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Christmas Gift Guides
The organizer in me needed to get all the Christmas Gift Guides in one place. I often refer to these gift guides through out the year when I am in need of a unique gift. Epic Toy Gift Guide for Imaginative and Active Play by Thirty Handmade Days. My favorites from this guide include the…
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In the Reading Corner
It’s time for an update on our current favorite books. You can visit this post, or this one, to see some of the books our family has previously enjoyed reading aloud. Brown Bear Brown Bear by Eric Carle is currently my 17-month-old’s favorite book. It has been such a sweet experience to see her enjoy…
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Blueberry Picking on the Fourth of July
I’m sharing a few photos today from our recent trip to Woodall Blueberries. Six adults and two children packed into our van (maximum occupancy), and drove the winding route through the Blue Ridge mountains on Highway 42. Beautiful scenery and weather that changed from cloudy to sunny and breezy made my first blueberry picking experience…
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Links for Your Week :: Summer Edition
Summer has only officially been on the books for a week, but we’ve been experiencing the fruits of school being out and warmer weather for several weeks. We’ve already taken our (first ever) family Summer vacation, so I guess it’s all down hill from here. We’ll have to create our own fun at home and…
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Links for Your Week
Friday Favorites is a mix of my favorite blog reads of the week, and my favorite things that happened in my home. Hope you enjoy your weekend! I’m not gonna lie. The girls and I stay in our pj’s for a good portion of the day. I’m not proud of it, and I’m working on…
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Reading Resource + What we’re reading
One activity I miss most from my pre-parenting days is reading for several uninterrupted hours. Since becoming a mom, the number of books I am able to read cover to cover has greatly reduced. Fortunately I love children’s books, and I love to read aloud to my girls. A squirmy and sometimes resistant three-year-old and…
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Links for Your Week
It seems like much of the United States is experiencing record-breaking low temperatures. It’s a winter wonderland here in southwest Virginia. Actually, frozen tundra might be a better description. We’ve been having mixed precipitation since before daybreak. Snow, sleet, ice, repeat. If you’re stuck inside (eight days for us, but who’s counting), I hope you…
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Links for Your Week :: Christmas Edition
Christmas! It’s next week, y’all! December always seems to go by in a hurry. I’ve been packing all week for what I’m calling our South Georgia Christmas Tour. We haven’t been home for Christmas in three years. We are always excited to drive down and visit our family, and it will surely be a special…
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Sunday Soup :: Healing Chicken Soup
Last week I posted a few links about cold and flu survival tips. The link from Stupid Easy Paleo was a recipe for Healing Chicken Soup. And since my girls came down with a cold last Friday, I knew it would be the recipe for our Sunday Soup. I omitted the mushrooms and green onions,…
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Resource Round-up :: Cold and Flu Survival Tips
Here are a few words that sum up my week thus far: congestion, runny noses, bulb syringes, humidifier, heavy eyes. Yep! Cold and Flu season has arrived! My girls are currently suffering from a cold, and I am a mess (literally). So today I am posting a few resources that offer tips for surviving or…