We had so many wonderful and talented bloggers link up last week! Readers – I think you will love all the great ideas including successful parenting tips, St. Patrick’s Day fun for families, St. Patrick’s Day recipies like corned beef and cabbage and St. Patrick’s Day candy bark, debt tracking and budgeting tools to help you get smart with money, free printables and so much more! You don’t want to miss all the great ideas showcased in this week’s features.

You can also still get my FREE St. Patrick’s Day Printable FUN Pack – it’s designed with Family Fun in mind and it’s FREE!

Some cute Irish sayings I thought I’d share {source: http://www.sampleireland.com/famous-irish-sayings.html}:

“A best friend is like a four leaf clover: hard to find and lucky to have”

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“Dance as if no one’s watching, sing as if no one’s listening, and live everyday as if it were your last”

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“You’ve got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was.”

Family Fun Friday is all about connecting as a family. We feature great ideas for family fun, and things to help moms get things done so they have more time to spend doing what they love to do – be with family!

If you like Family Fun Friday, help this blog party grow by giving it a +1 on Google+. Thanks so much!

Your links get four times the exposure as they will show up on four blogs at the same time. Woo-Hoo! Each co-host is featuring her top picks from the party so you get an increased chance in being featured as well. Each featured post will be pinned by the hostesses so be sure to link up your best!

Meet our Family Fun Friday hostesses:


Monica created Family Fun Friday and blogs at HappyandBlessedHome.com where she shares free preschool tools and printables, encouraging words for moms, and ideas for having fun together as a family. Follow: Blog / Facebook / Pinterest / Twitter /Google + / Bloglovin’. Monica will feature Family Fun Posts.

Stephanie Kay is a busy homeschooling mom of 5. She blogs at Everyday Family Living where she shares practical ideas for home organization, family activities, books and education, and health & fitness. Follow: Blog / Facebook / Pinterest / Stephanie will feature Parenting and Learning Posts.

Sarah loves to help busy moms save money on a healthy lifestyle at EarlyBirdMom. Sarah offers FREE money-saving strategies and parenting tips. Follow: Google Plus / Pinterest. Sarah will feature Money Saving and Organizing Posts.

Diane enjoys blogging about cooking and shares simple, original recipes as well as has a heart for adoption and sharing the little lessons she learns as a mom in everyday life. She blogs at MyLifeAsRobinsWife.com Follow: Blog / Facebook / Pinterest / Twitter /Google + / Bloglovin’. Diane will feature Delicious Recipes.

If you enjoy the features on Family Fun Friday please leave me a comment, I would love to hear from you! If you see things that you like here – please PIN them on Pinterest! If you PIN these lists it will help this blogging party grow. To PIN a specific blogger’s post please click through and pin directly from their site. If you’re a mom keep reading because we have some wonderful fun ideas to inspire you with your little ones and family. My blogging friends are linking up craft ideas, fun in the kitchen, preschool & homeschool ideas, and ways to spend time as a family. My blog is growing but I need your help, please like my facebook page or PIN a button and help spread the word about HappyandBlessedHome.com. Thanks so much.

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This week I posted my FREE Letter P Printables from our Learn to Read Preschool Alphabet Study. Feel free to visit the post to check out our FREE alphabet printables. The Letter O Printables are for subscribers. If you enjoy FREE printables with lots of games, coloring, cutting, tracing, and fun, you’ll love subscribing to HappyandBlessedHome.com. I hope you’ll join us!

I also created a FREE St. Patrick’s Day BINGO game and shared it on Jill’s Blog, Blessed Beyond a Doubt. Feel free to stop by and download your FREE Family Fun Bingo Game.

Special Offers

I receive e-mails from affiliate companies with special offers all the time. Each week on Thursday, I’ll weed through all the special deals and try to share the really great offers. These are often companies I have used and whose products I can recommend. These are affiliate links and your support helps me keep all my printables free and helps me to stay online. Thank you in advance for using these links when you can!

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Special Thanks

Thanks to all my blogging friends for linking up last week at Family Fun Friday. I have a special YouTube Video for you at Thank You All My Blogging Friends! So many great ideas, crafts and things to do! If you link up, you permit me to use your pictures/ideas as part of future posts and/or social media. Now on to some fabulous posts for moms.

Featured Bloggers:

Family Fun

I love all the wonderful parenting advice offered by some fabulous bloggers at Family Fun Friday. I think you’ll love all the successful parenting tips featured this week!

Sisters Raising Sisters shared a wonderful parenting idea in their post The Gift of Giving. What a wonderful way to teach a child about Compassion International. Our family loves Compassion and we truly believe sponsoring a Compassion child is a wonderful family blessing. Visit my blog sidebar and sponsor a child through Compassion. You will be blessed!
Sharon at Rediscovered Families shared an insightful post How to enjoy art with your children. I love the picture of the little girl dancing like a ballerina. What a great way to teach kids about art!
Rachael at Diamonds in the Rough shared a parenting post that appreciates the differences between boys and girls in her post – Vive La Difference – Boys vs Girls. She writes, “Boys are not satisfied unless they use their creativity. And creativity for them equals mess.” Rachael – I have found this to be true for my boys as well – they are very creative and sometimes messy.
Want some Simple Ways to bond as a Family? You’ll love Ann’s post on her blog My Nearest and Dearest. Ann’s post includes some of her own ideas and points readers to other fantastic posts on the web. I love how she writes, “Leave the gadgets in the house or car and get active outside. In my opinion, nothing beats acting like a kid, with your kid, outside.” I agree!
My husband and I believe that an important part of parenting is modeling marriage. If you feel the same way, you’ll like this post by Intentionally Yours – Act like husband and wife. In her post she includes actionable items to help you on your way to living out a Godly marriage.
Misty Leask shares encouraging wisdom in her post Discipling our kids is a lifelong process. She writes, “Discipling our kids does not always keep them from making bad decisions, temptation or losing their way in life.” Read her post for more insightful parenting tips.

Delicious Recipes

Corned beef and cabbage, shamrock bark, pretzels with chocolate and green m&ms! This week Diane from MyLifeasRobinsWife is sharing some fabulous St. Patrick’s Day fare. I love all the creativity of these blogging chefs! What a marvelous round up of posts. Be sure to check out Diane’s fabulous features for some great St. Patrick’s Day recipe ideas.

Parenting and Learning

“A good laugh and a long sleep are the two best cures” ~ Irish saying. We’ve got fun family-oriented St. Patrick’s Day activities and fun this week as featured by my beautiful co-host Stephanie from Everyday Family Living. I think I like the rainbow of fruit flavors formed into a rainbow – YUM! Follow the link to go to Stephanie’s blog and read some wonderful posts.

Money Saving Tips and Organizing

Sarah from EarlyBirdMom.com shares some great ideas this week for getting smart with money including putting together a budget, debt tracking tools and more. Click the image or link to see some of Sarah’s fabulous features.

Thanks again for all your wonderful ideas! I hope these Family Friendly and Fun ideas inspire you.

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