When I wrote about giving away most of my kids’ toys before Christmas, I bet I made a lot of people wonder if I would be giving them replacement toys for Christmas. Here’s the thing – I never want to get back into that spot where I felt like I needed to throw away all their toys again! We still plan on giving them Christmas presents….with a little twist. WHAT CAN YOU GIVE INSTEAD OF TOYS? There are so many options for gifts to give that aren’t toys! Once I sat down and started thinking about it, I came up with 30 non-toy gift ideas for kids very Keep Reading
10 Festive Christmas Scented Hand Soaps
I know there is a lot of festive decor and fun things about the holiday season, but can I share a small, guilty pleasure I have with you? I LOVE Christmas scented hand soap...LOL! Seriously, the Christmas scents just put me in a good mood, and I have been known to buy several hand soaps and hold onto them year round (although I usually only rock a Christmas soap dispenser during the appropriate months). If you're like me, you'll love this list of my favorite Christmas scented hand soaps from Amazon! The Best Christmas Scented Hand Soap The only thing better than Christmas Keep Reading
How to Keep Your Family’s Skin Hydrated and Healthy in the Winter
I'm excited to work with Vaseline to spread the word about the Vaseline Healing project and winter skincare. All opinions and experiences are my own. Winter is probably my least favorite season. I don't know if it's the shorter days or the colder weather, but I usually cannot wait until it is over. To add insult to injury, my skin and hair seem to go crazy in the Winter weather. The cold, dry air leads to breakouts, frizzy hair and chapped lips. Winter skincare sometimes seems to be a fantasy. As much as I try to stay hydrated, I just can't seem to drink enough water to combat it Keep Reading
Creative Pregnancy Announcement Idea
One of my very favorite things in this world are watching people receive happy news. This lady thought all she got for Christmas was a borning family video....boy, was she wrong!! This one gets me every time I watch it! Keep Reading
3 Ways to Remember Fallen Soldiers as a Family on Memorial Day
My kids are getting to the age where they want to know the meaning of every holiday. Here are 3 ways we explain Memorial Day to them. Feel free to grab the graphic below and share it on your personal Facebook page! For desktop visitors, right click on your mouse, then "save as." Mobile visitors should be able to click on the image, then press and hold the image to save to your phone, then just upload it to Facebook! 3 Ways to to Remember Fallen Soldiers as a Family on Memorial Day I figure even if our kids are young (our oldest of 3 is 7 years old), we can still explain the meaning of Keep Reading
Free Printable Easter Coloring Pages
Get these free printable Easter coloring pages now! I love having coloring pages for my kids appropriate for all occasions. They make great indoor activities on rainy days and also serve as teaching tools when paired with a holiday. Free Printable Easter Coloring Pages I came up with some Easter coloring pages to use and thought others might be able to use them as well. I made a Christian one of crosses on a hill as well as a couple Easter eggs - one striped and one dotted - perfect for tiny fingers to color. I will continue to add to this list over time, so please stop back Keep Reading
Non-Candy & Personalized Easter Gift Ideas
This post is sponsored by I See Me! Inc. All opinions are 100% my own. Whenever a holiday rolls around that involves sugary treats for my kids (Halloween, Christmas, Easter, 4th of July parades), I always try my best to find ways around the sugary mess. All that sugar isn't good for our family's teeth or waistlines! With Easter approaching, I'm on the hunt for Easter basket ideas that don't involve chocolate. My oldest has already spotted one of those humongous chocolate bunny rabbits at the store and wants to know if she's getting one. I hate to break it to her, but she's not! Keep Reading
Printable Heart Shapes – Tiny, Small & Medium Outlines
It's no secret I LOVE hearts! One of my favorite things to do is create heart templates to print out and use for crafts, art projects, garlands, and anything else you might need a heart outline for. Here are my latest creations. Feel free to use any of these free printable heart shapes in your own Valentine's Day cards or heart craft projects. Enjoy! Page Full of Hearts - Tiny, Small, Medium Sized Stencils These printable heart shapes are the best of all worlds - if you need many different sizes for a single project, this printout is perfect. I didn't measure the hearts, but it's a Keep Reading
Free Printable Valentine’s Day Card to Color – Heart Pattern
I'm pretty frugal. I don't like paying for something that I can make myself. I especially don't like paying for something that would be more meaningful if I made it myself! Enter: Printable Homemade Valentine's Day Cards For Mother's Day last year, I forgot to get my mom, mother-in-law, and Nana Mother's Day cards in time to mail them for receipt on Mother's Day. So I quickly created a set of printable heart patterned fold-in-half cards for the kids to color. We printed them out, colored them, and put them in the mail just in the nick of time! I realized later that these are well Keep Reading
Free Printable Valentine’s Day To Do Lists – Heart Pattern & LOVE Themed
Today our family had the opportunity to attend a wedding, something my kids have never experienced before. It was so nice to see dear friends of ours take their vows before Jesus. Of course, my girls were blown away that the bride looked like a princess. :) I thought what better day to share love notes on the blog? I have been working on some Valentine's day templates for quite some time, but I kept dropping them to work on something else. Free Printable Valentine's Day To Do List Templates So without further ado, here are 3 lovely printable to do lists with Valentine's Day themes - Keep Reading
Free Printable Cross Coloring Pages
Today I'd like to share one of my favorite types of print outs - Christian printables! I hope to make this into an entire series, but for now I have two lovely CROSS COLORING PAGES for you. Free Printable Cross Coloring Pages These cross coloring pages could serve many purposes. They could accompany any Bible story or preschool lesson on the meaning of the cross, the crucifixion, Easter, Christmas, or really any Christian gospel story. The first one is super cute - it's kind of like a stained glass or mosaic look. Your kids will love coloring in all the shapes in various colors. Free Keep Reading
5 Websites That Will Buy Gift Cards for Cash
Did someone give you a gift card for your birthday or Christmas that you could use, but you’d really rather have the cash instead? Well, these days you’re in luck because there are lots of places to sell gift cards for cash instantly. At first glance, it seems wrong to exchange your unwanted gift card for cash, but sometimes the most well-intentioned gift giver gets is wrong. If you don’t need clothing, but are always short on gas money, then gift card buy-back websites could be a nice solution for you. Sometimes you just don't need that H&M gift card or Walmart one and you'd rather Keep Reading
30 Christmas Break Activities That Require Little to No Planning
It's Christmas Break - What Do I Do with These Kids?! I don’t know about you but if I don’t have activities planned ahead of time to do with the kids then I have a hard time thinking of something to do. Having a list of ideas always makes it easier. Sometimes the list makes me think of a different activity that I want to do. 30 Easy Christmas Break Activities Ideas I hope this list of little to no plan activities makes Christmas break easier for you. Have a day where your kids pick what you do. Let them pick what to eat and do for the entire day. You should let them know that Keep Reading
Cute & Modern Printable Christmas Gift Tags
Just in time for Christmas, I am excited to unveil my newest creation…a set of printable Christmas gift tags and templates! These templates have a modern blue quad design, print 6 to a page, and have plenty of room for writing a personalized message to the recipient. Click on the image below to download my Merry Christmas Gift Tags (pdf file) More Free Printable Christmas Gift Tag Templates Not to leave you with only one Christmas gift tag option, I rounded up some more holiday printables from around the blogosphere to give you some variety to choose from! MODERN Keep Reading
Cute Snowman Cupcake Ideas
Before Thanksgiving even arrives, I love thinking about all the lovely Christmas cupcakes and cookies we will see throughout December. To get into the Christmas spirit, I decided to brainstorm all kinds of snowman cupcake ideas, and I found so many cute examples, I wanted to share them on the blog. Hopefully you’ll be inspired as much as I was by these lovely creations! I'm not known for my baking skills around my house, so if I can pull off an adorable snowman dessert, everyone will be duly impressed! :) Cute Snowman Cupcake Ideas for Christmas Frosty the Snowman Keep Reading
