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Seasons

Find posts that are related to certain seasons. Find all the posts you need for summer, spring, winter, and fall. Find ideas for family activities in each season, posts with our favorite gear for each season, and posts with great family activities to do in each season.

Sunburns: Tips for Moms to Prevent and Treat

May 13, 2024June 16, 2014 by valplowman
Family at the beach

Get the tips you need to be able to prevent and treat sunburns for you and your kids this summer. It is summer in the northern hemisphere and that means …

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Categories Summer Tags medical issues, sunburns, Surviving 2 Comments

How to Have Structure for Your Kids in Summer

May 13, 2024May 22, 2014 by valplowman
How to Have Structure in the Summer Months

How to Have Structure in the Summer Months. Get four simple tips for how to have structure for your kids this summer, but still manage to have fun. Bees that …

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Surviving Bad Weather {With Kids}

January 29, 2025April 16, 2014 by valplowman
Girl building a snowman. She is putting the coal on the snowman

Sir Ranulph Fiennes is quoted as saying, “There is no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing.” This quote is also attributed as being a Scandinavian proverb and is …

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Categories Winter Tags Surviving 2 Comments

Feed Me Friday: Autumn Soup

July 29, 2024September 27, 2013 by valplowman
Autumn soup recipe

The perfect soup to make in the fall to use your fresh garden ingredients. It tastes like fall and will hit the spot! Starting in the Fall and going into …

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Categories Autumn, Recipes Tags Feed Me Friday 3 Comments

Summer Index

July 1, 2021July 3, 2013 by valplowman

5 Reasons To Do Summer Camps (and 3 Reasons Not To) 6 Great Ways to Stay Hydrated This Summer 6 Ways to Add in Extra Chores For Your Children This …

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In Action: Planning the Summer Schedule

May 29, 2023June 14, 2013 by valplowman

I thought I would show you how I planned out my summer schedule. I followed my own advice I gave in this post: “Planning Your Schedule for Multiple Children“ I …

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Categories Schedule Tips, Summer Tags in action 6 Comments

Tips for Keeping Kids Busy During Summer

May 8, 2023May 20, 2013 by valplowman
Child outside during the summer

Get ideas for keeping kids busy during the summer months. Fun activities to do at home and away from home. Summer is coming! Summer break is great. You no longer …

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Categories Siblings, Summer 7 Comments
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Valerie Plowman

Valerie Plowman, known as "the Babywise Mom", is the happy mother of four children. She has been helping parents with their parenting concerns since 2007 and loves helping others absolutely love being a parent.

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