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    • Online Writing Portfolio
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    • 20 Posts to Encourage Young New Moms
  • Military & Veteran Life
    • Encouragement and Resources for the Military Wife
    • Our final military deployment homecoming: finally together forever!
    • Homecoming 2009
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    • 31 Days of Preparing for VBAC {An Introduction}
  • Homeschooling
    • Homeschooling special needs: a story of transformation
    • ADHD Homeschooling: Hacks, Tricks, and Tips for Making It Work
  • Preschool Years
    • Home preschool resources for the tired, non-creative, busy mom
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  • Start Here!
    • Hi, I’m Aprille…
    • Contact Me!
    • The Story Behind the Header
    • Blog’s Mission Statement
    • Blog Series
    • Top Ten Posts of All Time
    • Legalism and Grace: How I Left the IFB Movement and Chose Grace
    • Grace: How a Recovering Legalist Moves Forward in Faith
    • Online Writing Portfolio
  • Marriage
    • Our Love Story
  • Faith
  • Motherhood
    • Mothering Through Fatigue Blog Series
    • 20 Posts to Encourage Young New Moms
  • Military & Veteran Life
    • Encouragement and Resources for the Military Wife
    • Our final military deployment homecoming: finally together forever!
    • Homecoming 2009
  • Pregnancy & Birth
    • 31 Days of Preparing for VBAC {An Introduction}
  • Homeschooling
    • Homeschooling special needs: a story of transformation
    • ADHD Homeschooling: Hacks, Tricks, and Tips for Making It Work
  • Preschool Years
    • Home preschool resources for the tired, non-creative, busy mom
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  • The Preschool Years

    All about preschool tot packs (and the good and the bad of using them)

    / June 14, 2014 / 6 Comments

    I am starting this series here, because it's where I started - not necessarily because I think it's the best place to start.

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  • The Preschool Years

    Home preschool resources for the tired, non-creative, busy mom

    / June 12, 2014 / 20 Comments

    This series is for the underachieving moms. This isn’t about being supermom. It does not involve crazy curriculums, hours of lesson plans, or even logging into Pinterest. This stuff is going to be…

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  • Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Recovering Perfectionist

    A letter to my former self on her high school graduation

    / May 18, 2014 / 10 Comments

    Next Saturday, on a beautiful sunny day in May, you'll turn your tassel. Your perfect day will be the beginning of a tumultuous decade of change and pain and growing up the hard…

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  • in case you think you're the only mom whose three-year-old is NOT in preschool
    Ezra,  Motherhood,  The Preschool Years

    in case you think you are the only mom whose 3-year-old is NOT in preschool

    / September 4, 2013 / 35 Comments

    It's an exciting yet apprehensive time of year for these moms who choke back tears of pride mingled with sadness as their little ones tottle off with backpacks on their backs. For the…

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  • Beauty in the Mess,  Ezra,  Family

    Beauty in the Mess ~ Edition 07.09.13

    / July 9, 2013 / 1 Comment

    It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these posts! We’ve been busy adjusting to our new life in North Carolina, celebrating the 4th of July, taking short day trips, and most…

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  • Ezra,  Independence Day,  The Preschool Years

    Patriotic Sensory Bin and Color Sorting Activity

    / June 26, 2013 / 4 Comments

    I combined the color-sort idea with the sensory bin idea and 4th of July theme and came up with this activity.

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