Cool Christmas Gifts for Kids
By Eren Mckay
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Don’t you just love the thought of opening gifts Christmas morning? There’s something so whimsical about Christmas. My best childhood memories happened during this time of year. Even as an adult, any time I’m feeling blue, I just reminisce and think of Christmas and I’m happy again. Not only because my childhood was great, but because I can create that same exact feeling for my kids now that I’m a mom.
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Family Game Night Ideas
By Eren Mckay
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When it’s time for the family to get together you want to make sure to have games planned ahead of time that will be fun for everyone involved. If you’ve ever had boring or stressful ‘family time’ then you know that it’s best to plan ahead of time to make sure that it turns out to be a success. Here in this article I’ll give you a few family game night ideas that I’m certain your whole family will love.
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Noah’s Ark Games for Kids
By Eren Mckay
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If you’re looking for some really fun Noah’s ark games for kids and even adults to play, you’ll love the 3 games ideas in this article. You can play these games in preschool classrooms, during sunday school lessons, family time, a kid’s birthday party or even if you’re throwing a noah’s ark baby shower. In any case, the instructions in this article will help you get started.
Children’s & family entertainment – Mike da Mustang
By Eren Mckay
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The other day I found a really cool cartoon ( Mike da Mustang ) that teaches family values and decided to share it with my readers.
I have found that watching great movies and cartoons has been one of the best ways to have fun during family get togethers. And FUN is the word to think of when planning family time. Research has shown that bonding happens when people laugh together. And as parents, we want to form that special bond and also create memories that bring smiles to our kids` faces in the years to come.
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Family bonding activities – insights to help connect deeply
By Eren Mckay
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Bonding is emotional- you need to be present.
You’ve probably been searching for family bonding activities and may have even found some great ideas.
But I want to share with you that bonding is more of an emotional and spiritual connection than something that can be achieved with outward situations.
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Of course having activities to do is always a great “setting” in which the actual connection occurs. Activities are ways to get the “brain waves” going and provide a context for bonding.
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Christmas lights display video
By Eren Mckay
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Ruth Crawl (a sweet friend of mine) sent me a link to this video and I thought it was very inspiring and wanted to share it with y’all.
Going around and watching Christmas lights displays in your town is a great activity to do as a family during the holiday season. This display is just awesome 
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Painting creative pumpkin faces & pumpkin decorating ideas
By Eren Mckay
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I couldn’t resist posting these very cute, sometimes weird or even really ugly 
pumpkin pictures.
Since it is pumpkin season and we can get together with our kids and have a great afternoon pumpkin painting, I thought I’d give you some ideas and also ask your opinion.
Here are 44 ideas for you to create the cutest, funniest, or even ugliest pumpkin ever .
So just for fun, after looking at all of these you can chime in and comment. I wonder who’s the ugliest ? LOL
So feel free to comment in the comment section after you have seen them all 
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Name that candy bar dirty diaper shower game
By Eren Mckay
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Hello my friends .
On this page you will find instructions for the Name that Candy Bar baby shower game.
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You may also print out the instructions that are on this page. I have put them in PDF format for easy printing.
For this you will need the the free Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you don’t already have the reader, it can be downloaded free from this link.
You may also print out the answer sheet that goes with this game.
They are both in the table below.
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Fun summer things for kids to do – activities and ideas for a fantastic summer
By Eren Mckay
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Many parents get apprehensive when summer vacation is coming up. They’ve had bad experiences before with their kids staying home and fighting all day long over the tiniest things. This doesn’t have to be your case. How many times have you listened to those “I’m so bored!” whiny complaints? If you take simple preventative steps you can plan out a fun summer vacation for everyone in your family!
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