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The 2 Ingredient Salt-Dough Ornaments to Make This Christmas
Read More: The 2 Ingredient Salt-Dough Ornaments to Make This ChristmasEvery year at Christmas, I like to make or decorate ornaments with my kids. We’ve tried painting plaster ornaments, painting wooden ones, even making those candy cane ornaments out of beads and pipe cleaners. But the ones that I keep coming back to over again are salt dough ornaments. Salt dough ornaments are amazingly simple…
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The Best Outdoor Christmas Scavenger Hunt
Read More: The Best Outdoor Christmas Scavenger HuntSome of my favorite Christmas activities with the kids are the ones that require zero prep. Better yet, if it gets us outside the house and moving (boy-mom of 3 over here!) This outdoor Christmas Scavenger hunt does both! My kids get so excited seeing the Christmas decorations around our neighborhood, and I thought–why not…
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Why My Kids Love our Advent Card Tradition
Read More: Why My Kids Love our Advent Card TraditionChristmas 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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Ways to Slow Down and Soak in the Christmas Season
Read More: Ways to Slow Down and Soak in the Christmas SeasonIt’s crazy that we’re already half-way through December! Somehow the holidays seem to fly by every year, and I find myself longing to soak them in. I want to make sure I don’t miss the beauty of this Advent season amidst all the hustle and bustle. Each year, I make a personal to-do list for…
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We’re so excited for the new December Advent Cards!
Read More: We’re so excited for the new December Advent Cards!To get the newest Christmas Advent Cards and Calendar for 2026 visit our Etsy Shop here! Use code MFM15 for an extra 15% off! Christmas is a magical time with little ones, isn’t it? Their joy over every little thing—the Christmas lights, the hot chocolate, the treats and the decorations—it’s just infectious. As a mom,…
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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 We Love Using an Advent Wreath in December
Read More: Why We Love Using an Advent Wreath in DecemberWhy does my family love using an Advent wreath in December? Well, let me begin by telling you a story. My son just turned 3. He doesn’t quite understand the concept of the days of the week yet. But every Saturday is our family’s Sabbath, and at each meal of Sabbath we try to light…
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The Christmas Checklist You Need (and will actually like) for 2020
Read More: The Christmas Checklist You Need (and will actually like) for 2020It goes without saying that Christmas is going to be different this year. Living in a global pandemic means much of our Holiday norms just aren’t going to happen in the same way that they always have. And while that feels like such an obvious statement, I know that my type A, stick to all…
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Christmas Movies You Have to See
Read More: Christmas Movies You Have to SeeOne of the ways that you and your family can live into the Christmas season, is of course, to cozy up and watch a Christmas movie. Many of the movies on this list are Christmas classics, fit for the whole fam and a few of them are best kept for the grownups after the kids…
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Make These Home-run Dinners For Your Family This Week
I was recently chatting with some friends about home-run dinners that we make for our families. You know, the ones your kids beg for you to make? We all need more of those in our dinner rotation, so I wanted to share my top 5. Each of these recipes are 1) delicious 2) easy to…
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You’ve got to make this Fall Dessert: Apple Snacking Cake
This apple snacking cake tastes like quintessential Fall. It is filled with apples and cinnamon and works great with gluten free flour. It’s sweet enough to be a dessert but also doubles as a Fall bread, making it perfectly acceptable to snack on all throughout the day. Make this when you get your next apple…
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Delicious Takeout You Should Make at Home: Chinese Chili-Chicken
I saw this recipe on Instagram a couple years ago and it immediately hooked me. The promise of delicious takeout made right at home. I made it once and knew we had a winner–a recipe that has earned a weekly spot on our dinner rotation. I’ve adapted the recipe over time, made it gluten free,…
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