This banana boat has nothing to do with sun screen!
My wife, Kim, is a very creative person. She is also very talented. Those two go together very well. However, one of the things I like best about her is that she knows when to just have fun with her creativity. This is actually quite hard for a creative and talented, type-A artist to do. Regardless, she has mastered this balance and our family is better for it. One of my favorite ways she uses this gift is with fun food creations. Our kids love them as well!
They
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Most kids enjoy saying their prayers. As parents, we can encourage this habit to grow.
My wife and I try hard to pray with our kids several times a day. We offer the usual blessing before each meal and end any disciplinary action in prayer. We also pray before we go down for nap and before bedtime. It has gotten to the point that if we forget, our kids get upset and remind us. Go kids!!
What we have a hard time with is to give our kids good examples when we pray. Let me explain that one
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Never forget the sacrifices that were required for Old Glory (Image: dwight9592)
Today is Memorial day. I, like most of you, enjoy having a day off and spending it with friends and family celebrating the beginning of Summer. Wait a second…. The beginning of Summer? Isn’t that on June 20th? You know the Summer Solstice! Then what is Memorial Day? Ah, that’s right. It is the day we set aside to honor those young men and women who have died in service to our country and kept us free.
Although I have not served in the armed forces,
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Kids will not learn how to wisely manage money on their own, we must be willing to teach them. (Image: jeancliclac)
If you have found yourself here via CPF then allow me to give you a warm welcome! I appreciate you taking the time to stop by and say hi. There were many reasons I started to blog. Several are explained on the About page. One of my primary reasons was the inspiration I received by reading Bob Lotich’s blog, Christian Personal Finance. Today, Bob has encouraged me again by posting an article I wrote on how to teach our
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There is no quick fix to help parents get the sleep they need. (Image: Adam Borkowski)
I am pretty sure there isn’t actually a real medical condition called parenting induced insomnia (PII), but there should be. Technically I guess it should be parenting induced sleep deprivation. I am pretty sure I could sleep if just given the chance. Regardless, I thought I would take some time and look into the details of this anomaly. I am sure our family isn’t the only one that suffers from this every now and then.
What It Is:
As we get older
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It is hard to play a group sport without a team. Parenting is similar. (Image: Saskia Massink)
Have you ever considered parenting as a group sport? Maybe you should! I am convinced that this parents vs. kids mentality we have in our current culture is not exactly how it was intended to be. Let’s look at this in a little more detail. We will start with a short jaunt through history.
Many, many moons ago families were identified by clans. This meant that you, your siblings, your cousins, and on down the line lived in relativity close proximity
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There are times when kids will be kids. How we react can help them grow! (Image: Dean Studios
Every once and a while my wife and I get frustrated because our son acts like a three year-old. Oddly enough, he is. So why does this surprise us? That my friend is a very good question. Yet for some reason we still look a little shocked when he comes in the room with marker all over his face. Yes, that is him to the right there. He wanted to be a clown so he drew clown lips on his
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Everyone enjoyed the Healthy Homemade Granola Bars so much I thought I would pull out a few of our other favorite recipes. I am not sure how often they will show up, but we have a lot and they are fun to share. Anyway, I am betting the bigger question in your mind right now is, “why eggless?” As usual, you pose a very good question. The simple answer? Allergies! No, not ours. We are all rather fond of eggs. That brings us to the long answer!
Last year a family in our Church was in need of some
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The other day, while taking my usual stroll around the Internet, I ran across an article about a published four year-old author at How Does She?. Missy had used a photo book from Pixable to publish her daughter’s story. What a clever idea. I don’t know of any young woman or man who wouldn’t love to have their stories and drawings made into a book. Missy also challenged her readers to come up with a few other uses for these inexpensive photo books. Well, that sounded like a challenge worth taking up, so I did. Here are a few
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A few weeks ago I wrote a post on A Documentary on Dads. It was on the up coming documentary, “The Evolution of Dad” by Dana H. Glazer. Shortly after that post, I was contacted by The Evolution of Dad and offered a screening of the full documentary. As a father (and blogger) how could I say no to that? So I didn’t. After watching the full documentary, I thought it only fair to update you with my thoughts and reactions to this much welcomed film. Needless to say, as a father, I found it very encouraging and
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June 4, 2010, 6:30 am
