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  • How To Tie Your Shoes

    Wednesday August 18, 2010

    Who says learning only occurs during the school year?  We decided to tackle the life skill of tying one’s shoes this summer.  After a few lessons, Wendy picked it up pretty quick. How To Tie Your Shoes A photo tutorial by Wendy (age 6) 1. Put on Shoe. 2.  Tie laces left over right*.  Take [...]

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  • How To Make A Rocket Ship Cake

    Wednesday June 23, 2010

    Perhaps more aptly titled – how *I* made a rocket ship cake for Sam’s 5th birthday. 1. Come up with a design that is doable and agreeable to all parties. Sam requested a rocket ship cake, so I sat down at the computer to see what I could come up with.  I didn’t want to [...]

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  • Summer To Do List

    Tuesday June 15, 2010

    I think the key to not only surviving summer, but enjoying it is to have a plan.  Before summer arrives, I think of all these fun things I want to do with the kids during the summer, but if I don’t sit down and plan them out, they will never happen.  Even worse, on a [...]

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  • Summer Fun with Little Ones (in Northern Va and beyond)

    Tuesday May 11, 2010

    I was invited to speak at my local MOPS group this week on the subject of fun things to do with preschoolers throughout the summer.  In this case, preschoolers means children kindergarten aged and younger.   As a mom of three such children (ages 6, 4 and 2) and I took on the task with relish, [...]

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  • WFMW: Date Night on the Cheap

    Wednesday April 7, 2010

    Date Night is important, but unfortunately, there’s no money in the budget right now for babysitters.  So we had to get creative and improvise. The way we currently achieve “Date Night” is by designating one night of the week as Date Night.  It’s currently Tuesdays.  We told our kids (ages 6, 4 and 2) that [...]

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  • Friday Fun with Food and Finances

    Friday March 26, 2010

    Wendy, my kindergartner, is a lunch bringer.   Her Dad packs her lunches most mornings, something I am eternally thankful for.  But she began to complain that she wanted a chance to buy her lunch at school occasionally, so we worked out a deal. If she did a good job eating her lunch Mon – Thurs, [...]

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  • How much do you value your cuppa joe?

    Wednesday March 24, 2010

    One of the ways we’ve trimmed our budget is to cut back on our Starbucks habit and make coffee at home each morning.   I do love my “skim” vanilla mocha (with whip) every now and then, but now reserve it for special treats. I find if I make a pot of coffee in the morning, [...]

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  • WFMW: Decreasing Toy Noise

    Tuesday February 23, 2010

    We have one of those fridge farm magnetic sets.  When the kid puts the two pieces of the animal into the set and it sings a little song.   Or if they just push a button it plays a little ditty.  Cute, but annoying.  Especially when the toddler likes to press the button over and over [...]

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  • WFMW: The Best Banana Chip Muffins

    Wednesday February 3, 2010

    This recipe is my favorite way to use up old bananas.  I found it on All Recipes, and made a few modifications to make it healthier and tastier (IMO). Mocha Chip Banana Muffins Source:  adapted from this recipe Wet Ingredients: 1/2 cup butter (one stick), softened 1/2 cup natural, unsweetened applesauce 1 cup white sugar [...]

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  • WFMW: Grandma’s Autumn Soup

    Wednesday January 27, 2010

    Lately, it seems, whenever and whatever I make for dinner gets panned by my kids.   It can be disheartening to work on a meal only to have it snubbed by the 6 and under crowd.   So, when last night’s dinner got rave reviews, I thought it was blog-worthy. This is a recipe from Mike’s mom.  [...]

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