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    New Years Resolutions Goal Setting +Printable

    December 29, 2020 - By 

    So, after the year we just had, is it even possible to have New Years Resolutions? Is it advisable? It is worrisome? Well, maybe just a bit. But I am tentatively creating some anyways and holding a few close to the chest. Didn’t we all have all of the intentions and resolutions last year at the start of 2020 before the world went topsy turvey and the pandemic was declared? SMART Goals I can’t even imagine a year now where my resolutions are not SMART goals. SMART is an acronym that stands for Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Timely. BIGGEST emphasis…

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    Five Ways to Organize Your Child’s Day + Printable Planner

    December 28, 2020 - By 

    What does your child’s day look like right now? Is it a bit like a battle getting them out of bed to start? This post contains affiliate links as a service to readers. I receive a small commission via purchases from qualifying links. For Some Organizing and Planning Can Be Hard When my daughter was small she needed a lot of help getting organized. She still does actually. But, she can, for the most part, organize using strategies that we have used over the years. So, the difference now versus when she was in elementary school is that she now…

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    Fun Wine Word Search Game

    December 27, 2020 - By 

    Enjoy this wine word search this week when you have a spare moment. By now, you all know that word searches and word games make me happy as a clam. This stems from all the time that I spent in the hospital with Crohn’s disease as a kid. People would always bring gifts of crossword puzzle books and word search games. The Gift of Words Those were amazing ways to pass the time when sitting there in the hospital unable to get out, go shopping or even go to school. Those word games helped fill the hours. Of course, I…

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    Cheery Christmas Wall Art to Frame or Post in Windows

    December 26, 2020 - By 

    So, you know how we began this horrible pandemic? After railing against the unfairness of the entire situation, channelling a bit of depression and anger, we started looking to our neighbourhoods for cheer and inspiration. This was the year that I spied all of the little local nooks and trails and messages of hope in windows. Getting a Smile That made me happy. It also helped us to resolve to do our own part to add to the cheery atmosphere of our own little corner of the world. We began by adding colourful pictures and seasonal colouring pages to the…

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    Happy New Year Scavenger Hunt

    December 24, 2020 - By 

    Happy soon-to-be New Year 2021 to all of you! Today, I am sharing a Happy New Year Scavenger Hunt with all of you knowing you can use the easy and fun family activities for your end of year celebrations this season. Good Bye 2020 Let’s be honest here. Has there ever been a year that you were more anxious to see end? I mean, I have had a few challenging years. Like the year my Mom passed away. But I am more than ready to say good bye to 2020. Looking forward to a year of vaccines and a potential…

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    30 Day Health and Wellness Challenge and Printable

    December 23, 2020 - By 

    Well here we go again! Lockdown threatens to disrupt any progress on my fitness routine. But hopefully not for long. That’s why I am sharing this 30-day health and wellness challenge. Make a Commitment to Health & Wellness I have done my best to maintain a health and wellness schedule for years now. It’s part of my life and I need that as a parent and as someone who has chronic pain and Crohn’s disease. Working out to maintain health and wellness is not an option for me. So, from the start of the pandemic to today, I have been…

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    Happy New Years Charades + Printable

    December 22, 2020 - By 

    So here we are. Almost…The mother of all nights….New Year’s Eve. Oh there will be some serious celebrating, but it won’t be at bars or at big parties. It will be the close to home kind of fun. Maybe with a little New Years Charades thrown in the mix. I genuinely hope that all of you are making smart and healthy choices this New Year and that you are staying home. This year, we will probably ski during the day close to home and then chill out and share some scrumptious snacks and maybe watch a live broadcast, drink some…

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    Cute Christmas Snowmen Colouring Page for Kids

    December 21, 2020 - By 

    This Christmas snowmen colouring page for kids is adorable and just cheery enough to make everyone stop and enjoy colouring for a few moments. Keeping Spirits Bright I am all in this Christmas when it comes to decorating and trying to keep spirits bright. So, I am sharing some easy Christmas resources here for you as well to help you stay positive and on top of saving money while also creating activities for your kids that helps them to stay healthy and engaged. Cute Christmas Snowmen This Snowmen Couple, or should that be snow person/ snow people Colouring Page for…

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    My Winter Parts of Speech Book for Kids

    December 21, 2020 - By 

    This Winter themed Parts of Speech Booklet is a great tool to help nurture a love of reading and writing. Post may contain affiliate links as a service to readers. I receive a small commission when someone purchases via one of these links. Grammar and spelling are quite simply two of my favourite things. Words are my currency and my happy place. They are forever building stories, erecting houses and crafting characters in my head. Sometimes they trickle out onto the page and here on the blog. Parts of speech and words are the building blocks of communication, no matter…

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    Easy and Delicious Chicken Vegetable Chowder to Make Now!

    December 18, 2020 - By 

    I suspect you will want to pin this delicious and easy chicken vegetable chowder for one day this winter. Soup and chowder recipes are perfect for the chilly months ahead. These days, when the temperature dips below 0 Celsius in Ontario, my family loves crockpot meals and soups to stay warm. Plus, soups and crockpot meals are often so simple to make and store. Lately, we are all about the soups. But, my daughter wanted to give chowder a try. So, last week we gathered up all of the ingredients and we got started. This chicken vegetable chowder recipe doesn’t…