image source - Ayal87 Today's blog post is a Capricorn of ideas and info. Be sure to check out each point! Road Trip Activity Workbook Many of you will be traveling for Thanksgiving and/or Christmas. Make your trip a little easier with the free ABCJLM Road Trip Activity Workbook. A collection of activities and games that we ...
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Hide It In Your Heart: Music and The Word (Giveaway)
For the month of Thanksgiving, I have been reading through a 30-Day Scripture reading plan that I shared on Facebook a couple of weeks ago. Shannon, over at SWTBlessings.com, compiled this wonderful collection of verses to prepare our hearts for the coming holiday. It's not to late to join me! One of the passages contained the verse ...
Recipe and Gift: Rhubarb Strawberry Jam {You Won’t Believe How Easy It Is}
What are the first words that come to your mind when thinking about gift giving for Christmas? Stress Expensive Frustration Gift-giving is not my love language thus I don't particularly enjoy the process of planning and purchasing gifts for others. But, I do love to give people things that I have made. Something about the energy and heart ...
Hosting a Neighborhood Open House
image source by gesinek When our children were very young we started a tradition of creating food baskets for our neighbors for Christmas. Instead of just dropping the goodies by, we set up a time for the recipients to come to our home or for us to visit them (many are retired). With ten families on our list, we started late-November ...
Creating a {Do Not} Worry Book for Children and Adults
The outward appearances are different but the internal feelings are the same. Fear. Anxiety. Worry. For Bubs, it manifests itself in him tensing his body and opening his eyes very wide. In Peanut and my niece, their fingers go to the mouth. For me, worry results in tense muscles and a pounding headache. All signs of worry about a present ...
Teaching Your Children About God: Galaxy Buck Review & Giveaway
True or False: It is the church's responsibility to give my child a solid foundation of the Bible. While most of us would choose "false" for this statement, I wonder if there isn't a little truth to it. Here's a quote from author and executive director of global networking of Awana and KidzMatter, Larry Fowler, from his book Rock-Solid Kids. I ...
Fall is in the Air: Books and Activities for the Whole Family
Fall is such a wonderful time of year with fun crafts, engaging activities, precious books to read, and delicious recipes. Here are just a few to get you started. Pictured below is a fun Shape Pumpkin to combine Halloween, pumpkins, coloring, visual perception, fine motor practice, and shape recognition. (Shoo, that is a lot of ...
The Beginning Steps to Reading & a Fun Giveaway
image source - Permission to Use This is my last year with Peanut at home. {Insert a sad face and tears stinging my eyes.} Next year he will be following in the footsteps of his big brothers and sister and heading to school. While it makes me very sad, I am excited for him. To begin his last year of preschool I asked him what ...
How to Give Your Children a Missionary Heart
We travel in a 10 mile radius circle every single day. Every once in a while we venture out for a vacation and holiday before we quickly jump back into the safety of our little circle. But I want more for my kids. I want them to understand that there is a great big world out there filled with over 7 billion people. Seven billion ...
How to Talk to Your Child about Sex
Image Source rgbstock In April I shared "How to Have the First of 'The' Talks with Your Daughter." The respond was amazing. So many of you messaged me and commented about this important topic. You shared relief after feeling much fear and anxiety over approaching this delicate topic with your daughter. But what I ...