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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

4th parade buckets

June 28, 2012 by Amelia

No matter what happens today or tomorrow, I still love my country. I’m looking forward to a great holiday! I remember going to my hometown’s parades and collecting a t-shirt full of candy. One year during high school, my clown troupe from church entered the parade. We ran up and down the streets playing gags […]

Filed Under: craftiness, Family Tagged With: 4th of july, family, kids, motherhood, summer

Wonder Bubbles

June 27, 2012 by Amelia

 If you haven’t entered the drawing yet for a copy of Cecil Murphey’s book Unleash the Writer Within, do so here! Nothing draws a crowd of neighbor kids like a giant tub of bubbles. Well, with the exception of  juggling fire, but that’s a story for another day. I grew up in a family filled […]

Filed Under: craftiness, Family, motherhood, recipes, summer Tagged With: family, funny, kids, motherhood, parenting, recipe, summer

Making Goodbyes Sweeter

May 20, 2011 by Amelia

So what do you do if you’re the friends being left behind? Before we moved back to Michigan, I always felt at a loss for how to help friends getting ready to make a major move. I would offer to help pack boxes, but often people either are paying movers to pack or they need […]

Filed Under: craftiness, moving Tagged With: cards, community, dayspring, encouragement, friendship, moving

When Flaws Might Not Be Flaws

April 20, 2011 by Amelia

I finally finished the kitty for T-Rex. He hovered over my shoulder while I stitched it closed, and then gave the new kitty a proper welcome complete with a photo shoot. I was happy with it, except for the face. I stitched and re-stitched and stitched again before I decided it just had “character.” I […]

Filed Under: craftiness, faith in action, T-Rex Tagged With: faith, kids

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

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