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new year's

new year’s crafts, activities, ideas for families

new years bingo bonanza

new year’s eve bingo bonanza

Every  New Year’s Eve that we join forces with a few other families, we make Bingo our go-to game for the kids. And the kids—and parents–love …
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new years family interview

new year’s interview: fun family tradition

It’s New Year’s Interview time! (I can hardly believe it!) This year, we made some minor adjustments to our traditional New Year’s …
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new years guess the word game teachmama.com

new years eve guess the word game

Much like our Christmas Guess the Word Game, the New Year’s Eve Guess the Word Game totally rocks. Okay. There you have it. Plain and …
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26 fun family traditions to start this year teachmama.com

26 cool, new family traditions to start in the new year

I’m all about family traditions. Not only does it make your life as a parent easier, but having traditions gives your kids something to hold …
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teachmama top 10 of 2013

teachmama.com top 10 blog posts of 2013

The year’s anew so there’s no better time to wrap up 2013 and start 2014. But as I move ahead, looking at my blog calendar and trying to carve out a …
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20 questions homemade party game

20 questions game: homemade, personal, and fun party game for kids of all ages

While the kids are busy shakin’ their party shakers or rockin’ out to some Bingo Bonanza, the adults can have their New Year’s Eve fun, too. Actually, …
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easy homemade new years shakers

easy, homemade new year’s eve shakers

Any time we can use recyclables for learning or play, it’s a win in my book. So each year as New Year’s Eve approaches, we clean out our recycle bin …
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happy new year and thank you

I never imagined, back in November of 2008, all of the amazing things that would come from this little bloggity blog of ours. But in three …
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our easy, affordable new year family traditions

My husband and I have never really been fans of New Year’s Eve. We’re the furthest thing from night owls, so staying up late is not …
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new year’s family interview

No, this post isn’t about picking strawberries, although with how cold and blustery and miserable it was outside today, I surely wish it was …
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