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Catch the Match: The Eye-Catching Visual “Pair”-ception Game! Catch the Match is a unique matching game geared towards family members ages 5 and up. You can play the game with 2 to 8 players. There are 15 large cards that all contain the same images. The catch? Well, the images may be the same, but the colors are not. Only 1 image will match for each 2 cards. This fast paced game really tests your observation skills. For us, we seemed to always end up laughing like crazy as we tried to find the match. It’s a fun, quick, easy…

Review: Mrs. McVeigh’s Magnificent Manners Show Dvd

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Mrs. McVeigh’s Manners Dvd Synopsis: When “Mrs. McVeigh” teams up with her wacky temporary assistant, Professor Maynard (pronounced “Mannered” when he is Mrs. McVeigh’s assistant), she shows the good Professor how to do things the right way. Your kids will laugh and relate to Professor Maynard as he learns throughout the DVD what demonstrating good manners really mean. The lessons include meeting and greeting, restaurant manners, table manners, how to set a table, how to write a thank you note, and more! About Mrs. McVeigh: Manners expert Elise McVeigh has been teaching manners classes to children since 2003. She brings…

Sewing: Cricut Dust Cover & Bag

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One of the fun things about having a more relaxed schooling schedule for December is that we can tackle some fun projects that get placed on the back burner during the regular school year. My project for today wasn’t exactly an old project that needed to get done, but it was something that I was happy to accomplish. Since it’s so dusty here, I thought it would be a good idea to have a dust cover for my new Cricut. I look around on the internet to see if I could find a pattern, but the one that I found…

Review: A Walk in My Shoes

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Last week, I wrote about the Family Movie Night on NBC. On December 3rd, A Walk in My Shoes will be premering on NBC at 7pm CST. We were given an opportunity to preview the movie a little early. We snuggled up in bed to watch the new family-friendly movie. Movie Synopsis: Ever judge someone just by looking at them? Of course, we’ve all made snap judgments about people. But what if we really got to know them? How would our opinions change? And what if we were forced to become them… how would the shoes fit then? Stressed-out high…

Handmade Gifts: Prayer Journal

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My new Cricut has inspired me to start working on my handmade Christmas gifts. The first project of the year is a prayer journal. It’s pretty simple, but it makes a nice gift. Supplies: 2 pieces of matching scrapbook paper 1 piece of coordinating paper for letters 2 pieces of coordinating paper for inside of notebook adhesive favorite verses about prayer composition notebook crafting scissors Process: You’ll need 2 matching scrapbook pieces of paper for the front and the back of the composition notebook. To get the correct size, you’ll just trace the shape of the composition notebook onto the…