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5 ways to slow down this summer

June 24, 2013 by Amelia

How can this be the last week of June already?! It seems like school just got out last week, but here we are at the end of June. If you’re like me, the days often feel long, but the weeks slip through your fingers like sand. Here are a few things we’ve done this summer […]

Filed Under: cheap & fun, Family, Little Miss Sunshine, summer, T-Rex Tagged With: encouragement, kids, motherhood, parenting, summer

A fun summer activity for family bonding (and learning!)

June 14, 2013 by Amelia

This is year two for our summer journals. I kept the journals that they made below from last year and we will keep writing in them this summer. How fun to keep a running summer journal and see the progress of each child over the years in their handwriting, storytelling and artwork? Not to mention […]

Filed Under: cheap & fun, craftiness, Family, Little Miss Sunshine, motherhood, summer, T-Rex Tagged With: family, funny, kids, motherhood, parenting, school, stories, summer

Growing Story-lovers

May 2, 2012 by Amelia

If you haven’t  done so already, remember to enter the drawing to win a copy of “Do These Jeans Make Me Look Fat? Breaking the Cultural Mirror.” I recently read about a woman who said that upon taking a course in ancient Greek she discovered that the word logos, most often translated into English as […]

Filed Under: cheap & fun, faith in action, Little Miss Sunshine, T-Rex Tagged With: family, kids, motherhood, summer, writing

How to survive a major move

May 19, 2011 by Amelia

I know a handful of people going through major, cross-country moves right now. Just thinking about it causes my emotions to agitate like a washing machine. Two years after our move back to Michigan from Florida, I still get teary when I think about uprooting our family and starting over. One friend getting ready to […]

Filed Under: cheap & fun, moving Tagged With: community, family, moving

Beat the Blahs – Day 2

January 24, 2011 by Amelia

Learn something new Two winters ago, after years of trying, I finally learned how to knit. The problem with my first attempts was timing – I was in college or I was pregnant. But January 2009 proved to be the winning attempt. Winter is the perfect time to learn a new skill. The rush of […]

Filed Under: beat the blahs, cheap & fun, craftiness, sewing, winter Tagged With: beat the blues, computer programming, crocheting, knitting, photography, seasonal affective disorder, sewing, winter, winter activities, writing

Beat the Blahs – Day 1

January 23, 2011 by Amelia

No matter where you live, this time of year can be rather blah. The excitement of the holidays are over, visiting family have returned home, and everyone has returned to the routine of work and school, anticipating  spring break. After my post about waiting for spring, I had conversations here and on Facebook about surviving […]

Filed Under: beat the blahs, cheap & fun, craftiness, Little Miss Sunshine, motherhood, winter Tagged With: beat the blues, cheap, gardening, kids, kitchen, motherhood, parenting, seasaon affective disorder, winter, winter activities

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