

God Centered Mom 8/6 7:04P Heather MacFadyen--interviews Sh
Everyone calls her Grammie. Enough said. You know you re gonna learn a lot from an 80-year-old, follower of Jesus, named Doris who goes by Grammie. Such a great way to end the Summer of Mentorship...

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Tips for Broken Bow, Oklahoma

Crafty Texas Girls 8/7 10:30P Samantha Conner
Are you up for another travel post? I haven t been sharing many craft posts this summer. It seems like traveling and playing with my kids has taken over my craft time ;) But I promise this post will...

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A Few Things

Design Mom 8/18 7:27A Design Mom
Hello, Friends. How are you? Dang. What a week. Are you feeling ragged? I sure am. I assume everyone is. We had personally emotional stuff going on (like sending Maude off to the dorms), happening...

10 Ways to Use Ankle Weights to Fix Your Flat Butt

Mommy Shorts 8/17 11:06A Allie Isnardi
Today, in my  at-home exercise series , Jennifer Nyp from  Zen Girl Fitness  explains how ankle weights can be used to fix a flat butt. If a flat butt is far from your problem, no worries. You can use...

The false equivalency between the alt-right and Black Lives Matter

Rage Against the Minivan 8/17 8:44A noreply@blogger.com (Kristen How
In a press conference that stunned the nation, two days ago our president made comparisons between self-described neo-nazis and those who protest against white supremacy, saying that there is fault on...

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