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Your Child and a Relationship with Christ

Helping Your Child Develop a Growing Relationship with Christ

Use these six ideas to help your children on their spiritual journeys.

by Dennis and Barbara Rainey on FamilyLife.com

Beaver Valley Macaroni Kid

The weekly newsletter of Beaver Valley activities

to entertain, stimulate and exhaust your kids.

Click HERE to view our local Beaver Valley Macaroni Kid site. Subscribe and get weekly email updates to local and fun attractions, festivals, contests, give-aways, and show information - all in one place! Celebrating it's one-year anniversary, it has been and will continue to be a resource to make parents' lives easier.

An offer for new mommies!

If you go to here AND here, you can get a nursing cover (or washable nursing pads) and a sling for FREE!!!! All you pay is the s&h!

Enter in promo code "Breastfeeding" when checking out.

Udder Covers
Seven Everyday Slings

Free Advice Kit for Moms

The Food and Drug Administration's Office of Women's Health and the Federal Citizen Information Center have created the "Healthy Moms Advice Kit". It's filled with practical tips on topics such as hay fever, recognizing and conquering depression, keeping food safe, discovering the real differences between name brand and generic drugs—and every mom's dream—learning the secrets of getting a good night's sleep.

Click here to link with Publications.USA.gov where you can download several of the free publications and/or request printed copies.

Your Husband is Just a Man.

Our meeting last week was an 'Ask the Mentors' meeting, where an entire MOPS meeting is devoted to moms asking Mentors anything. It is one of our most talked about and popular meetings. Questions often are about moms and the juggling we do with our children and husbands and ourselves.

One of our Mentors, Sandy Joseph, has a blog and before the meeting she posted the following. Its a pretty simple thought but one that us wives need to repeat to ourselves often "Believe it or not, your husband is just a man."

For years, I had huge expectations and put pressure on Bill to be my all in all, to make me feel loved and secure. I was so frustrated and disappointed each time he did not live up to my expectations. I tried all kinds of woman manipulation (you know, crying, nagging, silence, Bible verses ….) to get him to do what I wanted. Yet, I was disappointed, not because Bill wasn’t trying, but because I needed to learn that no man/woman/child/friend can replace what only God can provide. My desire to be loved, secure and happy can only be found through my relationship with the living God.

Click here to read more from Sandy.

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Turn Off Week 2009 (9/20-9/26)

September 20-26 marks Turn Off Your Television Week. People everywhere are accepting the challenge to unplug for one week and discover new avenues of entertainment, be it solo or family-oriented.

Up for the challenge? Wonder what you could possibly do without TV all week? Check out this resource found at SimpleKids.com (click link or image to left).

Radio Stations

Pittsburgh now has two Christian radio stations! Check them out (click images to go to the station website)!

98.3 WPKV plays contemporary Christian music around the clock

10.5 WORD plays talk radio programs during the week and music on the weekends

So whether you want to mull over a sermon or boogie to some music, you can find something at any hour of the day!

Spring Cleaning for People With Allergies or Asthma

Check out this short article about how to spring clean your home when someone in your house has allergies or asthma - from the seventh generation blog

Menu Planning Made Easy

What is menu planning?

Planning in advance what you will be cooking in a given period of time (week, 2 weeks, month, etc).

Benefits of menu planning:

it's efficient: you can create your grocery list from the ingredients lists of your recipes. Gone are the days of staring blankly into the pantry or frantically rummaging through the refrigerator in search of what to eat or what to shop for.
it's budget-friendly: Less food is wasted because you buy/use only what you need.
you can have variety: You keep track of how often you eat what, so you can plan in new dishes or family favorites.
it's healthier: Eating at home is healthier than eating out. You know exactly what goes into your meals, and can even alter the recipes to certain health needs or caloric requirements.

Creative Meal Planning Ideas

dedicate each night of the week to a different type of food {soup, salads, crockpot, one-dish, ethnic food, seasonal favorite, etc}
create a theme night once a week {a great resource for ideas can be found here}

Resources for menu planning

A Basic Guide to Meal Planning - simplemom.net - all you need to do to get started

7 Tips to Simplify Meal Planning - workitmom.com - basic guidelines to helping meal-planning run smoothly in your house

Family Nights - whittakerwoman.typepad.com - fun and creative ideas for making family nights special for everyone

Menu Planning Resources & Ideas - simplemom.net

Do You Remember?

Kids have an amazing capacity to remember things. Now, while they are young, is the time to harness that ability and help fill their minds with things worth remembering. Below is a list of ideas on how to help your child remember Scripture:

Books of Bible
The 10 Commandments: Exodus 20:1-17 (click here to read passage)
The Beatitudes: Matthew 5:3-12 (click here to read passage)
Psalm 23 (click here to read)
The "Love" Chapter: 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 (click here to read all 13 verses of the chapter)
ABC Scripture Memory (click here for more detail)

Speak Up

Did You Know?

In today's modern world, babies are born with nearly 300 industrial chemicals in their blood?
Many of these chemicals are associated with a range of serious diseases and conditions: cancer, autism, ADHD, learning deficits, infertility, and birth defects.
The American government has almost no authority to protect people from even the most hazardous chemicals on the market.

Did You Also Know?

There is something you can do about it ... and it takes less than one minute to do it.

The Kid-Safe Chemicals Act is a strong and effective law that will require the United States to regulate the use of toxic chemicals. Click here to send an email to your state legislator and implore them to support this law. Without your voice our legislators will not know that this issue matters to you, and our kids will continue to be subjected to toxins.

While you are at it, leave a comment after this post and let other MOPS moms know that you have contacted your Congressmen!

Family Nights

Here is a great resource for creating memorable family nights with your family. This mom has three children - two biological and one adopted - and is married to the worship pastor at Buckhead Church in the Atlanta suburbs.

Check out this amazing woman's ideas and perhaps use one in the next week!

Whittaker Woman Blog - Family Nights Archive

Veggie Time!

Do you have a child that won't touch a vegetable? A child that runs and hides when you say the v-word?

The Green Parent has shared 15 ways to get your kids to eat vegetables. You might be surprised at what they recommend! {click here to read the article}

Teaching Kids About Authority

Jill Savage, founder of Hearts at Home, has some encouraging words about discipline. Read them here.

Save $75 Off $100 Purchase at Old Navy

This is not a typo.

Old Navy has launched a new site called Old Navy Weekly.

Each week, special sales are advertised on the site. Your job is to "hunt" for store coupons (5% off purchase, 15% off single item, $75 off $100 purchase, etc) by clicking on the advertised specials. You are guaranteed to find something.

Once you find a coupon, you print it and take it with you on your next shopping trip. How fun is that?! Be sure to check the site out - Old Navy Weekly.

(SITE IS UPDATED WEEKLY - SO CHECK IT OFTEN!)