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The Happy Family Movement

We're a family of five: Mom, Dad, Max, Ava, & Lia (plus Banana our basset hound) who actively seek out adventure and memorable family experiences. We...
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Simple Ideas for Happy Family Living – Snuggle Chat

The Happy Family Movement ― Sometimes the hustle and bustle gets to us. Running kids to and from school, sports practices and games, activities, and birthday parties, then throw in grocery shopping, a few loads of laundry, oh and cooking dinner! We’re BUSY. But the one... (more)
 HappyFamMvmt ― Posted on Jan 11th, 2012
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Ava’s Art Gallery

The Happy Family Movement ― When Ava was almost three, she started taking a dance class. She did dance for about a year and a half and then she decided she didn’t like it anymore. I was a little disappointed, but her heart wasn’t really in it. So she quit going to... (more)
 HappyFamMvmt ― Posted on Jan 10th, 2012
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The Story of My 5 Day Juice Cleanse

The Happy Family Movement ― First off, why a 5 day juice cleanse? I would love to explain it, but this is the best explanation of why you should do a juice cleanse I’ve been able to find. We’ve been making our own juices for a couple of months now, usually one a day... (more)
 HappyFamMvmt ― Posted on Jan 9th, 2012
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Happiness Is…Dressing up as Peter Pan

The Happy Family Movement ― Gotta love my Lia and her wild imagination (more)
 HappyFamMvmt ― Posted on Jan 6th, 2012
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Simple Ideas for Organized Family Living – To Go Totes for the Kids

The Happy Family Movement ― It happened randomly and accidentally, as do most of my fabulous ideas. Ava really wanted to have an art party for her birthday. At first, I figured the girls would just paint on canvases. Then, I was at Wal-Mart and I ran across some really cute... (more)
 HappyFamMvmt ― Posted on Jan 4th, 2012
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We LOVE LOVE LOVE our Kiwi Crates!

The Happy Family Movement ― A few months ago, I saw this awesome kids activity box, so I pinned it. A couple months later, I ran across it again. This time I clicked to the website. I spent a few minutes on the site and then immediately signed us up for a subscription. We got... (more)
 HappyFamMvmt ― Posted on Jan 3rd, 2012
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A DIY (do-it-yourself) Angry Birds Game

The Happy Family Movement ― You may remember my post recently about Max’s new obsession with Angry Birds. As I was out Christmas shopping, I ran across these Angry Birds pencil toppers. I wasn’t sure exactly what I wanted to do with them, but I bought the whole set ... (more)
 HappyFamMvmt ― Posted on Jan 2nd, 2012
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5 Little Monkeys

The Happy Family Movement ― Lia loves to sing. Here’s a sample of her singing one of her favorite songs (more)
 HappyFamMvmt ― Posted on Dec 30th, 2011
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Simple Ideas for Green Family Living – Recycle your Christmas tree

The Happy Family Movement ― Every year, around 10 MILLION Christmas trees end up in landfills. I about spit out my drink when I read that fact. (It’s a true one too… go ahead and google it… I did to verify!). So, this week’s Simple Idea is to recycle... (more)
 HappyFamMvmt ― Posted on Dec 28th, 2011
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Two front teeth {missing}

The Happy Family Movement ― Max lost both his two front teeth not too long ago. And it’s just another sign that he is growing up too fast. I have to say though, kids with no front teeth are freaking cute! He has one tooth coming in now, so I’m SO glad that we found... (more)
 HappyFamMvmt ― Posted on Dec 28th, 2011
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I will not whine

The Happy Family Movement ― Oh man, sometimes it is HARD raising kids. Max has been in this phase (pretty much since school started) where he whines and cries ANY time things don’t go his way. It drives me crazy! We have tried everything to stop the behavior, but nothing... (more)
 HappyFamMvmt ― Posted on Dec 28th, 2011
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Happiness is…Ticklefests

The Happy Family Movement ― I’ll never forget the laughter I heard while I pressed the shutter to capture this image.   (more)
 HappyFamMvmt ― Posted on Dec 28th, 2011
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Holiday Traditions – Decorate the tree

The Happy Family Movement ― On the Sunday after Thanksgiving, Josh pulled all the Christmas ornaments and decorations out from underneath the under-the-stairs-storage area. We strung lights on our tree. Then we put up the beaded garland. And THEN, we attempted the tricky task... (more)
 HappyFamMvmt ― Posted on Dec 28th, 2011
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Obsessed

The Happy Family Movement ― Max is at an age where he gets OBSESSED with things. His obsession doesn’t always last long, but it’s intense. For a LONG time, he was obsessed with Star Wars. Before that, he was totally into Cars (we’re back in that phase now!).... (more)
 HappyFamMvmt ― Posted on Dec 28th, 2011