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How To Approach The Holidays With Your Unsaved Family
Joy to the World, it is the Holiday season! In America, the holiday season stretches all the way from Halloween time until the New Year. That is almost three whole months of time that you have to manage family expectations for where you spend what days, who gets what gifts, and who hosts what dinners. Let’s face it. Holidays can be stressful for any family. Add in the fact that sometimes you have unsaved family that chooses to celebrate the holiday season very differently than you. This can give you a whole pile of emotional decision-making to endure! Our Family’s Story Growing up, my family barely touched Halloween at…
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The ABCs of Thankfulness for a Christian Mom
Ever since I can remember I have rejoiced over the time of year leading up to Thanksgiving. Cozy evenings with my family in front of the fireplace reading and playing games in the firelight. Piles of leaves that I would stomp through for hours on end! (This one has lost some of the enchantment now that I am an adult in charge of the raking rather than just a cute little “helper.” :)) Although now I delight in watching my kids and dog carry on the tradition! And most of all, the change of pace. We would slow down from the busy planting and harvesting seasons on…
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Four Christian Thanksgiving Activities for Toddlers
Ever since I can remember, I have loved Thanksgiving! Perhaps some of my childish delight was due to the fact that my birthday occasionally happens to fall on the actual holiday. However, even as I have grown older (and a little less birthday obsessed) I find the season surrounding Thanksgiving to be magical! Now that I am a mom, I couldn’t wait to find ways to share this wonderful season with my kids, especially as my oldest is now entering the curiosity, question-filled stages of toddler hood. Below are some ways that we can use this season to teach the sweet (and sometimes terror-like) toddlers in our home how…