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Back to School Bags

August 14, 2018 By Thaleia 1 Comment

This post was sponsored by Trident Gum as part of an Influencer Activation for Influence Central and all opinions expressed in my post are my own.

Each year near the end of Summer I create Back to School Bags for each of my children. Since we homeschool I have created bags for each child to make Back to School a fun tradition and not something to dread. We no longer wait for the big yellow bus and so we often forget to take a lot of first day pictures. These Back to School bags are filled with both fun and educational items that are new and specific to each child.

We make sure to include new notebooks, folders, and school supplies in each child’s favorite colors. Eldest prefers red, Princess like blue, Big Red likes green and Lil’ Red loves orange!

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Books to Teach Children About Type 1 Diabetes #T1D @something2offer.comQuinnNystrom

August 3, 2018 By Thaleia 2 Comments

Talking about Type 1 Diabetes to an adult is hard enough nevertheless trying to explain Type 1 Diabetes to a child. Some of the best ways to teach children are through books so why not teach about type 1 diabetes by reading some books!

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We were given two books after Eldest was first diagnosed with T1D. We call the one “the Pink Panther book” and the other was a Disney book. I am not sure what happened to the Disney book but the other has been stored in our filing cabinet with all of the Type 1 Diabetes resource materials sent home with us after being released from the PICU. The actual title is called “A First Book for Understanding Diabetes”.

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What is Family Culture?

July 18, 2018 By Thaleia Leave a Comment

The term family culture is new to me and I recently discovered it while listening to some homeschool related podcasts. I’ve been listening to the Wild and Free podcast as well as Read Aloud Revival podcast and both of these have been mentioning the term family culture.

I had never thought about the term family culture before my recent discovery this past Fall but now I really enjoy thinking about what family culture means to me and my family. I also wanted to share this with other moms who may have never heard about family culture.

Even Sally Clarkson mentions the term “Family Culture” when she describes the process she took to write her book The Lifegiving Home. She mentions the various aspects of family culture that she feels make each family unique and different are: Personalities, History, Events, Traditions and Values. She states how family culture “defines each family member and give each one a sense of identity.”

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Tsh Oxenrieder mentions family culture a few times in her book Notes from a Blue Bike. I love how she and her husband, Kyle, have made travel an important part of their family culture.

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Ripley’s Attractions Gatlinburg, TN #USFamilyGuide #ad

June 24, 2018 By Thaleia Leave a Comment

This is a sponsored post on behalf of Ripley’s which provided us free tickets in exchange for our honest review.

I think everyone has heard about Ripley’s but not everyone knows about all the attractions that they offer in the Gatlinburg area! We were staying in a cabin for 3 nights so we had only 3 days to visit as much as we could. We were not able to visit all the attractions this trip but plan to go back Spring 2018!

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Summer Nature Hike with The Listening Walk FIAR & #NatureBookClub {Link Up}

June 20, 2018 By Thaleia Leave a Comment

June is here and so is another installment of our Nature Book Club. We choose The Listening Walk as our book since this month’s theme is Nature Hike and Discovery! We also decided to visit a smaller park in our town that has paved paths in the middle of the forest. This park also allows dogs on leash to visit which made it fun for Princess to bring Bayley. We made sure to bring our binoculars, a few smaller field guides and water.

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