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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.

 

Best Books for Toddlers - an amazing list of books for kids and toddlers. | kids activities | kids crafts | parenting | kids

Best Books for Toddlers

30 Cheap and Fun Date Ideas for couples. Ideas for everyone, from the adventurous to the home-body, even when you're on a budget! |love | marriage | happy marriage

30 Cheap and Fun Date Ideas for Couples

How to handle life while parenting and raising Irish Twins, 2 children under 1. Tips for parenting 2 young children.  Advice is also great for 2 under 2! | parenting

Raising Irish Twins

Why I Love My Husband Most - why my husband and our marriage is my top priority (and should be yours too!) and comes before the kids. | happy marriage | love | marriage

I Love My Husband Most

What to do when your kids think the day starts waaay before you do. My number one sanity-saving parenting tip for starting my day off right with kids. | parenting | kids | organization

Why You Should Wake Up Before Your Kids

30 of the Best Christmas Books for Children List, from the classics to the new and everything in between. Books the whole family will enjoy reading. I'm going to use this list for the book advent we do each year!

30 Best Christmas Books for Kids

Celebrate Thanksgiving with your kids with these amazing Thanksgiving Books for Preschoolers, that talk about community, gratefulness, and the true meaning of Thanksgiving.| preschoolers | parenting | holidays

Top Thanksgiving Books for Preschoolers

Celebrate Thanksgiving with your kids with these amazing Thanksgiving Books for Toddlers, that talk about community, gratefulness, and the true meaning of Thanksgiving. | Thanksgiving | parenting | toddlers

Top Thanksgiving Books for Toddlers

Lactation Cookies Recipe- A chocolate chip oatmeal cookie recipe to help increase milk production. From TheGraciousWife.com

Lactation Cookies

Cloth Diapers: If you're still on the fence - including where to buy, washing, and MORE. Decide what's best for your baby girl or baby boy. | parenting | kids | baby | pregnancy

Cloth Diapers: If You’re Still on the Fence

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Happy St Patrick’s Day!

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

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Grasshopper Pie

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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