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    family - Food

    St. Patrick’s Day Cupcake Toppers Printable

    March 5, 2016 - By 

    St. Patrick’s Day is almost here and you know what that means, right? Parties! And baking and all sorts of festivities. So, if you are Irish, or even just someone who likes a party, you can make good use of some of my free printables. This St. Patrick’s Day Cupcake Toppers Printable might be just the thing to help you trick out the bake sale cupcake table. I enjoy St. Patrick’s Day but I rarely go all out for this one day of the year. Many are inspired to drink green beer and order the Shamrock Shake and all of that…but…

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    family - Health

    Does My Baby Have a Club Foot? A Guest Post

    March 4, 2016 - By 

    Clubfoot Guest Blog Post – Part 1 This is a Guest Post from the Lovely Crystal over on Crystal Clear As Mud. Crystal has a great blog and she is also Canadian. Come Back tomorrow for Part 2 of the Club Foot Series. While I was pregnant, I always found going for ultrasounds somewhat nerve wrecking since our first pregnancy, before our daughter, ended as a missed miscarriage. Was everything ok? Was the baby growing as he/she should? Am I doing what I should? The questions were always there. When we found out we were pregnant with our second child…

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    Parenting - parenting

    Flying Solo – When Is It Okay to Leave The Kids at Home Alone?

    March 2, 2016 - By 

    Flying solo. It’s a terrifying thought for many moms. The thought of our kids home alone with no adult supervision is frightening, but it has to be done at some point. At a certain age, we parents have to put enough trust in our kids to allow them to go it alone for short periods. But when is flying solo an appropriate option?   Flying Solo Requires Responsibility and Trust Knowing when it’s time to let the kids stay at home a lone is a pure judgement call. It relies on many factors including how responsible your children are, how…

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    Valentine’s Day printable coupon book

    February 4, 2016 - By 

    Looking for ways to save on the gift giving this Valentine’s Day? Why not print out this free Valentine’s Day printable coupon book and give it along with a heartfelt meal you planned and made?  Happy Valentine’s Day! It’s almost Valentine’s Day again! Seems like it was only yesterday when we were celebrating Valentine’s Day 2015! Anyways I have several Valentine’s Day printables to share with my friends here. Some are brand new and very simple to download and share. Others are from 2015 and live on my Pinterest board. Here’s a super popular Valentine’s Day word search for you…

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    family - Health

    My Favourite Children’s Mental Health Posts #BellLetsTalk Day

    January 27, 2016 - By 

    I have been writing stories about children’s mental health for many years. That started even before I had kids whose symptoms made me realize they needed help handling anxiety. Today on Bell Let’s Talk Day I am reminded how important it is to keep talking. 1 in 5 struggle with mental health issues. That’s 1 in 5 kids too. In our family I know way more about anxiety than I ever wanted, or intended to learn. My older daughter has an anxiety disorder. My mother had one too. My daughter’s journey to understand her own anxiety has been challenging, but…

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    Small Business Ideas For Teens

    December 18, 2015 - By 

    Just a few short months ago my kids discovered the beauty of starting a very small business. I couldn’t have been happier. Oh one of my daughters has been babysitting for years. But this summer the kids stumbled upon a petsitting business they didn’t even really set out to build. A friend of ours needed some cats watched for three days. So we volunteered. Then another friends needed petsitting and we said we could do it and then a couple more friends were heading away for a week and both of my girls decided they’d help out there too. So…

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    parenting

    Last Minute Teacher Gifts #MeaningfulGifts

    December 11, 2015 - By 

    Who says last minute gifts and teacher presents can’t also be meaningful gifts? With World Vision Canada’s gift catalogue, last minute shoppers can still finish their shopping easily. Last year we gifted several items from the World Vision Canada holiday gift catalogue. We opted to give these impactful holiday gifts to friends and family members, and we found most of our teacher gifts there too. It’s a great solution to the question – what do I get for someone who doesn’t really need anything? Charitable gifts from the catalogue are straight from the heart and that matters more than ever…

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    Home Organization – Keep Your School Days Smooth

    November 9, 2015 - By 

    Home organization is the most important thing you can do to help your days go more smoothly if you have kids, especially when those kids are in school. Between rushing the kids off to school trying to get homework finished and getting the kiddos into bed on time, home organization makes a huge job a little less chaotic. Home Organization Steps to Make it All Easier Having kids is chaotic enough, so anything we as parents can do to make the environment a little less chaotic is a good thing. Theh key to making things run more smoothly is home…

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    Save The Date for a World Vision Canada and Linked Moms #MeaningfulGifts Twitter Party November 18, at 8 p.m. EST. Prizes to Be Announced.

    November 9, 2015 - By 

    It’s no secret how much World Vision Canada means to me. I travelled many miles with several World Vision workers in 2014. I told many of those stories over the past year. We climbed a mountain by car, on roads that were not remotely stable, while goats looked on perched in trees. We tried not to look down for fear our legs would fail us at the end of the journey. The destination one day led us so far up a mountain just outside Bucaramanga that it seemed like we were standing on the top of the world, when suddenly a school revealed…

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    family - parenting

    Adorable Newborn Tekno Puppy is a Gift Everyone Will Love #TMMGG2015

    November 6, 2015 - By 

    Adorable Newborn Tekno Puppy is the cutest gift that has arrived here so far this year. Tekno Puppy will be a huge hit this holiday season with any child you choose to give this too. If I were a child again, this Newborn Tekno Puppy would top my Christmas wish list. As it is it will top my list of toys that I give, especially for little girls between ages 5 and 13. The suggested age range for Newborn Tekno Puppy is 3 and up. But together my kids and I both discussed this and felt like the age range is…