Category: Seasonal Living
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Water Activities to try with Your Little Ones This Summer
Read More: Water Activities to try with Your Little Ones This SummerI am so excited for the warmer weather! May has been a bit all over the place here in Virginia–one week it’s 50 something, and this week it’s been in the 70s/80s. One thing I do know is that warmer weather is coming, and as a mama, I LOVE having a bunch of water activities…
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The Best Easter Activities to Try This Week
Read More: The Best Easter Activities to Try This WeekThis Sunday marks the start of Holy Week beginning with Palm Sunday, and we are so excited to go big for Easter! My oldest is now 3, and had the BEST time at Christmas this year, so I’m hoping to do some easter activities that put this Holiday on par with Christmas. Because why not…
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How to Get Outside with Kids (& have fun doing so!)
Read More: How to Get Outside with Kids (& have fun doing so!)Written by Lindsay Parks 10 years ago, when I met my husband (Dustin), I quickly learned that he was quite the outdoor enthusiast. He had many wonderful life-altering outdoor experiences that led him to be passionate about getting outside and exploring nature. At that time, my outdoor experiences were much more limited, unless you count…
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A Mom’s Guide to Surviving Winter in a Pandemic
Read More: A Mom’s Guide to Surviving Winter in a PandemicHey, mama. I see you–the one counting the days down until Spring (It’s 35 to be exact). The one bemoaning the cold and wind and ice, threatening that if one more snow day cancels daycare/preschool you’ll just lose it. 🙂 I see you because I’m right there with you, sister. The cold days are rough.…
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Love is in the air for the new February Activity Calendar
Read More: Love is in the air for the new February Activity CalendarIt is almost February, y’all, and I cannot wait to use this Activity Calendar! Daily activities for the boys and I to do in the cold winter months have been so helpful for us—they provide us something to do, the pre-planning is already done, and they give us some time for quality bonding. Win win…
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The Winter (Indoor Snow) Craft Your Littles Will Love
Read More: The Winter (Indoor Snow) Craft Your Littles Will LoveJanuary is the perfect time for indoor crafts! And not just any craft–indoor snow. That’s right, homemade indoor snow! A fun, simple, sensory activity that will leave your littles dreaming of snowmen. My sweet friend, Lindsay, did this activity with her daughter, and I thought it would be an awesome craft to dig into this…
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Rituals and Rhythm: Making the Mundane More Meaningful
Read More: Rituals and Rhythm: Making the Mundane More MeaningfulWritten by Beth Chikobe If your social media feeds are much like mine, scrolling over the past week has given you dozens of different perspectives on starting the new year. And yet for those of us who are moms–we know not much of our daily routine will change just because we’ve moved from the last…
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I laughed out loud at my New Year’s reflection from 2020
Read More: I laughed out loud at my New Year’s reflection from 2020I know that I wrote my 2020 New Years reflection with great seriousness and hope, but I couldn’t help laughing out loud when I read it last week. Almost one year ago, Matt and I sat down to reflect. To look back at 2019 and look ahead to 2020. And it was really fun to…
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Here’s why you should reflect + set intentions for the New Year
Read More: Here’s why you should reflect + set intentions for the New YearReflect and set intentions for the new year? I know, I know. 2020 has been a year, if you get my tone. Why would anyone want to reflect upon the dumpster-fire that was 2020? But here’s the thing–I think the Lord has something for us in the remembering + reflecting of the past year. In…
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How to throw Jesus a birthday party this December
Read More: How to throw Jesus a birthday party this DecemberFor the past few years, my mom has sent me a subscription to Southern Living and I love going through their December issues. Each year, they feature a beautiful white cake on the cover, calling it the Christmas cake of the season. And I have always wondered, why cake? It’s not that I don’t like…
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Why My Kids Love our Advent Card Tradition
Christmas has become my kids’ favorite holiday of the year. They love it so much in fact, that they convinced me to celebrate Christmas in July this past summer. Now, I get it, everyone loves Christmas–but for our family, one tradition in particular has made it a cause for celebration all month long—Advent Cards. And…
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To My Son, on your Due Date
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Letters from a Young Mother
Lately, I’ve been thinking about my time. How I spend it. How I want to spend it. And recently, I was reading Missional Motherhood by Gloria Furman where she spends some time exegeting Titus 2. In verses 3-5, it says– Titus 2:3-5, “Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves…
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