As you may know by now, holiday festivities and meaningful gifting fill my heart with happiness! I started putting together little Valentine’s Day baskets for the kids a few years ago, and it has become my favorite part of the holiday. I aim to be very intentional with my gifting by selecting items they might...
We were all so worn down on Wednesday that we chose to skip our advent activity and then double up on Friday when we had more energy. We also forgot to prepare our ornaments for an activity one day, so I had to improvise. And my ADVENT DAY 9 activity (an up-cycled candy cane craft)...
As we seek to help Isla and Cole grow their awareness and gratitude for all that we have, we focus on opportunities to give to others who are in need. One of the ways we do this is by working with the kids to sort through their toys and clothes, to see if there are...
Every year we kick off our advent activities with new holiday and winter books, so that we can maximize our time with them. I intend to get the kids each one new story, but that number always blossoms— I just cannot turn down a beautiful book! I am excited to share this year’s titles. They...
With full bellies and hearts, we kicked off the Christmas season on Thanksgiving night with new holiday movie quote jammies and our first viewing of Home Alone. Our family treasures this tradition so much!!! It is crazy to think this was our NINTH year of welcoming the holiday season this way!⠀ This is, however, the...
