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    Peanut Butter Banana Smoothies – Quick Recipe

    June 16, 2010

    Peanut Butter Banana Smoothies – Quick Recipe “Because Mom Makes them Better” was my youngest son’s quote this morning immediately after my middle son said that it was better than Braums.   I don’t know if I could exactly compete with Braums, but the price sure is better. (BIG GRIN) You may be surprised that I served this for breakfast.  For a quick breakfast, I used to feed them some bananas with peanut butter smoothed over the top with a small glass of milk. Suddenly, I thought, why not make breakfast super special by serving it all mixed in a smoothie! (Great idea, mom!) Here’s the pic, to entice you a…

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    Sharing Secrets with Your Children

    February 17, 2010

    Sharing Secrets with Your Children Do you remember how it felt when your close friend shared a secret with you?  Didn’t it make you feel kind of special?  Even privileged and honored that your friend trusted you with her valuable secret? On a deeper level, I believe it created a closer bond between the two of you…after all, you both shared some secret information that none of the rest the world around you knew. I love to share secrets with my boys.  I like making them feel like they’re really special to me when I share something that nobody else knows.  For instance, last night I shared a simple secret…

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    Creating Family Traditions

    January 20, 2010

    Creating Family Traditions There’s just something so endearing about family traditions! Family traditions connect your family together and create pleasant memories that last a life time. Don’t just wait for Christmas time to roll around when it comes to creating family traditions….get creative and create a few that you can enjoy year around! Traditions can be as simple as doing a puzzle or game together on a certain night.   Long ago I created Fridays as “I Love You Day“.   It’s always been a surprise what that might be…for instance, a piece of chocolate left at their spot on the table.  I created it so that my boys would have something…

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    Family Game Time Can be Educational!

    January 4, 2010

    Family Game Time Can be Educational! During the Black Friday sales, I picked up a brand new game of Monopoly. I was excited, because as a teen, I loved to play this with one of my friends….we played for hours….and I would keep loaning her money just to keep the game going.  (Just to let you know,  that’s against the rules, but apparently, I didn’t read the Monopoly rules too well at that age. lol) Now back to the present: Since it had been years since I played, I sort of dreaded the first time we were going to play.  We sat there intently reading through every rule and then…

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    32 Activity Ideas for Children

    September 23, 2009

    32 Activity Ideas for Children Enjoy your time with your children by planning fun activities.  Here are 32 activity ideas to keep your children occupied and convinced that you’re the greatest mom in the world! Children’s Activity Ideas for Indoors 1. Story time Read and discuss a book or a chapter of a book, make up your own endings. You can even make up your own stories by sitting the kids in a ring and letting them “add a sentence”. We’ve made up lots of really funny stories this way. 2. Giant Easel Go to a charity shop or wallpaper shop and buy leftover rolls of wallpaper. Cover a wall…

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