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The Little Engine That Could

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Glad you could join us! Inspired by Family Magazine and Mom on Timeout are co-hosting this fun Summer Reading Adventure! ~Sharing today is Trish from Mom on Timeout ~ Wow!  I can't believe we are already in Week 5 of the Summer Reading Adventure! I hope you all are getting some great ideas for activities and hopefully learning about some new books that you don't have yet. Here's a recap of the books we've featured so far: Week 1: Tickle Monster Week 2: The Rainbow Fish Week 3: Skippyjon … [Read more...]

Corn Dog Muffin Pops

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Have you run out of summer lunch recipes for your kiddos? Here's a Simple Summer Lunch idea!  I have been making corn dog muffins for a while now but when I came across a corn dog picture from Iowa Girl Eats (she had the hotdogs poking out) I knew that I needed to make my corn dog muffin recipe into corn dog pops!  This recipe was featured in the Simple Summer Issue check it out for more Easy Lunch Recipes. Corn Dog Muffin Pops What you will need: cornbread mix shredded cheddar hot … [Read more...]

Wk 4 Summer Reading Adventure- A Bad Case of Stripes

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Welcome to our 4th week of our Summer Reading Adventure you can also link up your own reading adventure below! We are so glad you stopped by if you're new and you don't want to miss a post you can follow along here or here . Featured Writer: Alia Hagenbach I am a sentimental mom and many of the children's books that I return to are ones that are fond memories from my own childhood. But once in awhile it's good to make new traditions. My kids each fill the library bag with their picks and we … [Read more...]

3 Way Cake Stand

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I just wanted to give Sarah from Winthrop Chronicles a warm welcome to the Inspired by Family team! We are so glad to have her on board. You will enjoy all of your creative ideas! Cake stands can sometimes be expensive and you may not use them very often, but when you spend hours baking in the kitchen, it sure is nice to have something pretty to display all that hard work on. So I love making my own cake stands from thrift store finds because then it only ends up costing a couple of dollars. … [Read more...]

Random Acts of Kindness Coin Jar

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As I was planning for our summer, I came up with a mental list of boredom buster activities. When I was done, it hit me that most of our activities were all about our kids: the zoo, the park, the museum, play dates, VBS, family nights... Of course there is nothing wrong with making lists that our kids will enjoy because all of us mommies know that it's the only way to survive summer, to be prepared.  But the more I thought about it, I wanted to add "others centered activities" to our list. I … [Read more...]