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Simple Clothespin Hat Hanger

Filed under Frugal Living, Motherhood, Organizing, Projects by Kimberly on February 13, 2012 at 7:42 am {2 comments}

Well, this hat hanger out of clothespins could actually actually hang pretty much anything, not just hats. Simple, cheap, diy goodness! This is one of the projects I did to help my younger girls organize their room better, after we decluttered of course. E. has lots of hats and so I wanted to figure a [...]

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Decluttering Children’s Rooms

Filed under Chores, Cleaning, House & Home, Motherhood, Organizing, Projects, Storage Ideas by Kimberly on February 11, 2012 at 11:13 am {3 comments}

How to simply declutter your children's rooms

One major issue with keeping anything clean and organized is that many of us have frankly too much stuff. Many times, children have more toys and clothes many times than they know what to do with or can properly organize by themselves. This makes it frustrating for them when you tell them to “go clean [...]

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Enjoying Fall

Filed under House & Home, Motherhood by Kimberly on October 8, 2011 at 10:19 am {one comment}

Autumn is my favorite time in Michigan. Right now, we’ve had warmer weather in addition to the beautiful colors, so we’ve really been enjoying the great outdoors. How do you celebrate fall? What is your favorite autumn activity?

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Who’s Afraid of Teenagers?

Filed under Motherhood by Kimberly on September 15, 2011 at 6:21 am {one comment}

Four Down, One to Go -- My Oldest Four children a week after Esther was born.

For some reason, when a woman with more than the usual 1.8 children goes out into public, people feel the need to comment about our large family, though my kids don’t consider us a large family at all. Most of the time, I know the commenter is meaning well, and they are saying anything just [...]

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5 Thoughts on Developing Personal and Family Convictions

Filed under Christian Living, Motherhood by Kimberly on August 17, 2011 at 7:28 am {no comments}

I’ve given a great deal of thought, over the years, to a couple of basic questions that influence me as a parent: why do kids walk away from the faith they were raised in? how do some kids seem to walk the walk, and talk the talk, but then run as fast as they can [...]

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