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Best Gluten Free King Cake Recipe and Year Round Holiday Tree Decorations

March 3, 2022March 9, 2022Activities with Kids, family, Family Celebrations, gluten free, Influencer, recipesLeave a Comment

Does anybody remember El theme weeks? Click here for a refresher if you weren’t with us then. Recap: We had a theme for every week during the summer when the kids were little. We had simple themes like WATER WEEK, ZOO ANIMAL WEEK, WEATHER WEEK and more. It was super fun and kept us all…

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Working full time with kids…it’s a whole new summer

July 14, 2015ALLLeave a Comment

What a difference! We are 5+ weeks in with a few weeks to go and this summer has been very different from the last 10 “summers with kids.”10 years ago, we were “in the throws” with a newborn baby boy- our Bakri. A very sweet time, really. Rocking chairs, cradles, cuddles, nursing and sleep deprived.As…

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And We’re Off to a Running Start- First Week of Summer is Done!

June 11, 2014ALLLeave a Comment

I can’t help but sing “in Sum-merrrrrr” ala Olaf from Frozen. If you haven’t seen the movie, then the songs are probably not stuck in your head or being sung over and over again by your housemates. Great songs, but any song can get annoying after the hundredth time you hear it being belted out…

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Another summer Another few VBS camps

July 20, 2015ALLLeave a Comment

We save the best for last. And I’m not just saying that because it’s the one I’ve helped with the last three years. There is honestly something so real, so organic, so amazing about having a “homemade,” not storebought VBS. If you haven’t ever organized a VBS from the ground up, you may be unaware…

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It’s the little things

August 19, 2014ALLLeave a Comment

We plan big and most of the time it’s great. We keep our kids busy or they keep us busy, rather. We work, we play, we laugh, we cry, we sing, we dance. Sometimes we forget to slow down. But, when we do slow down, that’s when the magic happens. It happened this summer. Nearly…

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Update and Our first "tour"

June 30, 2014ALLLeave a Comment

Update: no theme weeks this summer. Our weeks have been overflowing with activities and adventure. Perhaps, because we’re all a little older. And, we have a few activities that were seasonal for us in the past that are currently year round. Ie. Baseball and swimming.So, let’s catch up. We started the summer with a bit…

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Summer Week 7- Theme Weeks- Game Week

August 8, 2013ALLLeave a Comment

Our theme this week was Games! The Els are ages 3, 4 (almost 5), 6 1/2 and 8. Between the six of us, we have 4 that are mature enough to sit through family game night and enjoy it. I won’t tell you which four. 🙂 Seriously, even the two youngest enjoyed most of our…

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Summer Week 6- Theme Weeks- Science Week

August 8, 2013ALLLeave a Comment

This week’s theme was science! Luckily, my dear friend, Tracy was a science teacher and she offered to do Science week with us. We even had a few extra “campers” this week. It was really fun. She planned several experiments, we watched Sid the Science kid for downtime and the Els had a blast making…

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Summer Week 5 Theme Week- performance week

August 1, 2013ALL1 Comment

Our youngest turned 3 this summer. One month before his birthday he asked (completely unprompted) for a Willy Wonka birthday party. It was a perfect idea, so we got to work. We asked our family to join us for the fun and even dress as characters from the book…anyone, but Willy Wonka. Leeland, our birthday…

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Summer Week 4- Theme Weeks- Water Week

July 10, 2013ALLLeave a Comment

Last week, while the Nation celebrated our Freedom on the 4th of July, we prepared for a week long celebration with Water as our theme. The first objective of water week: learn to swim! Swim lessons With a bird’s eye view Swimmers must be hydrated and fed well. Here is a photo of us at…

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