You promised yourself that this year was going to be different. This was the year that you were going to find that one gift that your kid was going to love and cherish for the rest her life. You scoured the ads and looked for that perfect gift for the perfect price to give to…
For the past few years, I’ve been less and less enamored with the idea of my kids getting “more stuff” for Christmas that they’ll play with for five minutes before breaking or forgetting about. So as I’ve shared Christmas gift ideas for my kids with family members, I’ve added items that will last beyond December…
Reading aloud with my kids is one of my new “intentional parenting” goals, and I recently found a list of 100 books to read with kids that I thought might be a good place to start. When Jenny was little, I read aloud to her. She was (like myself) a bookaholic, and we would read…
When you’re a busy family, easy meals are a must. I’m all about finding easy meals for dinner after a busy day of homeschooling, work, and play, and these are a few of our favorite easy recipes for busy families… These are a few of our busy family’s favorite easy meals to make: Slow Cooker…
My kids have been begging to carve pumpkins since the middle of September. They remembered how much fun we had carving our pumpkins last year, and they couldn’t wait to do it again this year! Last year, we got a late start to the pumpkin fun. Last minute, I found myself searching for a pumpkin…
Saturday was a first for me: I participated in a shoebox “packing party” for Operation Christmas Child. The kids and I spent three hours on Saturday morning working together with other families and individuals to pack 2500 shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child to send to restricted access countries, and I learned how to pack a…