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5 Amazing Reasons to Visit Onesty Family Aquatic Center in Charlottesville, VA

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by RAKI WRIGHT

Are you looking for a family-friendly, affordable location to take your family that features a Water Slides, In-Water Playgrounds, Lazy River, Diving Board, Lap Lanes, Zero-Depth Play Area, and Obstacle Course? I've found it. Here are five amazing reasons to take your family to Onesty Family Aquatic Center in Charlottesville, VA. Onesty Family ...

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Filed Under: Family Time, Travel Tagged With: Charlottesville, Pool, Summer Activities, Swimming, VA

Why Our Kids Should Spend Time Around Animals

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by RAKI WRIGHT

Children are drawn to animals from a young age. Their favorite television shows and movies are filled with talking animals, we teach them the sounds that animals make, and we give them stuffed animals to sleep with. You can click here for more information about the differences between emotional support and service pets. This post was written ...

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Filed Under: Family Time Tagged With: Animals, Enjoying Outdoors, Outdoors, Pets

5 Ways to Find the Perfect Gift

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by RAKI WRIGHT

Do you dread having several gift giving occasions coming up this year? Don't miss these five fantastic (and super easy) ways to find the perfect gifts for less!

Do you dread having several gift giving occasions coming up this year? Don't miss these five fantastic (and super easy) ways to find the perfect gifts for less! This is a sponsored post. All opinions are mine. In the next few months, several gift giving occasions will be coming: my anniversary, Mother's Day, my birthday, high school ...

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Filed Under: Family Time, Holidays Tagged With: Gift Ideas, Gifts

How to Stop Your Kids From Fighting

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by RAKI WRIGHT

If you have more than one child, you probably have had to mediate fights over watching TV, the younger one feeling picked on (doesn't get jokes, assumes others are laughing at him/her), property, alone time vs. play time, or inclusion. Or, you may have one girl and one boy who don't have much in common. Here's how to get your kids to stop fighting.

If you have more than one child, you probably have had to mediate fights over watching TV, the younger one feeling picked on (doesn't get jokes, assumes others are laughing at him/her), property, alone time vs. play time, or inclusion. Or, you may have one girl and one boy who don't have much in common. Here's how it plays out in my ...

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Filed Under: Family Time, Parenting Tagged With: Netflix, Netflix Stream Team, Siblings, Stream Team

How to Encourage Your Children to Be Thankful

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by RAKI WRIGHT

Wondering how you can encourage your children to be thankful? Here are give tips to breed thankfulness.

Wondering how you can encourage your children to be thankful? Here are five tips to breed thankfulness. Gratitude is one of the most essential feelings or shall we say, life skills, when it comes to the quality of life and the amount of happiness we have in our lives. It could even be said that our happiness directly depends on how grateful ...

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Filed Under: Family Time Tagged With: Thankfulness

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Welcome! I'm Raki. I am a working mom of 2 (22-year old son and 15-year old daughter). I share tips to balance work, family, and make time for you. More...

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