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Halloween Prep

Do you have your costumes all set for Halloween? I’m sure everyone else is scrambling around like me, right? We have been running to the door every time we hear a truck rumble by, hoping it is a delivery. My husband ordered a key piece of a costume weeks ago from China and it is coming down to the wire on whether it will be here in time. We know it is in the States but not sure where.

My daughter is going as Super Girl. As soon as she saw the costume she was all over it. We have had it for weeks and she has already worn it several times.

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My boys will be NFL players. They have who they want to be all picked out so now we need to get all the pieces together.

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We have pumpkins on our porch, both real and fake and are all ready for the candy fest! Our neighbors are all talking about dragging the fire pits to the driveways and gathering after a little trick or treating to hang out. Sounds like a great way to keep the trick or treating from lasting for hours.

Which candy do you steal out of their bags after they go to sleep?? I love MnMs…gotta be plain though. 🙂

Vicks on the feet stops sniffles

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My Mom asked me about this tip again the other day. In our family whenever my kids have a runny nose or the start of a cough we use Vicks. This comes from my husbands side of the family and trust me, when he first did it I was questioning why he was rubbing that sticky stuff on their feet. My kids have always easily run fevers whenever they are sick, so the start of sickness has me worried about all the missed school and activities. If they show signs of colds Matt will rub Vicks on the bottom of their feet at night before bed and put socks on to cover them. When they wake up their sniffles and coughs are never worse and after a couple nights of the treatment the symptoms go away. I swear it has helped ward off so many colds in our house.

You can get some Vicks through my Amazon affiliate link here.

Let me know if Vicks on the feet works for you!

Easiest way to teach kids to tie shoes

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I had a huge response from friends this summer when I posted pictures on Facebook of how I had my kids learn to tie their shoes. I don’t know if your kids are like mine but sometimes they don’t want to listen or learn from me. Guess what they do love? They love to do anything with the older boys down the street and look up to them like crazy.

Well, when my neighbor mentioned her 10 year old son was into earning money, I had a brilliant idea (these are few and far between for me, ha!). I paid her son and his friend $5 per kid to teach my boys to tie their shoes. They had to prove to me that they had learned by each of my boys tying their shoe for me by themselves and they earned their $5. It took about 30 mins for my boys to learn and they were in heaven with so much one on one attention from the older boys.

My neighbor said those boys were super happy to bike to the store right after with their $5 to get a treat. Is this not the easiest way to teach kids to tie shoes ever? I’m happy, my boys are happy and neighbor’s boys are happy. Win – Win – Win!

Here is what we used to use…

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Now…

–Carolyn

Honey Child

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I must call my daughter Honey a lot. I didn’t realize this until we started playing doll house together and to her the little girl doll isn’t called the baby or kid, she is the Honey. 🙂 Britton is starting to love to play pretend and make up scenes to play out. They all involve the Mom saying “No”.

The normal scene also involves my daughter telling me exactly what to do.

Britton: “You are the Mom and the Honey and you both come to the store and the Honey wants to buy a puppy and you tell her No, that you don’t have any money, only a credit card and I am the store owner and I say sorry I don’t take credit cards.”

So we act it out so that anything the Honey wants she can’t have. All the no’s are getting old quick, do you think Britton is trying to tell me something? She is one smart cookie.

Welcome!

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Fennell Seeds Family Photo

After almost 8 years of having a personal blog for just family and friends, I am ready to join the blogging world. A little about me, worked in the insurance industry for many years, married the love of my life, had identical twin boys and then a little girl. Wow…my life summed up in 5 seconds. Of course, there is a lot more to it and I’ll share the nitty gritty details as we go through this blogging adventure together.

One thing that I have always struggled with in my adult life is managing and keeping our home. I am not a slob or a complete disaster but it just doesn’t come naturally to me like it seems to for others. I am always the one at someone’s home saying “How did you know how to do that?” or “Did I miss the class on cleaning floors? I have no idea if I am cleaning them right?”. I am not OCD or type A, I need some accountability and a little help and motivation to get my act together. So come join me in learning tips and tricks from each other. I can’t wait!