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  • Seasonal Celebration Wednesday

    Seasonal Celebration Wednesday

    Welcome everyone to our seasonal celebration! As we enter into the season of spring we are able to share our crafts, recipes, tutorials and thought provoking posts, with one another and the readership here at Natural Mothers Network. This week I am choosing the most clicked, followed by my personal favourite! If there is anyone [...]

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  • Healthy Chocolate Brownie Recipe

    Healthy Chocolate Brownie Recipe

    Dark, rich and divinely moist, this chocolate brownie recipe is healthy too! You are probably wondering just how a chocolate brownie recipe could be healthy- given that brownies are synonymous with all that is unhealthy, and loaded with the wrong kind of fat and far too much sugar. This brownie recipe gets its healthy credentials from [...]

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  • May in Natural Mothers Garden

    May in Natural Mothers Garden

    Sustainable Gardening: organic vegetable garden planner May May is one of the craziest months in a kitchen garden. The soil has warmed up, there is ample rainfall and warm sunshine to help the plants grow well. Of course that includes the plants you don’t want in your garden too, and weeding is high on this [...]

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  • Baby Massage-reduces crying, relieves colic and promotes sleep.

    Baby Massage-reduces crying, relieves colic and promotes sleep.

    Baby massage, it’s easier than you think   Baby Massage.. relieves colic and helps reduce crying  encourages an atmosphere of calm and promotes sleep is thought to boost baby’s immune system   Baby massage - start Ensure the room is warm, and you have chosen a draft-free place to place baby on a nice, soft towel [...]

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  • A-Z Guide to Stain Removal-part 1

    A-Z Guide to Stain Removal-part 1

    A-Z Guide to Stain Removal-part 1 Stain removal is the bane of every natural mother’s life! Whether they are grass stains, blood stains or grease stains, here are some home solutions to make those  stains vanish without a trace! Berry stains-Place fabric under running water to remove any excess berry juice, then launder as usual. [...]

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  • Best Herbs to Grow in your Medicinal Garden-Part 3: Chamomile officinalis

    Best Herbs to Grow in your Medicinal Garden-Part 3: Chamomile officinalis

    Best Herbs to Grow Series: How to Grow Chamomile officinalis Even if your not a herbalist, planting, nurturing and harvesting your own herbs and using them for medicinal purposes is one of the most satisfying things you can do! We have been growing our own herbs for over 20 years and some of the best herbs [...]

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  • Best Lotion Bar Recipe: A Variation to Suit All Skin Types

    Best Lotion Bar Recipe: A Variation to Suit All Skin Types

    Natural Mothers Homemade Lotion Bar Recipe Tutorial This lotion bar recipe acts a s a perfect base from which you can design your own variation according to skin type -these lotion bars make a great gift too! Base Lotion Bar Recipe What you need 1 part coconut oil 1 part beeswax 1 part sweet almond [...]

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  • Lemon Risotto – Risotto al Limone e Menta

    Lemon Risotto – Risotto al Limone e Menta

    Lemon Risotto Lemon Risotto is one of my favourite recipes and risotto is probably the most versatile of all Italian dishes, as you’ll find there are so many ways to enjoy it  throughout the seasons! However in my experience learning the art of risotto making hasn’t been easy, and it’s taken many attempts to  make [...]

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  • Allergy-proof your Home: Expert Tips to get you Breathing Easily

    Allergy-proof your Home: Expert Tips to get you Breathing Easily

    Allergy-proof your home: Expert tips to get you breathing easily   Asthma, a serious condition that can restrict your ability to breathe, or hay fever associated with itchy eyes and congestion, are the reality for many millions of people who suffer the misery of allergies, both in the UK and the US. Whether it’s the [...]

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  • Best Herbs to Grow in your Medicinal Garden-Part 1:Calendula officinalis

    Best Herbs to Grow in your Medicinal Garden-Part 1:Calendula officinalis

    Best Herbs to Grow Series: How to Grow Calendula officinalis   Even if your not a herbalist, planting, nurturing and harvesting your own herbs and using them for medicinal purposes is one of the most satisfying things you can do! We have been growing our own herbs for over 20 years and some of the [...]

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  • Intentional Living: A Gloriously Imperfect Woman’s Guide

    Intentional Living: A Gloriously Imperfect Woman’s Guide

    Intentional Living- a gloriously imperfect woman’s guide to living mindfully      A mindful woman will   take care of her own needs before taking care of others.  A mindful woman is quietly attuned to her own needs, so that she remain strong and centred. She takes decisive action to nourish herself and ensure her [...]

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Seasonal Celebration Sunday #14

Welcome to The Seasonal Celebration Linky Party!

"Seasonal Celebration"
It’s howling a gale outside, the rain is lashing against the window panes and the weather is just too awful to even contemplate dancing in the rain! It’s got me thinking what is a family to do faced with bored teens and restless parents. The more I thought about it, the more I realised that if we could alter our thinking and look at the opportunity we have to spend family time together, we can create long-lasting memories for our children, and even better memories for ourselves.

I started a list of rainy-day ideas for all age-groups, that I’ll develop into a post next week: here are a few I’ve thought of so far..

  • Make up a silly story and take it in turns to add the next line.
  • Bake cupcakes together and have a tea party complete with cups and saucers.
  • Play your favourite board-game that’s guaranteed to get everyone involved!
  • Start that huge puzzle you were given, but have always put off.
  • Play Jenga, s stacking game guaranteed to engage everyone!
  • Hold a dressing up competition as to who can look the daftest!
  • Put your tent up in the living room and read adventure stories to the kids, like Treasure Island or Swallows and Amazons!

What are your favourite rainy-day activities?  What are some of your most cherished childhood memories from long, wet days spent inside your house?  Please share your thoughts with me!

I have created a linky love page-feel free to add your linky party to us

Here is my featured post from last week, which will also be shared on our Facebook Page and our brand new Google + Page. Remember please, to link back to NMN if you wish to be featured, thank you.

Featured Post

"Seasonal Celebration"

Preparing for a Second Child: Examining Routines

Thanks Melissa, we look forward to the next in your series. Feel free to grab a featured button in the side-bar!

Now let’s link up!

It’s our wish, that together we can create an invigorating collection of ideas that will be an inspirational resource for our readers. Please feel free to link-up and share as many posts as you would like that you feel will build and encourage our little community of bloggers.It isn’t mandatory, but if you have a blog of your own, why not tell us about it on the Natural Mothers Network facebook page? Then we can visit you there too:-)We will feature our favourite project the following week here on the blog hop and post it on our facebook wall.

Please read through the guidelines below before linking.

  • Remain sensitive to the ethos of Natural Mothers Network. So in order to maintain the integrity of our values, share your best posts on any topic as long as they are natural and reflect the season we’re in, by which I mean- written at this time of year.
  • Please link your posts back to Seasonal Celebration. It helps build our little community as you are sending your readers to others who are also participating and you increase the chance of being featured!
  • As a fellow blogger, we hope that you check out a couple of posts and leave a comment. We all really love to hear from each other as it helps validate what we do.
  • Why not grab the Seasonal Celebration Sunday button in the side bar by placing the html into your post.
  • Please, no linking to giveaways or promotions for affiliates or sponsors.

Bloggers, when you link with us you’ll receive an email reminder for Seasonal Celebration each week, you’re welcome to sign up HERE so it doesn’t go to junk- and of course you can un-subscribe whenever you wish.

I can’t wait to see what everyone has to share this week!  Don’t forget to spread the word to all the bloggers you know and leave a comment, I just love getting these!


Photo credit: K.Hurley

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  1. MsXpat says:

    Hiya, I hope my post is acceptable as its not a sponsored post and does deal a bit with my natural hair journey :0)
    MsXpat recently posted..My Curls: a product review and celebration of two years being naturalMy Profile

  2. Jill from RealFoodForager.com says:

    Hi,
    I shared a recipe for an amazing Cocoa Butter Cupcakes with chocolate Icing Also, an article about the cloning of sheep. Also a new series featuring homesteaders! Check out this week’s feature!

    Join the fun! Are you an urban suburban, or rural homesteader? Show us your homestead in a feature on my blog!

    http://realfoodforager.com/home-on-the-range-featuring-chicken-tender/

    Thanks for hosting!

  3. kristy lynn from Gastronomical Sovereignty says:

    Happy Sunday lovelies!

    I’ve linked up 2 posts this week:

    1. Film Friday: Good Green News Urban Farming in Vancouver. Hosted by a kid. A KID!

    2. Recipe for Smashed Flat Chicken with prosciutto & sage. Simple, easy, quick, and the flavor surprisingly knocked my socks off. clear across the room ;)

    Thank you for hosting!
    kristy lynn recently posted..Film Friday: Good Green NewsMy Profile

  4. Emily from Holistic Kid says:

    Hi and thanks for hosting!

    This week I’m sharing my recipe for Lemon Coconut Fudge, a nutritious, delicious treat well worth slowing down to prepare and enjoy.

    Have a great week!

  5. Dawn from Small Footprint Family says:

    Hi! Thanks for hosting!

    This week I’ve posted on preventing and even reversing osteoporosis with nutrition, and how to enjoy dandelions as a delicious nutrient dense food and medicine, including 2 recipes–1 for dandelion wine!

    Have a great week!
    Dawn recently posted..Dandelions are No Lawn MenaceMy Profile

    • Avatar of NMNadmin NMNadmin says:

      A girl after my own heart, I love the dandelion! I must try making your dandelion wine:)

  6. Melissa says:

    Thanks so much for the feature – what an honor!
    Looks like another great collection of posts this week. Looking forward to reading more as the week goes on.
    Melissa recently posted..Keeping it RealMy Profile

    • Avatar of NMNadmin NMNadmin says:

      Yopu’re so welcome Melissa and thank YOU!

  7. Rebecca,
    Thanks for organizing this every week. I’ve found some great sites thanks to your commitment to building community. Happy Monday…:)
    Sara Tetreault recently posted..Just Slip-Cover It!My Profile

    • Avatar of NMNadmin NMNadmin says:

      Thank you Sara for popping by, really value your support :-)

  8. Dr Lisa from Naked Moxie says:

    I posted two this week. One is a yummy, healthy and easy Pulled BBQ Chicken! The second is a post on teaching kindness to our children and how saying the word Sorry is truly the most important word. http://nakedmoxie.com/2012/04/30/i-am-sorry-from-the-heart-of-a-child/

  9. rosita says:

    Need to try all your recipe for my kids :) I’m sure they will love this. Thanks!