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Family Fun: It’s Fall Fun for All!It’s already fall? What? Yes! Summer is a memory and school is back in session. Routines, schedules, and extracurricular activities are in full force … AGAIN. What to do? Have fun! Fall is a great season for fun family activities to break up the daily grind. There are so…
Fun Activites: Family Apple PartyOur family likes to celebrate just about everything and the start of a new fall season is no exception! We decided to pick just one common theme of autumn—APPLES!—and throw ourselves a little party. We surprised the kids when they got home from school and spent the afternoon doing ALL…
DIY Art Box for Creativity ContainersArt supplies can be a hassle. Crayons, glue sticks, coloring books everywhere. Here's the solution: a simple, DIY artbox kids help make themselves. Creative play is so important for kids and this will make it easy for them to have a safe place to dig into for their fun messes.…
Family Fun: Soda Pop Bottle LauncherWhen you have boys, you need to keep them busy or they get into trouble. My 15 year old son loves to build things. This summer he decided to make a soda pop bottle launcher with his brother. All I had to do was purchase the items at Home Depot,…
Mommy & Me DIY Outdoor GameI love my kids. But I don’t always love playing with them. Their idea of a “game” is jumping on me, throwing things in the house, or chasing each other around the kitchen until one of them smacks into a cabinet. It’s all fun and games until some gets a…
Old Fashioned Summer Watermelon BustWhen I was young, watermelons had seeds. The seeds were not a nuisance, but rather something that was synonymous with summer fun. I have told my children stories about the games my friends and family used to play with watermelon seeds, but they just did not understand. They seemed…
