Family Activities

  • Summer Fun on a Budget – good for all ages

    Go mom – you’re halfway through summer and need some activities to fill in the last few days? Use things you already have:Photo Scavenger Hunt click hereMy sister said she did this while waiting for an orchestra to start with her kids – how fun! Camp for Toys click hereThis is awesome!  Reminds me of […]

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  • Guest Post: Pom Pom Jar {Reward Jar}

    Special thanks to Kim {an awesome blogging mom} from Texas! What I used to do…Last summer, I was on the hunt for a new kind of discipline/reward technique to use in our home. At age four, it seems our son had outgrown the time out system that I had been using since he was about […]

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  • Mom Spotlight: Going BIG with Summer Points

    Jennisse and I have been friends since our early days in MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) with little ones.  She’s been doing points for 2 summers.  She figured out early that her kids love to earn a lot of points.  So, she’s setting their sites on 30,000 points this summer.  You read that right: Whoa!  Love it! […]

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  • Over Complicating Things — coming up with a workable points chart!

    A little birdie (my husband) told me that I was making things “a little too complicated”.  Who me?  I had to think of every possibility before actually making the points chart! Here’s what was running through my head: How long will it take them to earn their points? About how many do they need to earn each […]

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