My family loves pool noodles for swimming but they tend to wear out and crack with time. I'm sharing an easy cheap craft that reuses those worn out pool noodles. Do you have noodles with bite marks and cracks in them at your house? Instead of tossing them out continue to use the noodles by making them into a DIY Pool Noodle Float Ring. After awhile they just wear out and start to fall apart, but often only some of the noodle wears out and the rest is still good. Cut up the good parts of the ... Continue Reading...
DIY Pool Noodle Float Raft
I love pool noodles! They are so versatile and many things can be made with them. I designed this DIY Pool Noodle Float Raft using cut sections of pool noodles. This raft is easy and cheap to make plus you can customize it to your own design and color tastes. Kids can help too and plan out their own rafts so everyone in the family can have their own personally styled noodle raft. Using new noodles works best for this project. I bought mine at Walmart. This post contains affiliate links. ... Continue Reading...
Professional Advice for Helping Your Young Child Sleep
This is a guest post by Amy Douglas, a Maternal & Child Sleep Consultant. This is the ninth installment in my Children's Healthcare Series. This post is for informational purposes only, always consult your healthcare professional. This post contains affiliate links to products I love. Please see disclaimer for details. Helping Your Young Child Feel Safe & Secure in Their Bedroom Children being afraid of the dark, or fearful of their rooms is nothing new. It is common, and it is ... Continue Reading...
The Significance of Prenatal Diagnosis for a Healthy Pregnancy
A Guest Post by Healthy Pregnancy This is the seventh installment in my Children's Healthcare Series. The Significance of Prenatal Diagnosis for a Healthy Pregnancy Disclaimer: This post does not replace medical advice from a qualified medical professional. This post is for informational purposes only. Always consult your medical provider. This post may contain affiliate links. Please see my Disclaimer for details. Pregnancy is an exciting time, but it is also accompanied by many fears. ... Continue Reading...
Kids in the Kitchen: Free Play and Smores Mountain
Kids in the Kitchen What do kids want for a treat? Let a kid be a chef with free play time in the kitchen find out! My son has been watching me make recipe blog posts so he decided he wanted to try to make up a recipe. He created a recipe for Smores Mountain. It looks pretty good and tastes even better! Kids Learn About Physical Properties in the Kitchen I love letting my kids play in the kitchen. For years now my kids have played in the kitchen making up experiments and concoctions by ... Continue Reading...
A New Year’s Resolution Word
I’ve been seeing a lot of social media posts about picking a word for the year. This is like a New Year’s Resolution yet different because it’s just one word. Resolutions are too specific and therefore hard to follow. With life circumstances changing throughout the year a New Year’s Resolution may suddenly not fit in so it gets abandoned. But A New Year’s Resolution Word, now that seems doable. I like that I can apply that one word to any and every area of my life. I like this idea so I chose a ... Continue Reading...
DIY Hot Chocolate Ice Cubes
This post contains an affiliate link. This post is 100% my own opinion & I love chocolate! See my disclaimer page for details. My idea for DIY Hot Chocolate Ice Cubes is so simple yet so perfect, especially for kids who don't like a steaming hot cup of hot chocolate. My kids come in the house after playing outside in the cold winter and they immediately have hot chocolate on their brains. They ask for hot chocolate even before the snow pants are off. I try to microwave it to the perfect ... Continue Reading...
Whipped Hot Chocolate Cream Cheese
My kids LOVE hot chocolate and marshmallows. They can't ever get enough of it. After playing outside, asking for hot chocolate is usually the first words out of their rosy faces. I created this Whipped Hot Chocolate Cream Cheese with that love in mind. It really is amazing and scrumptious! I used prepared hot chocolate, marshmallows, and plain cream cheese. That's it, just three ingredients to the yum! It is so simple to make. My kids prefer the whipped cream cheese to the traditional cream ... Continue Reading...
An Unplanned Lesson in Giving to a Homeless Man
An Unplanned Lesson in Giving An unplanned lesson in giving to a homeless man unfolded before my son and I one Sunday this holiday season. As we drove out of a parking lot we approached an old man standing on the mini sidewalk island between the in and the out of the parking lot. We had just bought a present for my son’s friend and next we were heading to the birthday party. There stood a man. He stood in a spot I hadn’t seen someone stand before even though I’d been to this store many ... Continue Reading...
How To Manage Your Child’s Anxiety During Medical Procedures
Our six-year-old fell and broke his wrist while pretending to be a stuntman – jumping from a bar stool to a mini trampoline – and needed surgery to align broken and displaced bones. It was very traumatic for our son and for us as parents. Having gone through this experience as a parent, I learned some tips. In this post, I'm sharing tips for how to manage your child's anxiety during medical procedures. Disclaimer: My advice does not replace the advice of a qualified healthcare professional. ... Continue Reading...
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