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Almost 2 years ago I started the “ABCs of” series inspired by a post from JK Says.  Each week on Friday I co-host The Weekly Kids Co-Op and wanted a unique way to highlight one blogger a week as part of

What were some of your “bests of 2013”?  For our family most of our favorite moments were on the great trips we took this year … Disney World in February; a road trip in June through the South with stops in

In preparing for the start of the Psychotherapy with Children course that I’m teaching at the Michigan School of Professional Psychology, I decided to make a visual of Garry Landreth’s Principles for Relationships with Children.   While creating the image in PicMonkey

The past two months I’ve participated in Fat Mum Slim’s Photo-A-Day challenge on Instagram.  It’s been a load of fun and I definitely plan to continue in the New Year.  But this month with a new puppy and trying to keep

While my 4 year-old daughter, was playing at the library early in December, I pursued the shelves for Christmas books.  Although we have QUITE the collection at home, I’m always amazed at how many MORE Christmas books I find. Here are

I had some clear plastic Christmas bulbs that I purchased from Oriental Trading Company a couple years that we never found the exact right thing to do with them … until now.  I handed them over to my four-year old with

Last year I was one of 3 room moms for my son’s 1st grade class room, here’s the wonderfully wintery class party we put together! There were 8 stations for the kids to go through.  There were 24 in the class,

Bundle up your kiddos, grab some thermoses filled with hot chocolate, put on some Christmas music, and … go for a drive to look at some electric holiday decorations! PlayDrMom’s Christmas Lights Scavenger Hunt a nativity scene lit by floodlights a yard

Remember you don’t HAVE TO do all (or any) of these.  But we have found them to be great things to do together during the holiday season.  The most important thing is to have fun as a family and ENJOY each other!

I participated in Fat Mum Slim’s Photo a Day Challenge again this month!  The principle is simple; she posts a list of great photo prompts at the beginning of the month and then each day you take a photo related to the corresponding

This series may not bring me (or my features) a ton of traffic … but I absolutely LOVE it.  I thoroughly enjoy finding out more about the lovely bloggers in this wonderful community. It’s a ton of fun to see what

This post is a guest post written by my seven-year old son, Henry.  One of his current passions are Beyblades and creating his very own versions … and he wanted to share his love with you!  It can be a helpful