Tag Archives: help for growing families

A Peek into our Kitchen

Posted on February 17, 2009 by

A large family means you typically store a large amount of food. SAMS Club is no longer a place where you stock up on the staples for a few months, but the place where you go for your regular grocery shopping. … Continue reading →


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Getting there on time

Posted on December 9, 2008 by

My Help for Growing Families tip this week is a simple one: When you need to go anywhere with your family, leave the house 15 minutes before you think you need to. I say this, not with my finger pointing … Continue reading →


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Kid of the Day

Posted on December 2, 2008 by

For this week’s contribution to Help For Growing Families, I’d like to share our “Kid of the Day” system. For each day of the week, one child gets to be Kid of the Day (henceforth referred to in this post as … Continue reading →


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101 Uses for an Over-the-Door Shoe Holder

Posted on November 25, 2008 by

Okay, maybe not 101 uses. More like 3 or 4, actually. “101″ just sounds better… But the point of this blog post is that part of a growing family means learning how to work with the space you have. In order to accomodate more … Continue reading →


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Clothing Storage

Posted on November 18, 2008 by

When I only had one daughter and one son, I would naively pack up clothes at the end of each season to pass on to some future baby sibling. The clothes would be stored in large cardboard diaper boxes according … Continue reading →


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