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Happy New Year!

January 7, 2013

Phew!  How great does a new year feel? I mean as much as I love Thanksgiving and Christmas and everything in between, it sure feels awesome to start a new year.  I love to deck the halls as much as the next gal, but seeing my home cleared out, striped down, free of all that […]

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Gift Guide – part 3 {Outdoor Toys}

December 12, 2012
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A friend with young children recently asked me what our family’s all time most favorite outdoor toys were.  From big ticket items to the smallest ones our kids have thoroughly used {and abused} all of these from sun up to sun down through each season and from 0-9 years old.  So from one outdoorsy family […]

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Random Acts of Christmas Kindness

December 10, 2012
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As I mentioned last week, and in my post about Advent, we’ve started a new tradition in our family this year.  RACK is a commitment to performing Random Acts of Christmas Kindness for 24 days in anticipation of Christmas.  It connects us to other people and reminds us of all our blessings along the way. […]

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Friday Favorites {December}

December 7, 2012
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What are you up to this weekend?  We are surprising the kids and taking them on the train to see the “Fantasy of Lights” in Vasona Park, they are going to love it!  Plus we’ll make Gingerbread Houses and read from more of our favorite Christmas Books. Here are 5 Favorites for Friday this first week of […]

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Getting in the Spirit!

December 4, 2012
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Between the stormy weather this weekend we had so much fun picking out our Christmas Tree, decorating, shopping, seeing Santa and so much Christmas cheer to start the month off right!  The rain has been non-stop here in California lately.  We timed it just right this weekend and found a break in the storm to […]

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Gift Guide {Toys With the Most Mileage}

December 3, 2012
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In our house there are certain toys that have had more mileage than all the others combined. Being the natural purger that I am, those toys that get little play time are outta here fast!  When you step back and really look around at the toys your kids play with most, you will find that […]

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Gift Guide {Family Games}

November 27, 2012
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If your family is anything like ours, we love a good game. Nothing beats the bonding that happens when competitive spirits come alive!  We can get laughing so hard my belly hurts. That’s some good old fashioned fun.  Here’s a list of some of our family’s favorites for kids of all ages. {You can find them […]

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Photo Books

November 26, 2012
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Hi all!  Hope your Thanksgiving weekend was yummy + cozy!  I spent most of today and yesterday working on a photo book to surprise my family with at Christmas.  Wowza! Did that take a lot of time and patience.  I’ve been wanting to do away with printed photos for years now and never seem to […]

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Gratitude

November 22, 2012
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It’s been a little more than 5 months blogging here at A Bowl Full of Simple and I’d say we are off to a great start.  The feedback from readers and the lovely people I’ve met since starting here on Father’s Day have been so supportive and inspirational.  For that and countless other reasons, I […]

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Advent + Our Top 10 Children’s Holiday Books

November 20, 2012
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The meaning and significance of Advent is often overlooked during the month of December these days.  I actually find it to be the heart of Christmas.  It technically begins on the Sunday closest to November 30, this year being December 2nd and the following 4 Sundays.  For ease, we often talk about Advent being the […]

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