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Good Music Brighter Children Blog Tour

   Good Music Brighter Children  Good Music Brighter Children is written for parents, educators or anyone who wants to build a bigger, better brain using music. Scientific studies indicate that children introduced to classical music at a young age read earlier and perform better on achievement tests. Adults can also revive tired brain cells using […]

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What saved my sanity? and a Giveaway to save yours!

*The Del Monte products, information, gift pack, and gift card have been provided by Del Monte* Del Monte fruit cups and Fruit Burst Squeezers saved my sanity.  If you have a child that eats non stop….like seriously NON.STOP.  The kind that isn’t quite 2 years old and yet knows how to get the cheese out […]

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Rethinking Bath Time

*I received free product to review. All thoughts are 100% my own.* We are all making new years resolutions. We want to lose weight. Eat more healthy. Organize our home. Be more kind. Be a better Parent. The last one, be a better parent, is always on my new years resolution it seems. I always […]

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Kids and Chores: It doesn’t have to be a battle

I’ve touched on the topic before, but as the kids get older, and we keep moving around, we never seem to find a system for doing chores that really sticks with the kids. I believe a lot of it is keeping a routine, which has been lacking with our most recent move.  I came across […]

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The 6 B’s Lesson 2: Be True #FamilyHomeEvening

  Young kids don’t often know right from wrong. They are still learning, and as parents, we need to kindly and gently guide them to make good choices as they grow to be adults. One way we do that is through Family Home Evening – a night we set aside each week to teach our […]

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Be Grateful
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The 6 B’s Lesson 1: Be Grateful #FamilyHomeEvening

  As a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, one thing we do is set aside Monday nights for what we call Family Home Evening. It’s a night we try not to have any activities planned outside the home with friends, or work. We come home together, and spend the […]

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Little Monster Behavior Chart

Part of being a parent is disciplining your children when they make wrong choices, or have bad behavior. It is also setting an example so they know how to behave and can easily choose right from wrong. We have been struggling with getting our kids to behave kindly, and well, just in general behave. I […]

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Today I was Mom

As I sat in church this past Sunday, and listened to talks about Mothers, my 3 year old Princess used my in much need of a shave, legs as a racetrack for the car we brought. As I watched her happily run the car up to my knee, and back down to my foot, these […]

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Motherhood Matters {Book Review}

Tour Schedule   About the Book Motherhood is a divine calling—but it may not always feel that way. Now you can show the women in your life how much they matter to you, with this delightful and heartwarming volume of wit and wisdom about the divinity, reality, and rewards of motherhood. Fresher than flowers and […]

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Motherhood: Keeping it Real

*This post is an entry into Mompact’s REAL Moms Giveaway* When I saw Mompact talking about Real Moms, I though to myself – Every Mom is a Real Mom. We’re just all different in how we approach things. What do they mean REAL Moms?  So I started giving it some thought, and came up with […]

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