Family Life

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    Help Your Child Build Self-Confidence

    A healthy self-esteem is so important. In fact, your child’s self-esteem will greatly impact your child for a lifetime and is a determining factor in their happiness and well-being.  How they feel about themselves affects how they act towards others and how much success they are able to achieve. Take a moment to think about a…

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    ABC’s of Summer Fun {J is for Jumprope}

    You can find all of the posts in this series here. When I was a girl, one of my favorite activities was jump roping and singing jingles while we jumped! Today’s children are often sedentary and perhaps your child has never really been introduced to the fun that can be had with a jump rope….

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    James and Hannah’s Wedding

    On April 17, 2016 my son married his precious bride, Hannah Claire. {I’m calling her Hannah Claire because my 15 year old daughter’s name is also Hannah and it can get a little confusing!) The wedding was the loveliest wedding I have ever attended. Everything was just perfect. My daughter Emily played the music for the…

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    Happy Mother’s Day

    To all you Mamas out there, I hope you had a special day! My morning began like every Mother’s Day morning that I can remember for the last decade. My girls brought me breakfast in bed. It’s been their tradition for a long time. Dad doesn’t help them – they do everything themselves and make…

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    8 Tips for a Less Stressful Bedtime

    One of the most stressful parts of the day for many of moms is bedtime. Many kids fight sleep, get out of bed repeatedly, or just plain make bedtime difficult. Sleep is important for kids to grow and develop as well as focus in school. These tricks can help take the stress out of bedtime….

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    5 Creative Ideas for Disciplining

    Disciplining your children can be hard work and sometimes you may just not know the best way to deal with disobedience. I’m sharing creative ideas for disciplining today… Some of these ideas are more suited to older children so use your best judgement. Remember that by being consistent and always following through you’ll teach your child…

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    Disciplining Better When Your Child is Older

    Hello! How was your week? Ours was busy as usual. We spent Wednesday at the ice rink and Hannah, Laura, and I spent the night so she could get some practice in on Thursday morning before we went home. She has a competition coming up at the beginning of April and needs extra practice time….

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    Update + Ice Skating

    So, it’s no secret that life around here has been crazy, hectic, and stressful the last few weeks/ months as Sarah has battled Crohn’s Disease worse than ever and had surgery one month ago. Two weeks after the surgery, she ended up back in the emergency room with a new, large abscess that stretched across…