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Family Activities and Ideas

Get ready for family fun! Here you'll find ideas about kids and parenting, love and marriage, and tips to keep the whole family safe, happy, and healthy!

Have fun with your family with 13 fun family activities for summer.

Start some new family traditions, too. Read these 7 Reasons to Take Your Family Fishing for some whole family outdoor fun, or read these 7 Tips for Hosting a Rocking Family Game Night to bring the family fun indoors!

Family can be chaotic! Keep your family organized with helpful tips such as these 10 Ball Park Hacks for Busy families or these 50 tips for traveling with children.

 

How to Make School Mornings Run Smooth - Make sure your school mornings are quick, easy, and stress-free, with these 8 simple tips for how to make school mornings run smooth! Parenting Tips 

How to Make School Mornings Run Smooth

20 Non Sandwich School Lunch Ideas for kids - Make back to school lunches exciting this school year with these 20 yummy and easy non-sandwich school lunch ideas that your kids will love! Perfect back to school lunch ideas. My kids will love these. 

20 Non-Sandwich School Lunch Ideas

How to Save Money on Back to School Clothes - Back to school time can be expensive! Save a little money, stay under budget, and send your kids back to school in style with these 6 tips to save money on back to school clothes. Parenting tips

6 Tips to Save Money on Back to School Clothes

How to Rekindle your Relationship - Don't let the spark in your marriage die out! Keep the fire alive and exciting with these 10 Ways to Rekindle Your Relationship for a happy, lasting marriage.  Love and marriage tips

10 Ways to Rekindle Your Relationship

6 Kitchen Safety Rules for Kids - Getting kids involved in the kitchen is a valuable life skill, but it can be dangerous.  Teach your kids to be useful and safe with these 6 basic kitchen safety tips for kids.  Parenting tips

6 Basic Kitchen Safety Tips for Kids

34 Vacation Safety Tips for Kids - Safety is important, even on vacation.  Use these 34 tips for keeping your kids safe on vacation, including tips for before you leave, on the way, at your hotel, in a crowd, and medicine and vitamin storage and safety.  These tips will help you have a fun and safe vacation with the family. 

33 Tips for Keeping Your Kids Safe on Vacation

7 Safe Alternatives to Fireworks - Love fireworks but worried about safety? Have some safe celebratory fun this Summer with these 7 safe alternatives to fireworks.  Parenting Tips | Summer

7 Safe Alternatives to Fireworks

7 Fireworks Safety Tips You Should Know - Have a fun, exciting, and most importantly safe celebration with these 7 important fireworks safety tips you should know.  Summer | Parenting tips

7 Fireworks Safety Tips You Should Know

Natural Prevention for Mosquito Bites - Have more mosquito-free fun outside this Summer with these 5 simple and natural ways to prevent mosquito bites that are also totally safe for kids and pets. Parenting Tips | DIY

5 Natural Ways to Prevent Mosquito Bites

6 Tips for Teaching Manners to Your Sons - Being polite, thoughtful, and kind is an important part of making friends and life in general. Use these 6 Tips for Teaching Manners to Your Sons to help turn your sons into respectful and respectable men. Parenting tips

6 Tips for Teaching Manners to Your Sons

7 Tips for Hosting a Rocking Family Game Night - Spend some quality time with your family having fun, playing games, and being silly with these 7 tips for hosting a rocking family game night.  Parenting tips

7 Tips for Hosting a Rocking Family Game Night

6 Reasons to Teach Your Sons about Housework - Housework is an important skill for everyone to learn, including boys.  Put your boys to work and check out these 6 reasons to teach your sons about housework. Parenting Tips

6 Reasons You Need to Teach Your Sons About Housework

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Happy St Patrick’s Day!

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Grasshopper Pie

Slow Cooker Corned Beef and Cabbage is the perfect dish to celebrate St Patrick's Day.  Easy Slow Cooker Corned Beef and Cabbage creates tender, fall-apart beef and warm, flavorful veggies and potatoes, all in this simple Crock Pot recipe.

Slow Cooker Corned Beef and Cabbage

Make this easy Irish-inspired Reuben Dip recipe with creamy Thousand Island, tangy sauerkraut, salty corned beef, and gooey cheese in less than 30 minutes with just 5 ingredients! Great festive appetizer recipe for St Patrick's Day.

Reuben Dip

Reuben Casserole is a family favorite with layers of warm egg noodles, tangy sauerkraut, thousand island dressing, corned beef, gooey cheese, and buttery toasted rye bread. It's like a reuben sandwich made even better in one dish for easy clean up! #easyrecipe #stpatricksday

Reuben Casserole

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