By Nicole Marie

I love Summer and all the yummy fruits that come with it! I found an excellent deal on some dragon fruit at Winco and I couldn't resist! They were $3.48 each, but I have paid close to $6 for them before.
I know the price sounds steep, but they are full of so much goodness and just remind me of a t...
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By Rachelle Hughes

In one of the other corners of my life I manage this Southern Utah site called Alive! Utah. We love to giveaway stuff on the site every once in a while. And we like to make sure the giveaways are packed full of Utah vendor product. Our Mother's Day giveaway is going on right now and there are some ...
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By rondadevereaux

The girls of Troop 2149 got together and looked at some of the issues facing girls today. After some brainstorming, they came up with the idea to create a series of puppet shows based on these issues and perform them for our Service Unit Daycamp. They had over 60 girls in attendance. Get some popc...
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By Stephanie Petersen

A couple months ago my 2nd grader brought home the book Pizza, Pigs, and Poetry, How to Write a Poem from our school library.
At first glance I thought "what a silly book, why would he pick this!" But as we read, laughed and finished the book we soon realized how fun poetry can be to read and wri...
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By Stephanie Petersen

Baby chicks, baby ducks, little lambs and goats! That line sounds like it should be part of a song. Is there anything sweeter and more magical than seeing your little ones hold these little animals? For me there is not! I get giddy about it, it makes me want to move to the country and have a...
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By Stephanie Petersen

This week is the week to give our Earth the LOVE it needs! Earth Day is April 22nd and Arbor Day is April 26th. Head outside with your kiddos (gloves and bags in hand) and pick up litter. Clean up your surroundings, make it more beautiful than when you found it.
If you don't already have a recy...
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By Stephanie Petersen

Our latest library trip had me finding the most FABULOUS book. The kiddos loved the pictures of different kinds of birds and I liked that the book was more in depth giving names and descriptions of all the birds.
After reading Robin, Where Are You?, we picked the birds we wanted to draw and got t...
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By Stephanie Petersen

I don't know what it is about the library, could be that it's brand spankin' NEW, but we LOVE going! It's like a treasure hunt for us to see what books are hidden on the shelves. Inevitably we find a stack we have never read before, but that are absolutely endearing. We have some SWEET selecti...
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By Stephanie Petersen

Dr. Seuss’s birthday was earlier this month, but we are just getting around to celebrating this great man and his AMAZING creative mind! Here are the Dr. Seuss birthday activities I have planned.
You can’t go wrong with Oobleck, unless you have a little boy who is OCD. We’ll see how the 5...
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By Stephanie Petersen

Top Notch! Spectacular! Superb! Funny! Outstanding!
You get the gist! Chitty Chitty Bang Bang will go down as one of our all time favorite performances. The set was ASTONISHING, the actors were INCREDIBLE, and props were out of this world. Of course, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang did not disappoi...
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