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6 Small Ways to Bond With Your Child in a Big Way. Show your child you love, care, and appreciate them with these 6 simple ideas. | parenting

6 Small Ways to Bond with Your Child in a Big Way

DIY Toy storage idea and DIY Toy Organization idea for the playroom. Organize all of your boys' Matchbox with this DIY Matchbox Car Storage for the wall.  It's super easy and the kids will love it! (and you'll love it too,  when there is no longer a Matchbox car explosion all over your playroom.

DIY Matchbox Car Storage Tutorial

How You're Letting Your Kids Control You - What you're doing to show your kids that they have control over you and how to stop. | parenting tips | parenting advice

How You're Letting Your Kids Control You

15 Baby Items You Don't Actually Need - Baby stuff you probably won't use or need for a baby boy or a baby girl! I wish I had this list during my first pregnancy. It would have saved me lots of money!

15 Baby Items You Don't Actually Need

Keep your toddler busy while you care for your new baby! If you're on your second pregnancy, with a baby boy or a baby girl, and you already have a toddler at home, these Nursing Baskets will seriously save your sanity.

Nursing Basket

How My Sons Helped Me Understand My Husband- After growing up in a house full of girls, my two sons taught me all about boys and men. | love | marriage | parenting | kids

How My Sons Helped Me Appreciate My Husband

10 Mom and Son Date Night Ideas - spend some time with your boys with these fun activities, snacks, and crafts. | parenting | boys | kids activities

10 Mom and Son Date Night Ideas

Things you'll need 2 of with Irish Twins - Wish I had this list during my second pregnancy! A total survival kit for what new moms need for their second baby!

11 Things You'll Need with Irish Twins- 2 Kids Under 1

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

Best Books for Preschoolers

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

Best Books for Toddlers

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

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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Deviled Egg Potato Salad

A slice of strawberry pretzel salad on a small plate topped with whipped cream and a fresh strawberry.

Strawberry Pretzel Salad

Fully loaded buffalo chicken salad with a swirl of ranch on top

Buffalo Chicken Salad

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Snickers Caramel Apple Salad

Spicy blueberry burger with blueberry sauce running down with fresh arugula and blueberries behind it

Spicy Blueberry Burgers

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Jicama Slaw

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