FamilyNavigation.com » Healthy & Green http://www.familynavigation.com chasing family dreams Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:50:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Keep a Five Year Old Busy for Two Hours http://www.familynavigation.com/keep-a-five-year-old-busy-for-two-hours/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://www.familynavigation.com/keep-a-five-year-old-busy-for-two-hours/#comments Sat, 17 Jul 2010 03:43:33 +0000 Lisa Pedersen http://www.familynavigation.com/?p=4001

I had an idea the other day to make homemade pasta.  I have never made pasta by myself before so I chose a simple recipe for whole wheat linguine with a tomato clam sauce.  My Mother-in-law gave us her old pasta press months ago and we still hadn’t used it which made me feel a bit guilty ...

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There is a reason why our website is called FamilyNavigation.com and not FamilyGotItAllFiguredOut.com.  We are sailing the wild seas of life with three young kids and we do not know which way to go but together we will figure it out.  We do not know what is best for our family all the time and we ...

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This year we spent over $50 on seeds for the garden with most of them being vegetables but some flowers as well.  My frugal nature always questions purchases like this and I wondered why we need to be spending so much when seeds naturally occur in the vegetables and flowers we grow.  Some of the things in ...

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]]> http://www.familynavigation.com/save-money-saving-seeds/feed/ 3 Giving Our Five Year Old More Freedom http://www.familynavigation.com/giving-our-five-year-old-more-freedom/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://www.familynavigation.com/giving-our-five-year-old-more-freedom/#comments Sat, 03 Jul 2010 22:19:57 +0000 Lisa Pedersen http://www.familynavigation.com/?p=3679

A little while back we had a family outing to a very nice beach just North of where we live.  It was one nice day in all the terrible rainy weather we had been having, so we thought we better take advantage and do something outside.  The grandparents happened to be in town with their trailer and were accompanied ...

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]]> http://www.familynavigation.com/giving-our-five-year-old-more-freedom/feed/ 1 Early Summer Garden Photo Essay http://www.familynavigation.com/early-summer-garden-photo-essay/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://www.familynavigation.com/early-summer-garden-photo-essay/#comments Sun, 27 Jun 2010 05:05:21 +0000 Lisa Pedersen http://www.familynavigation.com/?p=3813 Summer has arrived and our garden is in full flower.  The garden gradually starts blooming and before you know it is a sea of colour.  I was impressed with the way the garden looked when I took these “Early Spring Photos”but the garden has progressed even more since then.  Our beds are just packed with plants that it almost looks like ...

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We have had an interesting spring for pests in our garden.  We have a lot of bugs (to keep Annika busy and happy) but there are a couple big pests that have been more notable.  It is hard for me to call these creatures pests, we do live in their environment after all, but they are causing some havoc ...

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]]> http://www.familynavigation.com/pests-in-our-garden/feed/ 0 The Long Term Effects of Helicopter Parenting http://www.familynavigation.com/the-long-term-effects-of-helicopter-parenting/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://www.familynavigation.com/the-long-term-effects-of-helicopter-parenting/#comments Mon, 07 Jun 2010 04:11:53 +0000 Martin Pedersen http://www.familynavigation.com/?p=3676

Lisa and I recently watched a documentary called ‘Hyper Parents & Coddled Kids’ which examines the phenomena of Helicopter Parenting.  Helicopter Parents is a term used to describe parents who constantly hover over their children to solve problems that may occur in their lives and make sure they stay safe.  The documentary describes these parents as ...

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I have a problem, I hate to throw things away.  Either stuff just sits around the house cluttering it up, or I do something with them.  What do you do with old rubber boots(wellies) and toy trucks that are holey or broken and can’t be given to charity?  My solution was to reuse them in the ...

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