During this process I also stumbled upon matching family outfits, which are great for family portraits.  These aren’t identical so each person looks like a carbon copy, but they are different clothing pieces in matching or coordinated colors or patterns. 

Matching Family Outfits

Wooden Soldier – They have whole family matching outfits that you can mix ad match.

Hartstrings

Love Your Family

Maui Shirts

Myah & Me: These family shirt sets follow a theme.  For example, the bear family set shirts say papa bear, mama bear, baby bear, etc.

Hanna Andersson: It looks like the “family Collections” are only available at holiday time.

Out of Business:  My Little Blessings and Nikki Knits are no longer in business.

Matching Mother and Daughter (and Doll) Outfits

Dolly & Me:  They have mother/daughter (and dolly dresses to fit American Girl dolls) sets for dresses, nightgowns, aprons, and more.  They also have daughter and doll matching sets.

Match Me Apparel (formerly Plowshares): They have mother and child matching sets (plus dolls) as well as matching brother / sister outfits.  They have dressy sets and casual sets.  It’s too bad Dad is missing from the collections!

Out of business: Jane Ellen, Lydia of Purple, Pigtails Dresses, Storybook Heirlooms.

Matching Brother and Sister Outfits

LainaLine: Matching dresses and hats for girls to match the coordinating vest for boys.

CWD Kids (Cute Well-Dressed Kids): They have brother / sister coordinating sets and  sister / sister ( big girl and little girl matching clothes).

Best Dressed Kids: They have mother / daughter dress alikes and brother / sister dress alikes.

Just Multiples:  Outfits for twins, triplets, and other multiples.

Twin Store: More matching family outfits for sister/sister and brother/sister twins and multiples.

Art & Soul by Bercot: This company no longer has matching family clothing.

Out of business: One of a Kind Kid, Sibling Wear

Matching Father and Son Outfits

Beau Ties LTD of Vermont: Matching father and son ties for all occastions.  They have regular ties as well as bow ties.

Matcheez: They have matching hats and matching father/son ties too.

If you know of any other stores which offer matching family outfits or matching sibling clothes, please leave a comment below so we can add it to the list!

She doesn’t remember that we weren’t allowed to go in to the event, because they hadn’t printed on our invitation that no children were allowed. 

Once inside, they told us we had to leave with her, they offered a “chocolate covered strawberry for the child”, and gave us free passes to come to the museum some other day (which I still have but have never used).

We left the museum and took her outside, where she stood on the sidewalk, overjoyed about her treasure, and ate every bit of chocolate off of that strawberry. 

And so, this chocolate covered strawberry was Hannah’s first rejection notice, but she didn’t even realize it.  And she took it with a smile!

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American Family Insurance has created a comedy special to appeal to families who love stand up comedy. The special is called Stand Up For Family and is made up of comedy routines (with no swearing) by popular comedians. The huge plus here is that the stand up comedians don’t use foul language, something that’s very hard to find in normal comedy shows.

The clean comedy videos are short snippets, about 2 minutes each, and are on the American Family Insurance website. It turns out that AmFam is the company that sponsored the comedy special because they wanted to provide stand up that the whole family could enjoy together (which explains the lack of swears in the stage show).

It’s admirable that companies want to get back towards wholesome programming that parents can say yes to. American Family is definitely on the right track with this idea. The comedians in Stand Up For Family include Bill Bellamy, Rodney Perry, Mark Viera, Donnell Rawlings, and Tony Roberts. The comics all talked about their current families and remembering their family interactions as children.

My favorite videos were the ones by Bill Bellamy, who was also the host. He had a funny video about freeze tag in which he reminisced that when he was a child, kids didn’t have cell phones or video games and had to go outside to play all day and actually use their imaginations.

My husband and I are big fans of the low-tech life for our kids, so this video really struck a chord with me. Bill joked that their imaginations were so good in their outdoor play that when they played freeze tag, they actually believed they were frozen and couldn’t move!

He also created a vignette about his mom and grandma being sneaky with their spankings when he had been misbehaving. He said his mom always told him he was going to get a spanking, but she didn’t tell him what time. So he and his brothers and sisters would have a meeting to find out if she told any of them what time their spankings were going to be, because then they would know when to hide! My favorite part of the sketch was when he recounted his grandma having to come through the window of the bathroom to catch him for a spanking while he was in the bath!

Bill also recalls the universal parent talk before going into someone’s house for a visit. He remembered the 5 minute “momma talks” he and his sister would get reminding them not to be wild, climb on the furniture, nag for food, etc.

Rodney Perry was another comedian in Stand Up For Family and he had a really funny video about his teenage son dancing. He said that his son is doing this goofy dance all the time – when he’s eating, when he’s just standing around, even when he’s sleeping. Rodney said he took his son to church and saw him dancing in the corner, then said, “That ain’t the holy ghost – he’s dancin’!”

Of course we all have tons of stories like these when we look back on our childhoods. I remember my little sister was always running around the house in only her underwear, my little brother would hide inside the doors of the coffee table, and my poor mom somehow had to stay sane through it all! We complained about our chores, cheated at monopoly, fell asleep in church, picked at our spare ribs, purposely pronounced words wrong when my mom made us do our bible reading aloud, and each secretly wished the other the other one would get the bay leaf in their bowl of beef stew and accidentally eat it.

At the time it didn’t seem like those things would become fond memories to me as an adult, but guess what? They did! I think it’s important to share these kinds of stories with our children, not only because it helps them remember that we used to be kids too, but that it lets them know that the things they find so hard to deal with now may be treasured memories when they grow up.

If you’re a fan of stand up comedy but like to keep it family-friendly, make sure you check out American Family’s Stand Up For Family videos on their website.

Inside, there was a stall with a closing door, so a dad or mom could take opposite-gendered older kids into the bathroom and they could still have privacy.  But the best part was so great that I had to take a picture.  Yes, I took a picture of the toilets.

How great is that? -  a double toilet stall, with one toilet being a standard size and one being a tiny kindergarten sized flushing potty.  I love it.  Plus, a wall seat for a smaller toddler so you can go and not have to worry about them crawling around on the floor. I wish the stores in Alaska would invest in some more functional family bathrooms for us with larger families!   

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In fact, it now terrifies me to think of the shows our parents let us watch!  My husband’s greatest offender to date is the movie Porky’s.  Several horror films I was allowed to watch as a child shock me.  I watched Revenge of the Nerds when it came out (1984 – yes, I was 6 years old, folks), a movie filled with swearing, drugs, college kids having sex, nudity, and more.

It makes me wonder: what were our parents thinking?!  How did they feel it was okay for kids to take in this kind of content, filled with violence, sexual themes, adult language, and more?  I would never ever let my kids watch those kinds of movies.  Heck, I’d feel uncomfortable watching Porky’s with my daughter even if she was 18 years old!

The show that brought this point to my mind again last night was Doogie Howser, M.D.  I thought of the show a few months ago and told Michael that our oldest daughter, Hannah, would probably like to watch it.  From what I remembered, it had good values and no objectionable themes.  I was glad to come across an episode of Doogie Howser late last night on TV, so Michael and I watched the end of the episode.

In about 10 minutes of Doogie Howser, M.D., we saw the following:

• teen boy pressuring girlfriend to have sex
• teen boy finds out girlfriend isn’t a virgin
• teen girl confides in doctor that she was date raped in the past
• teen boy considers one night stand to lose his virginity
• teen boy and teen girl have a makeout scene on a couch
• doctor encouraging teen girl to have a healthy sexual relationship

Needless to say, that is NOT how I remembered the show from when I was a child!  When Doogie came out on television in 1989, I was 11 years old.  But I was allowed to watch it.  I doubt my mom ever even watched an episode to know what kind of things were going on in the show.

My daughter turns 11 in two months, and I’d never DREAM of letting her watch a show about those types of adult themes being talked by teens about as commonplace.  It may be true that teens deal with that stuff these days, but it doesn’t mean the they should be dealing with it. Or hearing about it to get the ideas in the first place.  If those types of issues are going to be talked about with my kids, it should be with their parents, not from TV characters who may have the wrong perspective.

As a Christian parent who wants the best for my kids, I’m very cautious about the media they take in.  My husband and I have a strict rule that the kids don’t watch ANYTHING we haven’t watched first to make sure it’s appropriate.  This even goes for animated movies, which often have very sarcastic or adult-natured dialog that shouldn’t be heard or understood by kids in the first place.  And yes, friends, the rule applies to Disney movies and the Disney Channel too. Just because something has a label you normally trust doesn’t mean you give them carte blanche with your kids’ minds.

What movies or TV shows were you allowed to watch that you’d never let your kids get near?  Let us know in the comments.

In the bible, Jacob had 12 sons and several daughters.  Job had 20 children!  My friend, Toni at The Happy Housewife has 7 kids.  In reality, it used to be the norm to have more kids, not less.  How and why did our grandmas and great grandmas handle all of those children?  Because in those days (before birth control), you took what the Lord blessed you with and did your best- kids, resources, and all!

Yes, kids take a lot of time.  Yes, moms and dads are tired.  These things are true statements, but they don’t necessarily get worse as you have more children.  We all know that love multiplies, so the more- the merrier!  I’m happy that I’ll be having a lot of kids, and I wrote the poem below about having seven kids: the difficulties and the greatness.  Enjoy!

I’m a Mom of Seven

“I’m a mom of one-

My day’s over as soon as it’s begun.

I’m a mom of two-

Rush, rush, and then the day is through.

I’m a mom of three-

I can’t remember when I had time for me.

I’m a mom of four-

It takes all my energy to get everyone out the door.

I’m a mom of five-

It’s amazing how many things you can do while you drive.

I’m a mom of six-

Even when I’m tired, there’s always a problem to fix.

I’m a mom of seven-

Did we really want to have eleven?!

The mom with only one

must have it easy – right?

But I remember when that was me,

rushing from morning to night.

It never gets any easier

or harder for that matter,

the more or less kids you have…

the whines, the noise, the clatter.

The day to day can get away

if I let it keep me busy,

and define my life as mom and wife

if God’s not in it with me.

The children make our lives speed up,

they make our time seem less,

but a loving mom and wife right now

makes growing up the best.”

- Danelle Ice, 9/23/10

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What’s your best advice for happy family life?  This week it’s your turn to share with us and link up your best family-related posts that will help others to put family first.  I can’t wait to see what you put up!

Family Friday: Time to Share!

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8 Ways to Turn a Regular Family Walk into an Adventure Walk

Quality family time doesn’t have to be expensive to be fun.  Simply grab the kids and your jackets to head outdoors for a fun Adventure Walk!  Get exercise, great conversation, fresh air and an opportunity to take in the scenery around you with a casual stroll. A simple family walk can become an “Adventure Walk” by just giving it a new name and a fresh idea.  What child (or adult) can resist an adventure?  Try any of the 8 ways below to turn a plain family walk around the neighborhood into a family Adventure Walk!

1.  Bring containers along to pick berries.  Take advantage of the season if it’s summer or fall and be on the lookout for blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, cranberries, or whichever berries grow in your locale.  Don’t forget to eat some while you’re picking!

2.  Role play a favorite story, assign characters and dress in costume.  For the creative family, choose a story (say Alice in Wonderland) before you leave the house and assign each family member a character to play.  Dress each member in an appropriate costume (Alice wears a blue dress) and make up your own story/adventure as you walk (Alice goes down the rabbit hole by going down the spiral slide at the park).

3.  Bring gloves and trash bags and have your own clean up day.  Clean up day can be anytime and has a special meaning when your family is dedicated to keeping your own neighborhood clean.  This is a great way to drive home the point to kids (even teens) about why littering is so wrong.  Make sure kids know not to touch sharp objects, such as glass or metal, that may be on the ground. 

4.  Have a scavenger hunt.  Before leaving home, print out a short list of items that can be found in your area, and have kids search for them as you walk and check them off the list.  Fall items could include  pine cones, brown leaves, moss, and flat rocks, just to name a few.  Summertime items could include grass, dandelions, butterflies, etc.  

5.  Go house shopping in your neighborhood.  Look for vacant houses signed for sale, and help the kids join you in looking in the windows.  It’s fun to imagine your family moving into the empty house, where everything would go, who would have which room, etc.  (Make sure the house is really vacant before peering in the windows though!)

6.  Go somewhere you can explore.  Find a place that is out of the way where not many people go.  For example, take your kids to the fairgrounds (after the state fair has packed up and moved on) and observe how different it looks while it is empty.

7.  Take a pedometer and count steps.  Guess how many steps it it around your block and have everyone write down their guesses before you leave. 

8.  Tell funny or embarrassing stories.  Kids love to hear funny or embarrassing stories from their parents’ pasts, and it can even encourage them to open up and tell a few of their own.

Take advantage of your imagination to inject a little excitement into a regular family walk.  Adventure Walks can create great family bonding time that will have your children looking forward to family time!

We originally published this article September 24, 2008.  Photo courtesy of stock.xchng.

Today I realized the week was almost over and it seemed as if it had just started.  Where does the time go?  If you read earlier in the week that we’ve started to home school our daughter, you’ll know that my mind has been focused on homeschool stuff all week. 

Last week it was financial paperwork for the house we’re buying that preoccupied my time.  Next week it will be something else.  The point is, there is always something that will make your time rush by. 

We can either choose to rush forward from one event to the next or to focus on enjoying the moments that make up each day. 

This week I spent more time on family responsibilities than I have in a long time – or maybe it just seems like I did because I was more aware.  I was focused on the time my kids needed me to be there and I was there with them, in body and in mind.

The family time we wish for and crave is not always going to be fun time – playing games, riding bikes, camping out overnight.  Sometimes our family time is supervising homework, feeding a baby, combing hair, or cooking a meal together.  There’s no reason we can’t enjoy the chores and necessary activities of life as a family instead of looking at them as a drudgery that we must get through in order to make it to the next day. 

Enjoy your family now because you have it now!  Kids grow up, life changes, but one thing remains the same:  you have this moment forever.  Make it count.    

Family Friday: Time to Share!

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Have 30 minutes to spare tonight before bedtime?  There are many fun family bonding activities that take 30 minutes or less (or can take longer if you have more time!).  You don’t have to leave the comfort of your own home – or front yard – to have great frugal family fun. These free activities can be thought of as team-building exercises for your family.  Use limited time wisely to build your family closeness with these quick family activities:

11 Free Family Bonding Activities to Do in 30 Minutes or Less

1.  Read aloud.  Read a fun book to younger kids, or take turns reading aloud from a chapter book with older children.  Try reading aloud one paragraph at a time, switching to the next person each paragraph.  (As a variation, have each person read one page before passing on the book.)  Reading aloud as a family is a great way for kids to practice reading and get comfortable with not only reading to people, but public speaking as well.

2.  Play a board game or card game.  It doesn’t have to be a 4-hour game of Monopoly to be a smashing fun time!  Pick a game that can be played in 30 minutes or less that’s appropriate for all the ages in your family to play together.  Games that require partners or teams are an even better way to foster cooperation.

3.  Play frisbee.  Exercise, fresh air, and family fun… playing frisbee in your own yard can be a great frugal treat for parents and kids alike!

4.  Play Hide and Seek.  Hiding and seeking both take critical thinking and problem solving skills, making Hide and Seek a fun educational game for little ones.  Indoors or outdoors, this old standby of a game is sure to please.

5.  Test your knowledge with family flash cards or trivia cards.  There are many fun varieties of flash cards and trivia cards that you can purchase, such a BrainQuest.  It’s also fun to make your own flash cards as a family by allowing everyone to draw their own pictures and write out questions.  Little kids will need assistance, but you’ll end up with memorabilia that will be loved for years and is unique to your family.

6.  Play charades.  Imagination, pretending and investigation all come into play in this age-old game.  Choosing a theme, such as school or camping, to pick your charades words from will make it easier for young kids to guess them.

7.  Watch a TV show episode that’s a favorite in your family.  Pop some popcorn and huddle close together on the couch.

8.  Have an impromptu "photo shoot".  Have your kids "model" their dress-up clothes while you be the photographer and let them pose.

9.  Let the kids give you a makeover.  Whether it’s painting dad’s toenails to look like Easter eggs or giving mom a new hairstyle and makeup, this fun project is free and takes little time… and the kids will LOVE it!  Don’t forget to take a picture of the "makeover" for the scrapbook.

10.  Cook together.  From baking cookies to cooking dinner, there are many fun kitchen projects that will bring family members together.  Added bonus:  the kids will be learning the valuable life skill of cooking while being helpful and feeling important.

11.  Have a dance party.  Put on the radio or iPod and blast your favorite family-friendly tunes while everyone boogies down in the living room.  Dancing is not only great exercise and fun, but also releases endorphins (feel-good chemicals) in the body.  Endorphins released during a family dance party will permanently link feel-good emotions to family time in their minds.  Exercise, fun silly dancing, great music, and family bonding all in one.  What more could you ask for?

Those 11 great activities should give you a quick reference list to use the next time you find an extra 30 minutes in your schedule.  Building closeness in your family, whether between parents and kids or between siblings, doesn’t have to be a big production.  Family-building activities can be free and quick, with little preparation and without even leaving home.  Try one out today!

What fun activities do you do as a family when you only have 30 minutes or less?

Originally published September 9, 2008.  Photo courtesy of stock.xchng.

How do you spend your weekend?  Are you taking advantage of this time together or scheduling errands and reading blogs? 

You may notice we don’t post much on the weekends on our blogs because we figure people aren’t spending as much time on the computer.  At least that was the reasoning we had… until we realized that we get almost as much traffic from readers on weekend days as weekdays!  What does this mean?

I’m not going to tell you what choices to make, because everyone has different circumstances and priorities in their families.  But today is Sunday, which got me thinking…

I hope you won’t blog as much today.  I hope you won’t do as many chores and errands today.  I hope you’ll take a few minutes for yourself today and spend a few minutes enjoying the togetherness of your family.  Your family is here now, and we never want to take that gift for granted. 

Let us know how you spend your weekends in the comments below.  Have a great Sunday!

Is your little bundle of joy now big enough and ready to face the challenges of a preschool?  Your child’s educational future depends a lot on this initial learning stage (whether you teach preschool at home or send them to a preschool outside the home), hence it important that you know how to choose a preschool.

You will first need to write down all your requirements for a preschool with your spouse, especially in terms of schedules, medical and food policies, desired philosophy of teaching, and the maximum distance it can be located from your house or office.

Once you have your list of requirements ready, read through our list of topics and questions to consider below.  These should  help you to have quality information when it’s time to choose a preschool for your child.

How to Choose a Preschool for Your Child

1.  Teacher to Child Ratio.  What is the teacher to child ratio in the preschool? The policy on this ratio may be different across the states. If the ratio is very small, such as 1:3, your child will get a lot of personal attention; however, he or she will have only a limited number of playmates. A higher ratio is fine if the teacher’s aides are utilized and your child will be well looked after.

2.  Toys and Tools.  What are the tools and toys being used by the preschool for teaching? How often are the toys cleaned and how are they maintained?  How often are they replenished?  It is important that the preschool buys the latest puzzles, jigsaws and other such toys which are instrumental in your child’s learning, and is on top of current safety recalls.

3.  Communication.  How will the school communicate with you about the progress for your child and bring up any issues they might be concerned about? Do they want parents to be involved in the teaching process and how? Check the policy of the school; some schools provide a weekly or monthly status, while others have conferences or an open door policy for parents.

4.  Food.  Is food served at the school? If yes, check the menu and decide whether it is nutritional and healthy for your child. If food is not served by the school, then check how they would be handling the food you send for your child. Do they require only cold foods or don’t mind if leftovers needs to be warmed up?

5.  Curriculum.  What are the educational guidelines followed by the school? Do they follow the philosophy such as learning by doing or more traditional learning methods of book learning and instructions? To what extent will your child be allowed to make choices about what to learn and when?

6.  Safety and Illness.  What are the safety and sick child policies of the school? Do they ask the parent to pick up the child when sick in order to prevent other kids from getting sick? Do they have a doctor or nurse handy just in case a child falls ill?

You will get a fair idea how to choose an ideal preschool by answering these questions. Once you have short listed the schools in your area, it’s best to plan a visit to each of these schools.  Talk to the teachers or the director personally, rather than relying on information you collected from other means, and get a feel for if the preschool is a good fit for your child.

Family Friday: Time to Share!

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We’re starting a new weekly feature called Family Friday, which focuses on any topic that is family related. 

Since everything is more fun with friends, we’d like to turn this into a blog carnival, complete with a Mr. Linky, where you can link up your family related blog posts!

Family is a pretty broad topic, so we expect the posts will be a collection of wholesome, family-friendly good reading for all of us to enjoy.  Topics can include family time, family activities, parenting posts, tips or advice, stories/pictures of your children, how you’re celebrating Mother’s Day, fun stuff with kids, craft projects or cooking projects you do together, birth stories… the list goes on and on!

If you’d be interested in linking up in this new blog carnival, Family Friday, please leave a comment below! 

We want to gauge the number of possible participants we’ll have so we know when to start.  Ideally, we’ll be launching the first Family Friday Mr. Linky next Friday, 4/24.  It would be great if you could spread the word by blogging about it, linking to this post, emailing your bloggy friends, or tweeting about it.  Thank you, and we’ll update you if we have to change the launch date!

I guess the very MOST frugal you could ever be is to have nowhere to go, nothing to do, and have no one in your life. The expenses disappear, the struggle to make ends meet disappears. How boring would that be?! I’d much rather have the challenge of living a frugal life if it meant having my family back.

Thanks to Biblical Womanhood for hosting Frugal Friday.

At this point, my husband chimes in, and we have a little back and forth about if the word always has a tense, Hannah insisting it means all the things in the past, me trying to explain in 8-year-old terms how word modifiers work (that “have always been” would mean the past, that “am always” means the present, that “always will be” means the future). My husband says that I know what I’m talking about, since I know a lot about English (English major), and the point is dropped. But the semantics of word tenses were not really the issue! The conversation returns to the real point: always being happy.

Hannah asks, “So why are you always happy?”

I tell her that I have a wonderful family and lots of love and a great life. I am grateful and happy for that always. Hannah continues to provide hypothetical instances of things that would make me not be happy: something bad happening, being sick, etc. At this point I realize that to Hannah, being happy is something she thinks comes from the outside.

Outside reasons are also called external motivators or external stimuli. For more on External vs. Internal Motivation, check out this article. Circumstances, such as an unpleasant conversation, or changing a dirty diaper, may not be positive. They may not lift you up or make you feel good. These external stimuli are everywhere in our lives and cannot be avoided. Many people live their entire lives thinking that “happiness” comes from external stimuli: from people saying nice things to them, from people loving them, from getting offered a great job. In other words, they think that their happiness comes from some place outside of themselves, and that thinking puts their emotional well-being and mental state in the hands of environmental circumstances (other people, places, the weather). The downfall of this kind of thinking is that you cannot control external stimuli, and if rainy weather makes you unhappy, you have no control over your unhappiness if you live in Seattle!

This business of internal vs. external motivation for happiness is really just a mindset. When you realize that you are in control of your emotions, the power becomes yours to control your own life. How sad for people that feel their emotions and, ultimately, their happiness as a person, is determined by things they cannot control!

So how do we teach our children to be internally motivated? Hannah already got a little taste of the difference just from my explanation. I could see the gears in her mind turning as she processed this new viewpoint. Being grateful is my source of true happiness, and no one and nothing can ever take that away. A paradigm shift is hard to explain to an 8-year-old, but even louder than an explanation is an example. Show your children that when the unexpected happens, your happiness and love is still intact. That even though “bad luck” may have befallen your family (a lost job, a dying pet), true happiness is something you always have because it’s inside you.

Explain to your kids every time an opportunity arises, show them by your example. By teaching our children to find their true happiness inside, we are helping them grow into capable, powerful adults who can master their emotions, who are resilient and can handle life’s ups and downs!

Homemaker Barbi Says: Find your happiness today and share it with your children!

I was watching one of my favorite movies, Blast From the Past. If you’re familiar with it, you’ll know that a couple and their newborn baby, Adam, go into hiding in their fallout shelter in the 1960s and are locked inside for 35 years. They raise their son in the shelter with their 1960s knowledge and pop culture, having no contact with the outside world.

We need to teach ourselves so that we can teach our kids!