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Pool Owners Upcycle the Old Solar Pool Cover as a DIY Slip and Slide

August 21, 2018

Pool Owners Upcylce the Old Solar Pool Cover as a DIY Slip and Slide. Summer fun idea for kids, tweens, teens. Great boredom buster in summer. #summer #summervibes #family #slipandslide #diyslipandslide #slipnslide

Hey fellow pool owners? Stuck for ideas on what to use your old solar pool cover for? Don't just toss it, upcycle it! Think Slip 'n Slide:) How? Let me share our fun new epiphany with you! It's the kids' fave idea of summer:) This post contains affiliate links. Please see the disclaimer in the top bar menu and sidebar. Thank you:) So much fun! The mini surfboard is called a COOP Hydro Subskate board. My boys love trying to stand on these boards in the pool, floating on them, and ... Continue Reading...

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What to Pack for A Day at the Amusement Park with Kids

January 18, 2018

What to Pack for a Day at the Amusement Park with Kids. #amusementpark #travel #familytravel #packinglist #packingtips #travelersnotebook #traveltips #familyfun #packinglight #getaway #entertainment #momlife #motherhood #parents #parenthood

Does your family freqently travel to visit amusement parks? Mine sure does. We buy our family of five season passes to our local amusement park as a Chistmas present every year. We need certain items when we go. I'm sharing my 18 essentials for What to Pack for a Day at the Amusement Park with Kids that fit in my sling backpack. I was gifted a NeatPack versatile sling bag for an honest review. All opinions expressed here are 100% my own. This post contains affiliate links. If you were to ... Continue Reading...

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Filed Under: Family, Product Review, Travel Tagged: Parenting, summer

3 Fun Summer Activities That Will Help Your Child Grow

July 13, 2017

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3 Fun Summer Activities That Help Your Child Grow Guest Post by Natalie Hagen from Take Lessons As parents, it can be a challenge to fit in all of the fun that comes along with summer. There are so many activities to do and the long days tend to give you this sense of “I can do everything!” How do you fit in all of the fun but still make sure that your children are learning? Beyond the swimming pools and sleepovers, there are a few activities that will help your children learn and ... Continue Reading...

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DIY Pool Noodle Float Strip

July 9, 2017

Using DIY Pool Noodle Float Ring in the pool

We have a backyard inground pool which our family loves! We lose many pool floaties to holes, so I'm on the search for solutions to get more creative with pool noodle floats. I love to use pool noodles to make new creations, and my new moldable DIY Pool Noodle Float Strip is a hit with my boys (and me!). I love this design because it is so versatile, plus it's more fun than a boring, ordinary straight noodle. It can be used as a 6'2" straight float, or it can be doubled over for a stronger ... Continue Reading...

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Celebrating the Somersault-Boys of Summer

June 12, 2016

My feet sink into the garden muck. The rain has been coming and coming this summer. The humid Minnesota afternoon sun beats down on me, true to the eighty degrees the thermometer red line shows. I look over the short white garden fence and Matt and Ben are playing over at the play set in the other corner of the yard while I conquer the weeds in my swampy garden. I can only wrench them out if using all my back muscles, their roots clenched into the dirt like strong green and brown wire hands. I ... Continue Reading...

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