Category: Kids

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“Do or do not. There is no try.” Our Star Wars Marathon

  We are HUGE Star Wars fans and yesterday we kicked an item off our bucket list!…

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Learning Through the National Park Service Junior Ranger Program

Recently while on vacation in the Great Smoky Mountains we discovered the Junior Ranger Program offered by…

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Guest Post – Educating our Children…and Ourselves

Educating children is one of the primary focuses of our family. As unschoolers education is ingrained in our every…

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Three Tips For Making Road Trips With Kids Easier

As a family we love travel, road trips and long car rides. Sounds odd I know, loving…

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The Muppets New Movie is a Must See

  After a 12 year hiatus The Muppets are back! My family and I were given the opportunity to…

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Shocking Milwaukee co-sleeping ad goes too far

The city of Milwaukee has put out a set of shocking ads, showing babies in bed with…

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Unschooling / Homeschooling – Where to Start

Way back before we started homeschooling our kids my husband and I had many discussions about educational…

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Get a Melissa & Doug 25% Off Coupon When You Take the North “Poll”

We seriously love Melissa & Doug toys. They were the go to toys when the girls were younger,…

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Kids Craft – Egg Carton Caterpillars

My daughter collects egg cartons. She has a huge collection stuffed away in a cabinet waiting to…

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The Mathematics of Doctor Who’s Fez

My oldest is a huge Doctor Who fan. She has seen all of the episodes from the last couple of seasons and quite a few of the previous ones. When Halloween started getting close she wanted to be Doctor Who, more specifically the 11th Doctor. We went to various thrift stores and department stores and outfitted her with his trade marked suspenders, tweed jacket and bow tie but the one additional think she insisted on was a fez, because to quote the Doctor “I wear a fez now. Fezzes are cool”