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3 Ways to Introduce Your Child to Gardening and Urban Farming
Spring is finally here! To welcome the sun back, my two year old and I have been digging in the dirt. But this is more than just getting our hands dirty. We’re having fun science lessons outside. If...
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Urban Farming: How and Why I Keep Free Range Chickens in My Backyard
By Alicia Barnes, liciabobesha.com The more I learn about our industrial food system, the more I find myself embracing old fashioned ways. My yard is too shaded to have a big garden, but I found my...
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7 Key Questions to Ask A Potential Babysitter
I have four children, which means my husband and often need babysitters. We prefer to have reliable family members watch our kids, but sometimes that option isn’t available to us, and we have to take...
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7 Ways to Get Your Husband to Help With Housework
My husband taking down my son’s cornrowsMy household is not traditionally set up. My husband works part time and attends graduate school, while I work (slightly overtime) as the primary breadwinner....
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How My Husband and I Paid off $10,000 of Consumer Debt in 5 Months
America is a land of opportunity. But if you don’t have a plan, it can also be a land of financial pitfalls. I’ve been consumer debt free for 4 years. The only debt I carry is the mortgage on my home...
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How I Kept My Home Screen Free for 1 Week
At the beginning of my son’s school year I attended a workshop about the importance of reading to children. To be totally honest I was really there to get a free gift card for sitting through the...
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6 Reasons I’m Not Conflicted Or Sad About Having My Child in Daycare
Ennis and his sweet teacher enjoying one of many many books they’ve read together. By Alicia Barnes, liciabobesha.com I found myself praising Ennis’ teachers yesterday. Though his nap was disrupted, he...
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5 Fun Summer Activities that Cost Little Money And Keep Kids Entertained
One more week of school and I will have all 4 kids home for the summer. My two oldest have hit the age where the cost of fun is not fun anymore because we are paying full kid prices. Things like...
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I’m Pregnant With Twins and Raising 4 Young Children — The Challenges and the...
I never thought that after already being blessed with four children my body would carry twins. When I went for my first prenatal check up I was so surprised yet giddy when I got the news. I always...
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7 Creative Ways to Teach Your Child to Tie Their Shoes
Learning to tie your shoes can be a fun or frustrating experience. Keep in mind that tying shoes requires a strong set of fine motor skills. Before you attempt to teach your child, make sure they...
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How I Survived Parenting Under My Parents’ Roof
The day my husband received an offer letter for his new, out-of-state job, we celebrated and waited for the word to come back with his official start date. We put our house on the market. And we...
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10 Foolproof Ways I Keep My Children’s Play Area Organized and Tidy
When it comes to my kids’ play area, I try to keep it small, colorful and neat I am a huge fan of unstructured play for my kids. Play is how they learn about themselves and the world, and develop...
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I Turned Down Two Jobs to Stay at Home Because Child Care Costs Too Much
Now over a year into my total life change, I’m still shocked when I look back. Did I really turn down two jobs to stay home with my kids? I did not go to college and graduate school to stay at home....
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6 Things Mommies Can Do Each Morning to Set a Productive Tone for the Day
Do you ever feel like life just keeps ‘happening’ to you? Like each day you’re just waking up to find out what it’s going to be today. Of course, sometimes things go your way. But, for the most part...
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My Hooptie, a Love Story: The Amazing and the Terrible Things about Driving...
If my car were a person, she’d be getting her driver’s license this year. When I was 17, my parents gave me the amazing gift of a used car. I named her Mollie Malibu. She was mine to take to college...
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I Run My Family Like a Company to Keep Us Together
I’m a busy, so busy that it could be easy to not care about family meetings. Yet, I believe in running my family like a business to an extent. All good organizations need meetings to reflect, plan,...
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