• St Patricks Day Word search
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    St. Patrick’s Day Word Search Free Printable

    March 5, 2015 - By 

    Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Well, almost! My husband is part Irish, so we could wholeheartedly celebrate this holiday if we wanted to. We don’t typically. I mean, we have kids. Our fun times and parties incorporate kid’s games and family friendly activities. What do you do for St. Patrick’s Day? Do you celebrate at all or play it low key? Regardless of whether you go all out or stay home and play it low key watching a movie, pretty much anyone can appreciate a simple word search. This one is simple enough for the kids and clean family friendly fun…

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    Get Your Little Ones Reading with This Cute Kid’s Bookmarks Printable

    February 20, 2015 - By 

    The truth about my kids is that they take after me – a lot. I am a big book lover and I read voraciously. It’s one of my favourite pastimes. Words make me happy. They cheer me up and inspire me. They help me to feel, and they motivate me to act, and even encourage me to continue writing. Practice, after all, makes perfect. My kids happily also love to read. Love of reading is something I have always worked hard on nurturing in each of the girls. We often each have multiple books on the go. And oddly we…

  • Family Day Word Scramble
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    Fun Family Day Word Scramble

    February 13, 2015 - By 

    Family Day is a unique holiday to Canadians. It started in Ontario when a Liberal premier determined we needed a break in February. So Family Day became a long weekend in February in several provinces and frankly it couldn’t come at a better time. We often go skiing for Family Day. There are some really awesome places to do that in Ontario. A few weeks ago I began planning for Family Day here and this year I have a Family Day word scramble to share as well as a batch of Family Day activities that are free for you to…

  • Family Day Crossword Puzzle Printable
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    Family Day Crossword Puzzle Printable

    February 8, 2015 - By 

    Enjoy this Family Day Crossword Puzzle Printable. This month we have Family Day long weekend to look forward to. I love that it comes right in the middle of February – a month when we all can use a little pick me up. If you are hunting for some fun and inexpensive things to do there are so many choices this weekend. Happy Family Day, friends!! I actually enjoy this holiday a lot. It comes at a perfect time right smack dab in the middle of February, which is, let’s face it, a rough grey month sometimes. It’s hard to…

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    Adoption and Family Tree Free Printable Activity for Kids

    February 5, 2015 - By 

    The Adoption Family Tree Printable is unique and intended to help kids visualize and process their place in the family and maybe even their understanding of adoption as a social phenomenon. Our kids often give new meaning to the proverb it takes a village to raise a child. Adoption and adoptive families are different. In more ways than most people can imagine. Once I wrote about some of the challenges of being an adoptive family here on CBC web site. Adoption is Not Like It Is In The Movies.   Our kids often come with more challenges throughout life. They…

  • Valentine Coloring Page
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    Free Valentine Coloring Page Printable

    January 24, 2015 - By 

    Happy Soon-to-be Valentine’s Day, friends! I am starting to give some thought to when and how we will celebrate. It will be one year that we’ve been living here in our new house on Valentine’s Day. That’s right! We moved one year ago actually – right on Valentine’s Day. That is reason to celebrate with a Valentine coloring page printable. Regardless of who you are or what you think you might be doing to celebrate with the people you love, I thought you might enjoy some freebies this year. So I have been sharing printables regularly. I started at Christmas…

  • Elf Coloring Sheet
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    Elf Coloring Sheet Printable

    December 16, 2014 - By 

      More coloring sheets for the kids. Thanks for reading my blog throughout the year. I am happy to share this free Elf Coloring Sheet with you as a thank you! I hope you have a wonderful holiday season! Are your lists ready for Santa? Have you mailed them yet? If not, then don’t forget to stop here for a free Santa’s wish list also. This season I am giving back to my readers with these freebies and I am giving back to everyone else with World Vision Gifts. I love that these gifts help change lives. To read more about…

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    Free Printable Santa Wish list letter

    December 13, 2014 - By 

    Christmas is fast approaching and we haven’t even made a real list for Santa here yet. So here’s a Santa Wish List letter template for everyone to use this season. Well my kids make lists of so many things all year long, in fact, they might have made a list for Christmas months ago and lost it five times over already. Anyways, I know some of you are likely in the same boat. Frankly my kids are getting a bit too big for this anymore but I still encourage the Christmas spirit. As long as you believe, then I will…

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    Vintage Christmas Gift Tags Free Printable

    December 10, 2014 - By 

    Vintage Christmas Gift Tags make super cute embellishments for the gifts under your Christmas tree. There’s still time to print these out and use them this season. Merry Christmas! Are you wrapping presents yet? I confess to being not even close to ready for Christmas, but that said I have so many amazing printables I have found on line that I know where I will be going when I need Christmas tags and crafts and colouring pages. My Gift to You This is my gift to you this year. These Vintage Christmas Gift Tags were made by my friend Kristen…

  • santa in full costume sitting on a chair in front of a fireplace with gifts all over the floor wrapped prettily in bright coloured paper
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    Free Printable Santa Coloring Page

    December 4, 2014 - By 

    I don’t know about you, but my kids are forever coming in from school and asking for free printables off the Internet. So, in the interest of keeping them happy and occupied, I often Google free printables after they get in and end up trying to locate something cute and age appropriate for them to do.   This time of year, as we decorate and trudge through snow and start gearing up for the holiday season everyone is a little more stressed, a little more excitable anxiously waiting for Santa to arrive. I need things my kids can do quietly.…