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6 Tips for Making Bible Story Time Come Alive for Your Toddler
If you’re like me, you want to get your child started reading God’s word as soon as possible. Maybe you even started reading to your peanut while he or she was still in the womb. Then, you read to that squishy newborn as you rocked and snuggled. However, along the way something happened. That little…
Read MoreMy Husband Travels for Work: 10 Tips for Transitioning Home
After spending an extended amount of time away from my husband over the last two years, I’ve taken some time to reflect on the process of returning to doing life together again. Today I’m guest posting over at To Love, Honor, and Vacuum about what I’ve found are my top ten tips to make this a…
Read MoreNo Fuss Potty Training – How We Did It
For months leading up to our big move I would tell him, “when we move we are getting rid of the diapers and you are going to wear undies!” I would quiz him: “what are we doing with your diapers when we move?” Once we did move, I knew I didn’t want to spend any…
Read MoreWhy I Stopped Telling My Son “Be Careful”
“Be careful!” The words spilled out of my mouth without any thought as my son attempted to navigate some rough terrain in the backyard. I must have said it at least a half-dozen times already in the half hour we’d been playing outside. It was then that I knew I had a problem. I had…
Read MoreThree Words That Forever Changed How I Deal With Tantrums
He was screaming for what seemed like the millionth time that morning. There is no denying it, my son has a fierce temper. (We’re not even going to talk about who he got that from). I had a feeling this was how the morning was just going to be after we had stayed up late…
Read MoreTips For Surviving Time As A Long-Distance Family
“No! My daddy stay at my house! Awight?” I pushed back the tears welling up in my eyes and told my son that it wouldn’t be too much longer before daddy would be with us again. However, inside, I felt the same way he did. This was only his third time getting to visit with…
Read MoreGreat Picture Books For Toddlers Volume 1
My son loves to read. I’ve never met a young child with such a long attention span for listening to picture books! Because of this we go through a lot of library books each week. Some are great, but a lot are duds. The purpose of this series is so we can pass on our…
Read MoreFinding Good Picture Books For Two Year Olds
K is at a fun age for reading. He is finally growing out of his baby board books and in the last few months his desire to listen to stories has boomed. All the reading we’ve done with him since his was a baby is paying off! However, I have discovered that it’s been difficult to…
Read MoreSix Easy Ways To Tamper Your Sweet Tooth
We all know one…you know who I’m talking about… the non-sweet lover. The “I’m not really a dessert person” person. Not only do I know one, I happen to be married to him. Is there any way to guarantee this gene is passed down to my children? It obviously didn’t happen with K because the…
Read MoreHow I Won The Green Bean Battle
It was no secret. My son hated vegetables. I had done everything “right.” I did everything that was supposed to help you avoid ending up with a picky eater: ate a varied diet while pregnant, exclusively breastfed, transitioned to solids with baby-led weaning. When he started on solids, he ate everything. He loved vegetables. “Sweet,”…
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