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Budgeting For Gifts This Holiday Season

It’s the biggest week of spending all year. With Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday all in a row, it’s important to stick to a budget for your holiday shopping or you’ll easily overspend. Budgeting for Gifts this Holiday Season is a guest post.   Stephanie is the founder of Military Travel Mama; she […]

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2 player games that encourage sibling bonding
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2 Player Games to Encourage Sibling Bonding

Sibling bonding time has been provided by Pressman® Toy. All opinions are my own.  You may also enjoy: Encouraging a Natural Sibling Bond with a New Baby Ah siblings. I grew up loving spending every minute of my free time with my siblings because we loved each other so much! That is until we didn’t. […]

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DIY Optimus Prime Transforming Costume
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DIY Optimus Prime Transforming Costume

This post is sponsored by Red Baron but the content and opinions expressed here are my own. It’s October!!! That means lots of DIY costumes being put together, and often some last minute changes to what everyone wants to be. This DIY Optimus Prime Transforming Costume is sure to be on any transformer loving little […]

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Everyday Enzymes that Help Digestion

Start getting the most out of your food with the help of Everyday Enzymes.  I had the opportunity last week to talk to Dr. Liz Cruz, the creator of Everyday Enzyme’s. I’m no health nut, and struggle understanding most health-related topics. Being able to talk with Dr. Cruz about the Everyday Enzyme’s was extremely helpful […]

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5 Reasons We Should Be Playing Ping Pong
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5 Reasons Why We Should Be Playing Ping Pong

Ping pong or table tennis is a sport we all played at a certain time in our life. Maybe your parents had an old table in the basement or maybe your childhood memories revolve around this game, it doesn’t matter. What matters is that it doesn’t take long to learn it, and anyone can join […]

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Root Beer Float Game Night

There’s nothing quite so refreshing as a parent, to get together with other adults and enjoy some good games and a root beer float. This post is sponsored by A&W. All opinions are my own. When I was a kid, we didn’t have all the electronics we do now. Our screen time consisted of Saturday […]

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A Summer Routine to tame the Summer Chaos

Ah, Summer! School’s out, the days of staying up late, sleeping in, vegging on TV, and running around without a care in the world are upon us. This summer routine is sponsored by Red Baron but the content and opinions expressed here are my own. Or so, that’s how I always thought summer should be. […]

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How to Take Your Pre-Teen on a Lunch Date

It’s inevitable – with 5 kids, at some point they will all feel like we’ve spent more time with the other kids than with them. So it’s important that we make time to spend one on one with each of them. It doesn’t have to be crazy exciting, or cost and arm and a leg, […]

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Spend time with Dad this Fathers Day doing what they love.
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This Fathers Day Spend Time Doing what Dad Loves

Entenmann’s® Little Bites® provided me with coupons to redeem product and a gift card to share my thoughts and information about Entenmann’s® Little Bites® products and Fathers Day with you. I always spend a lot of time trying to come up with the perfect Fathers Day gift for Mark, and it finally dawned on me this […]

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Skeeter Syndrome and a Thermacell Patio Shield Giveaway

Have you ever been afraid to enjoy the outdoors because of the fear of mosquito bites? If so you might have skeeter syndrome. I received a Thermacell Patio Shield in exchange for this post.  I came across this syndrome recently as I was looking up why Venice gets a bug bite and it turns into […]

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