children Archives - The Joys of Boys https://thejoysofboys.com/tag/children/ Parenting Resources for Raising Your Son from Boy to Man Tue, 30 Apr 2019 22:21:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 https://thejoysofboys.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/favicon-66x66.png children Archives - The Joys of Boys https://thejoysofboys.com/tag/children/ 32 32 The Invisible Mom – What You Are Building When No One Sees https://thejoysofboys.com/monday-motivation-the-invisible-mom/ https://thejoysofboys.com/monday-motivation-the-invisible-mom/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2019 04:10:06 +0000 https://thejoysofboys.com/?p=267 Do you ever feel like an invisible mom? As though the things you do and the efforts you make as a mother go unnoticed?  Today I share my experiences as well as a beautiful message from Nicole Johnson about what you are really building when no one sees. (I originally posted this as one ofContinue Reading

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]]> https://thejoysofboys.com/monday-motivation-the-invisible-mom/feed/ 18 Funny Photo Bookmarks https://thejoysofboys.com/funny-photo-bookmarks/ https://thejoysofboys.com/funny-photo-bookmarks/#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2015 04:25:53 +0000 https://thejoysofboys.com/?p=733 These Funny Photo Bookmarks have to be one of my most favorite crafts we have ever made.  We made these for our boys’ grandpa for Father’s Day and they were a huge hit.   Funny Photo Bookmarks These Photo Bookmarks are easy to make!  With the right supplies, you can make these in a matter ofContinue Reading

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]]> https://thejoysofboys.com/funny-photo-bookmarks/feed/ 11 Sometimes Playing is Hard Work! https://thejoysofboys.com/sometimes-playing-is-hard-work/ https://thejoysofboys.com/sometimes-playing-is-hard-work/#respond Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:41:05 +0000 https://thejoysofboys.com/?p=1868 If you are a parent then you have probably experienced that moment where you are going about your business and then suddenly realize that you haven’t seen one of your kids in awhile.  My 4-year-old is normally either right at my side needing something,  or torturing loving on his little brother.  So when the houseContinue Reading

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]]> https://thejoysofboys.com/sometimes-playing-is-hard-work/feed/ 0 Move Over “Wooly Willy”! Make your own “fuzzy face” plates https://thejoysofboys.com/move-over-wooly-willy-make-your-own-fuzzy-face-plates/ https://thejoysofboys.com/move-over-wooly-willy-make-your-own-fuzzy-face-plates/#comments Wed, 01 Aug 2012 11:12:21 +0000 https://thejoysofboys.com/?p=1106 I’m pretty positive that this is my absolute favorite craft we have ever done.  We have spent so much time playing with these and laughing at how cute this little baby is.  I used to love playing with Wooly Willy when I was a kid so I set out on this craft to try to makeContinue Reading

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]]> https://thejoysofboys.com/move-over-wooly-willy-make-your-own-fuzzy-face-plates/feed/ 1 All Partied Out! https://thejoysofboys.com/all-partied-out/ https://thejoysofboys.com/all-partied-out/#respond Wed, 30 May 2012 17:44:29 +0000 https://thejoysofboys.com/?p=431 How do you know if your birthday party was a success?  The birthday boy can’t even make it through dinner before crashing.  We thought he just bent over to pick something up but then he never sat back up. All tuckered out!    

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]]> https://thejoysofboys.com/all-partied-out/feed/ 0 Sometimes it Stinks Being Little https://thejoysofboys.com/sometimes-it-stinks-being-little/ https://thejoysofboys.com/sometimes-it-stinks-being-little/#respond Tue, 22 May 2012 18:19:36 +0000 https://thejoysofboys.com/?p=296 My big boys were practicing baseball and little brother wanted to play.  They made him sit behind the rebounder. You can tell he didn’t get much action!  Sometimes it stinks being little!

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]]> https://thejoysofboys.com/sometimes-it-stinks-being-little/feed/ 0 Monday Motivation:They Lied to Me https://thejoysofboys.com/they-lied-to-me-inspiration-for-mom/ https://thejoysofboys.com/they-lied-to-me-inspiration-for-mom/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 06:34:15 +0000 https://thejoysofboys.com/?p=90 I hope all mothers had a wonderful day yesterday on Mother’s day. My boys made me breakfast and gave me gifts of homemade cards and jewelry and my husband bought me some desert flowers to plant along the side of our house where our strawberries decided they couldn’t stand the heat.  Oh, and he even plantedContinue Reading

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