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Fun Things To Do With Kids When They Are "BORED"

I’m bored… The dreaded words that kids say every now and then. In fact, there probably aren't very many parents who haven’t heard that phrase at least once a day this summer. Although there is much to be said for children who know how to entertain themselves, as parents we know that we have a […]

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High Functioning Anxiety and how I cope with it

It wasn't until about a year ago that I started identifying with this condition. But when I did, it all made sense.  Just like everything else these days, I saw it pop up on my feed: HIGH FUNCTIONING ANXIETY and I though, oh that sounds like me and laughed it off. But in no time […]

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New Hiking Adventure: Vernon Hills Memorial Arbortheater

Does anyone else feel like this summer is just flying by?! I looked at my calendar the other day and it made me sad. We only checked off 2 summer bucket list items. T W O! This never happens and we only have 23 days of summer break left. I knew we wanted to scale […]

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Giving Your Child A Competent Leg Up In Life

As parents, we all want our children to have a great life. Even if our own life was fraught with difficulties, it can all seem acceptable if the efforts go towards giving our children a better shot. It can be easy to understand this on the surface, but without gatekeeping, you only truly recognize the […]

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One Day In Wild West Town -Union, IL

Howdy partners! Here is another edition of Where are they now?! Just kidding. It's just us and our random adventures. This weekend we finally visited Wild West Town in Union, Illinois. I say finally because, this little gem is ONLY 20 minutes from our house, yet it took us 8 years to get here! We […]

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