A while back we borrowed a system that a good friend was using that encouraged her kids to clean up their room every weekend. It’s a simple system and the way it works is that every Sunday, once their room is clean enough to vacuum, they can have all the screen time they want. This includes DS, computer…
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Granny
“How the hell are ya’” she would say, in her husky former smoker voice, EVERY TIME she would greet you. She was fiesty, rough, loving and all around amazing. She was my Granny. I’ve been absent for the last week or so because Granny passed away. She had been on hospice for a while but…
Win a 4 Pack of Tickets to Clementon Park
Harmonic Mama has teamed up with Real Mom in the Media and BEN-FM to offer one lucky reader a 4 pack of tickets to Clementon Park in Clementon, New Jersey on Monday, August 15, 2011. Clementon Park has tons of ride and attractions including Kiddie Land for kids under 48″, a water park with the new…
DIY Popsicle Stick & Wooden Bead Trivet
NEW! Buy the kit! I’m now offering this project in a craft kit! No tools needed, just you and some time! Recently this photo of my popsicle stick trivet appeared on DIYLife. I was blown away by this and it has inspired me to finally write a tutorial for it. I originally made a trivet like…
Unschooling Success Stories
By kigaliwire Ultimately as parents we want to do the best for our kids to put them on a path to success (whatever that’s defined as). This makes unschooling interesting because as much as I see its effects and I see my children learning sometimes there is a little voice deep deep back in…
Letting go of Worry
I worry. I’ve always worried but it’s become worse since I have become a parent. I can see all of the potential injuries that the world has to offer. This was not so much of an issue when my kids were younger and the potential injuries small but they have gotten older and have a…
Scavenger Hunts as a Learning Tool
We just got back from a family reunion in Virgina. Everyone had a great time, inspite of the 100+ degree temperatures. One of the activities that was planned for the reunion was a scavenger hunt that took us to various sites that were important to the town and battle of Manassas. My family, along with…
Tea Collection – Beautiful Children’s Clothing
My girls love to dress up in beautiful dresses so when I was approached by Tea to take a look at some of their beautiful kids clothes I was excited. Part of what makes Tea unique, besides just having beautiful high quality clothes, is that they use various destinations as inspiration for their collections. Their current destination is Catalonia….