Monthly Archives: August 2011

A Rainbow of Ideas

By litt5280 | Published: August 31, 2011

For our first week of school, we have been doing all kinds of rainbow activities because my girls seem to be so much into rainbows lately. I  decided to use this as the focus of our week and  also the focus of our year as far as character qualities and disciplines that we will be [...]

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Hummus and Chicken Wraps

By litt5280 | Published: August 30, 2011

I love weekends and I love to cook but it seems  like every time lunch time comes around on the weekends, I do not feel very inspired to cook. I just want something quick so we can keep going with whatever it is that we are doing. Here’s an idea tha

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Fabric Scrap Necklaces and Headbands

By litt5280 | Published: August 26, 2011

I have a never ending stack of scraps of fabric that I can’t seem to find any use for, but I don’t ever want to get rid off. I always think I’ll figure something to do with them and YEARS have gone by and the stack lays there, growing rapidly but nev

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Mexican Pizza

By litt5280 | Published: August 25, 2011

Here is an awesome recipe for a pizza that is  definitely not real mexican but it is really good!! Perfect weekday dinner, and those days when you want something good and quick!! I always buy my dough at Trader Joe’s. It is only  99c and it is awes

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6 Fun Products to Add Some Fun to your School Days!!!

By litt5280 | Published: August 23, 2011

I have not posted anything in almost a week due to a very sick and miserable little  boy. He had a mouthful of  HUGE sores and  pretty much cried all day, ate nothing for days and left all of us in our family feeling very sad for him! I was left

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We have a winner!!

By litt5280 | Published: August 19, 2011

Thanks to all who posted reasons why you are thankful!! It was awesome to read them! Since I didn’t get a chance to post any of mine, I thought I would share I am so thankful we just found out we are having a BOY!! 2 girls, 2 boys and we are all so e

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A Wreath Full of Thanks

By litt5280 | Published: August 18, 2011

Here is an easy and fun project  to encourage your family to be intentional in giving thanks for blessing they have received, not just on November but all year round!  I have hung ours in our school room and every day we each say something we are t

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A Thankful Heart

By litt5280 | Published: August 16, 2011

Our last day of Princess camp was about having a thankful heart. One of the things we did was a thankful heart pillow. I thought I would share this with you because the girls loved it, and you can use it to encourage your kids at home, girls and boys

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“One Thousand Gifts” Giveaway

By litt5280 | Published: August 16, 2011

Here is an awesome giveaway to start this “Thankful week” (see post below)  I will be giving away one copy of the book “1000 Gifts”   by Ann Voskamp!! Trust me, you will be blessed by reading this, if you haven’t!!! So sign up!!!! All you have t

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Thankful…

By litt5280 | Published: August 16, 2011

A few months ago, I was challenged  through a book, to be intentional to look for the little “gifts”  and blessings in my life and give thanks for them. I did already always give thanks to God for my food, thanks for a new day, health, my kids etc

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