Every December for our countdown to Christmas we do a daily acts of kindness calendar. These daily acts of kindness to do as a family can be done for the month of Thanksgiving, season of Advent, countdown to Christmas or anytime of the year. Our version is set up as a mystery surprise. We do not see ahead of time what our act of kindness will be each day. The kids love the … [Read more...]
Low-Key, Meaningful Thanksgiving Activities for Kids
{Post By Lisa Brown} Each year around Thanksgiving we pull out a special decorated jar that is filled with everyone’s thankful notes! Throughout the month of November, we add to the jar and we read our notes from previous years. It’s neat to be reminded of all the things God has done for us and what matters. Notes from a jar help me remember my family’s life story. So … [Read more...]
Encouraging Kids to be Thankful
Our family has a tradition of sharing the favorite part of our day with each other. We usually share while we are all together eating dinner. It is one of the ways we are encouraging kids to be thankful every day. Even on nights when daddy is away the girls will make it a point to ask him over the phone what his favorite moment was. With so much negativity surrounding … [Read more...]
Happy Thanksgiving from the Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop
Happy Thanksgiving from all of the Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop co-hosts to you and yours! ♥ Alli, Brittany, Carrie, Cathy, CD, Dawn, Diane, Emma, Heidi Jo, Jaimi, Kim, Saira, Sinea and Tammy. ♥ We will be back next week -Tuesday evening Dec 1st 7pm ET- with another great party and the features from our last blog hop. ♥ In the meantime, each of us selected a special … [Read more...]
Holiday Kickoff Make ‘N’ Take Playdate
This post contains affiliate links. Please view my disclosure for more info. Stay-at-Home Mom Problem: Going all day (and sometimes longer) without speaking to another adult. It happens. Playdates are great ways to connect with moms who are doing what you do each day-connection is important. I recently learned about the idea to host a holiday kickoff event. Our holiday … [Read more...]
Thanksgiving Pie Scavenger Hunt & Wonderful Wednesday Link Up #151
Welcome to our party. We are so glad you're here! A special "thank you" to our amazing co-hosts for making this party such a success! NOTE: Please come by next week for a special roundup with features from our co-hosts. The regular link up party will resume Tuesday December 3rd at 7pm ET with more party FUN and features, too! ♥ ♥ ♥ The posts you … [Read more...]
I Am Thankful Book For Children to Make
This post contains affiliate links. Please see my disclosure. Want to teach your children to be thankful and discuss what that really means? It can be frustrating to teach this to children. We sound like broken records asking for them to "say thank you" while teaching manners. By inspiring them to reflect on what they are thankful for and documenting it, children can … [Read more...]