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How To Make A Foam (Boffer) Sword

As homeschoolers, we can do and create whatever fits into our learning. Last year at our local Renaissance faire, the boys made some seriously awesome foam swords and I thought, “These certainly won’t last very long with our active boys.” But, I was wrong. Yes, you heard that right. I was wrong. Dead wrong. These […]

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Better Than Panda Express Orange Chicken

It seems like it’s been forever since I posted a recipe so I dug through my recipe binder and grabbed some of our favorites. I asked some friends of mine which I should post next and overwhelming they picked orange chicken.

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Woolzies Replace Chemical Filled Dryer Sheets

A few weeks ago, we put Woolzies dryer balls to the test in our HE dryer. We put all six balls into the dryer and ran it for the next few loads followed by taking the balls out and running some more loads for comparison. The biggest thing we noticed was the additional sound the […]

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Bed Wetting: The Topic No One Wants To Talk About

Did you know that approximately 20% of 5 year olds suffer from nocturnal enuresis? When your child outgrows the common diaper sizes, you’re often left trying to figure out what to do. I remember when Little T was barely 4 years old, still not fully potty trained and already in the largest Pull-Ups. Thankfully, he […]

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We Have The Good Life. Do You?

Almost three years ago, Tim and I were facing the biggest decision of our lives: Where are we going to live? We knew we wanted to move out of Arizona due to the political environment and their racial profiling law but where could we go? We’d researched a variety of states in the past, but we threw […]

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Infant Nursing Pillows – Must Have Or Buyer’s Remorse?

Nursing pillows have come a long way since we became parents almost ten years ago. The one I had was uncomfortable and quickly found it’s way to the trash. It had an awkward fit around my tummy, offered little support while nursing, and Little T fussed when we used it during tummy time. It appears […]