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Christmas 2019 gift guide - Hundreds of awesome ideas for the best gifts for him, her, and the kids. Great suggestions for moms and women, for dads and men, and for children, toddlers, tweens, and teens. Includes books and games as well as clothes and toys for girls and boys.

2019 Christmas Gift Guide for Families

40+ Awesome & Unique Christmas birthday gift ideas for men - Any husband, brother, father, dad, or boyfriend will love these Xmas gift ideas from their wife, girlfriend, sister, or friend. These are the best ideas for all price ranges including cheap and creative gifts. Stocking stuffers, too. Great for Valentines Day, birthday, or care packages.

40+ Creative Christmas Gift Ideas for Men

130+ educational stocking stuffer ideas for kids - Your children will love these great gift ideas that are small enough to fit in a normal Christmas stocking! Lots of unique and creative ideas including games, books, and more for kids, tweens, and teens both girls and boys.

130+ Best Educational Stocking Stuffers for Kids of All Ages

40+ gift suggestions for toddlers - tons of awesome & unique Christmas gift ideas for girls and boys who are 1, 2, and 3 years old - These fun ideas are sure to please the little kids in your life! With so many ideas, there is something on this list for every child for the holidays or even for birthdays!

40+ Christmas Gift Ideas for Toddlers

50+ Awesome & Unique Christmas birthday gift ideas for women - Any wife, sister, mother, or girlfriend will love these Xmas gift ideas from their husband, boyfriend, or friend. These are the best ideas for all price ranges including cheap and creative gifts. Stocking stuffers, too. Great for Valentines Day, birthday, or care packages.

50+ Amazing & Unique Christmas Gifts for Moms

23 Time-saving hacks to make hosting thanksgiving easy - Whether you're entertaining for the first time or tenth, you will find lots of good advice and practical tips in this article including ideas for dinner menu items, shopping list, and make ahead preparation. Tips and a checklist for a simple family celebration with kids. Great for a crowd of friends including products you need, recipes to make, and a special method for roasting the turkey.

23 Simple, Time-Saving Hacks to Make Hosting Thanksgiving Easy

80 Awesome & unique Christmas gift ideas for tween girls - These fun ideas are sure to please the tweens in your life! Whether they're 9, 10, 11, or 12 years old, there is something on this list for them for the holidays or even for birthdays!

80 Awesome & Unique Christmas Gift Ideas for Tween Girls

51 awesome Christian Christmas gifts for kids - Wondering what to get your kids for the holidays? This post is full of tips and ideas for buying Xmas gifts that bring children back to Jesus without lame presents.

51 Awesome Christian Christmas Gift Ideas for Kids

101 awesome & unique Christmas gift ideas for girls who are 6, 7, and 8 years old - These fun ideas are sure to please the little girls in your life! With 101 ideas, there is something on this list for every girl for the holidays or even for birthdays!

101 Best Unique Christmas Gift Ideas for Girls Ages 6-8

These 31 random acts of kindness to do with your kids are awesome! The list includes printable cards for the ultimate best ideas for any kids or families. Good for teens and tweens as well as adults. Free, low cost options for frugal people. Great for Advent and Christmas time or any time of the year.

31 Random Acts of Kindness for Kids

200 dinner table questions and conversation starters for kids and families - Great activities and ice breakers for children to get them talking and laughing with their parents. Free printables that could be used as writing prompts too. Great for road trips and classroom use too.

200 Dinner Table Questions to Ask Your Kids that Will Make You a Better Parent

Date Night Planning Checklist - This easy planning printable will make sure you don't forget anything as you plan for your big date night. Good for any couple but especially those in a marriage with kids. Free printable with a link to a bucket list and lots of ideas for what to do when you're going out or staying in.

Free Printable Date Night Checklist

Prayers for your husband and marriage - These reasons to pray for his future, job, and your relationship will help to bring God's blessings of health and healing as well as success and confidence. Used daily, these scriptures can be encouragement and protection in the face of challenges. Whether he is struggling or happy, this simple prayer calendar will guide you so you always know what to pray.

8 Reasons to Pray for Your Husband with Prayer Calendars

Sweet, simple, romantic love notes to print and leave for your husband. Could be used as texts or letters to strengthen your marriage. Easy printable ideas and messages for encouragement of my man. Short DIY messages to encourage feelings of admiration and love. Great things to do for birthdays and anniversaries.

Love Note Challenge with 30 Printable Love Notes for Your Husband

A Weekly Check In to Improve the Communication in Your Marriage (Free Printable)

This get to know your spouse questionnaire will help you learn about your husband or wife in a whole new way. Perfect for date night or anytime you want to ask and answer some questions and learn more about each other. Great for improving communication in marriage and finding out how well do you know your partner. Awesome conversation starters.

All About My Spouse – Free Questionnaire to Get to Know Each Other Again

Relationship advice and tips for marriage - These practical tips and thoughts will help you to make an easier life together whether your family includes kids or not. Awesome simple truths for newlyweds or old married people.

7 Practical Tips for a Smoother Married Life

Biblical marriage advice for troubled or good marriages. Practical tips and ideas for Christian women. Helps to build trust and respect when you're fighting or struggling. Ideas for date nights, conversation starters, and more. The best tips for wives during the first year of marriage, after infidelity, or after baby. Questions and thoughts about relationships.

How to Have a Better Marriage – The Healthy Marriage Solution

The ultimate list of screen-free activities for kids and teens - These are the best things to do when you're bored during the summer, on weekends, or anytime. Fun, simple, and easy play ideas for parents, children, and students. Great for rainy days, outside days, learning, eating, getting active, and more. Perfect for at home but could be adapted for school.

The Ultimate List of 150 Screen-Free Summer Activities for Kids & Teens

This free daily habit tracker printable can be used weekly or monthly for 30 or 60 days. I made mine fun by putting stickers on the numbers instead of crossing them off. Simple and easy to use in your planner or bullet journal. Blank minimalist vertical template for any habit. Great PDF ideas for kids to track healthy habits like personal fitness.

How to Start a New Habit (and a Free Printable Habit Tracker)

These genius summer tips and hacks are perfect for adults and kids, men, women, girls, and boys. Ideas for popsicles, s'mores, beach, drinks, and more. Awesome tricks for parents including mom!

Mom’s Ultimate List of Summer Hacks, Tips, & Tricks

What to pack in your pool bag - A day at the swimming pool is fun and relaxing, but only if you know how to pack for it! This free printable checklist will get you there prepared for whatever happens.

What to Pack in Your Pool Bag – Free Printable Checklist

Summer bucket list - Over 100 ideas for tweens & teens, and adults too! Includes crafts, recipes, and lots of fun activities indoors and outdoors. Free printable.

Summer Bucket List for Tweens & Teens – Free Family Printable

How to be a fun mom - These simple and easy ideas will help any mother to be more involved with her children. Article full of life tips for parenting made easy and things to do with your kids. Great for a stay at home mom or any parent who wants more quality time with her kids.

12 Secrets of a Fun Mom

An Intentional Summer - Unique DIY summer planner for moms. Includes calendar pages, goals, bucket list, free cheap and frugal activities and other printable pages. Resource pack has lots of questions to guide your planning for the whole summer. Best resource for moms in the summer!

7 Tips for Creating an Intentional Summer

The Ultimate Summer Reading List for Moms & Kids

Photo Scavenger hunt for Kids, Tweens, Teens, & Adults - This awesome list includes both indoor and outdoor ideas. Perfect for a birthday party, group, or team event. Could be done at school, home, Girl Scouts, or homeschool. Great family activity for spring, summer, or fall.

Printable Photo Scavenger Hunt for Tweens, Teens, & Adults

All About My Mom – Mother’s Day Interview for Kids

Free printable active Easter basket scavenger hunt for Easter morning - A treasure hunt is a great way to find your Easter basket. These hunts for little kids and non-readers, big kids, tweens, and teens use pictures, rhymes, and riddles as clues. Awesome active fun for toddlers, preschoolers, kindergarteners, elementary kids, middle schoolers, high schoolers, tweens, and teens. Great for families at home. Non-religious and Jesus-centered. Easy and challenging clues using both indoor and outdoor spaces.

4 Free Printable Easter Basket Scavenger Hunts for Kids of All Ages

The ultimate list of 132 unique and creative Easter egg fillers for kids of all ages - toddlers, preschoolers, even tweens and teens. Cheap and totally non candy and great for girls and boys. Lots of DIY and dollar store ideas that will work at school or home. This is the best big list of ideas and even includes money! Children and families will love these treats!

132 Non-Candy Easter Egg Fillers – Free Printable Ideas

90 ways to reconnect with your spouse ( husband or wife ) and improve your marriage. Simple ideas and conversation starters for building a solid relationship after baby, with parenting duties, or during a busy season. Could even work after an affair or separation, to help rekindle the spark you once had. Lots of simple ideas and fun dates to enjoy your life together.

90 Ways to Reconnect with Your Spouse (Free Printable)

29 Life Hacks for a simpler mom life - Useful tips and tricks that every girl and women should know. The best ideas for organization, mornings, and evenings.

29 Life Hacks for a Simpler Mom Life

Be internet awesome - Teaching parents how to show respect to their kids through their online internet behavior. Thoughts and truths on safe internet usage for parents, teachers, and kids. Words and pictures posted without thinking can hurt. These life lessons will work for boys and girls and men and women. #SaferInternetDay #BeInternetAwesome #Sponsored

Be Internet Awesome – 7 Tips to Respect Your Kids in the Internet Age

How to make DIY sequin and pin styrofoam ball Christmas tree ornaments for kids and adults - These simple & easy handmade ornaments make a pretty addition to any homemade Xmas tree. Awesome, fun craft for children, tweens, and teens. Picture shows stripes, but ideas for other decorations and patterns with loose sequins and lots of bling.

Simple & Easy DIY Sequined Christmas Ornament Craft for Kids & Adults

Simple & easy Christmas string art for beginners - These pretty designs are made on wood slices using embroidery floss or string and make a perfectly sized Christmas ornament for the Xmas tree. Includes free printable templates and patterns for a star, angel, light, tree, snowflake, and more. Great for children, tweens, teens, and adults.

Simple & Easy Christmas String Art Ornaments for Kids & Adults

Bible verses on patience that will make you a better Mom - Learn how to be a patient person, learning patience with kids and others is never easy, but these Bible verses from God will help. Remember this scripture to calm yourself and love others. The words of the Lord and Jesus will give you strength. Lots of beautiful encouragement.

17 Bible Verses About Patience That Will Make You a Better Mom

The best book movie adaptations for kids, teens, and families. Even adults will love these pairings. Awesome picture books, kids books, and young adult books with movies to compare. Includes Harry Potter and both fiction and nonfiction, lots of stories about real life and fantasy. Great for homeschool.

117 Best Book to Movie Pairings for Kids, Teens, & Families – Part 2 (D-J)

9 tips and ideas for a debt free Christmas without credit cards - Including how to start a savings plan for next year.

How to Have a Debt-Free Christmas – 9 Tips for Avoiding Credit Cards this Year

The best awesome DIY homemade Christmas gift ideas for friends and family - Great ideas for ladies and men. Mostly cheap and inexpensive presents. Perfect for mom and other women, teachers, neighbors, and coworkers. Simple, easy, and creative suggestions for gifts on a budget. Unique ideas to make and sell.

45+ Amazing DIY Christmas Gifts That People Actually Want

Christmas 2018 gift guide - Hundreds of awesome ideas for the best gifts for him, her, and the kids. Great suggestions for moms and women, for dads and men, and for children, toddlers, tweens, and teens. Includes books and games as well as clothes and toys for girls and boys.

Christmas 2018 Gift Guides for Families

The best tips for how to host a healthy, fun Thanksgiving dinner for your family including menu and recipes whether it's your first time or you're a seasoned pro.

How to Host Thanksgiving The Easy Way – 11 More Tips

How to Celebrate Advent with a Jesse Tree

The best 50 Bible verses every Christian kid should memorize - These simple and easy verses for kids are encouraging and easy to memorize. The inspirational truths can help behavior and assist in parenting. They are short and easy for children to learn. Great for daily, weekly, or monthly scriptures, this list of verses is perfect for school or home.

50 Bible Verses Every Christian Kid Should Memorize

The best book movie adaptations for kids, teens, and families. Even adults will love these pairings. Awesome picture books, kids books, and young adult books with movies to compare. Includes Harry Potter and both fiction and nonfiction, lots of stories about real life and fantasy. Great for homeschool.

117 Best Book to Movie Pairings for Kids, Teens, & Families – Part 1 (A-C)

45+ best tween, teen, & adult games for family game night, even games for the kids! Tips and ideas for the 45+ best simple and easy family game night board, dice, and card games for children and adults to play together. These games make great gifts to buy and are the perfect addition to any home's game basket. Great to play on Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's Eve, or any holiday. Games for older kids, tweens, teens, and adults to play together.

The Best 45+ Tween, Teen & Adult Games for Family Game Night

How to be happy as a mother - Happier moms do these 15 things - These thoughts and quotes will encourage and inspire even the most stressed mom. Simple tips for being a content, grateful mom in life at home, at work, and parenting.

How to Be a Happy Mother – Happier Moms Do These 15 Things

Best inspirational quotes from kids books and children's literature - These famous and not so famous truths are from Roald Dahl, Harry Potter, and many more. Includes free printables. Awesome life lessons for the heart.

30 Best Quotes From Our Favorite Children’s Books

10 secrets to raising happy, successful kids - Children need love and affection, but what else? This positive article lists 10 tips, habits, and ideas and awesome quotes for moms and dads raising boys and girls.

10 Secrets to Raising Happy, Successful Kids Who Will Become Happy, Successful Adults

Fall bucket list - Over 100 ideas for kids, teens, families, and adults for the autumn season! Includes crafts, recipes, and lots of fun activities indoors and outdoors. Free printable.

Fall Bucket List for Kids – Free Printable for Family Fun

The best fidget toys for kids or teens with ADHD or anxiety - These calming toys are good for children and adults at home or in the classroom at school. Most are quiet, silent even, so they can be used in preschool or any situation. Great way to calm down.

The Best Fidget Toys – A Simple and Easy Solution for Kids with Anxiety or ADHD

Encouragement quotes for women and moms. This inspiration was the words of God said through an elderly woman at the thrift store. Truths about life as a Christian mom with kids. Thoughts on the heart and children.

Mama, You Are Doing a Great Job With Those Children

Encouraging books for exhausted women, especially moms - These reading lists for fiction and non-fiction are full of encouragement, strength, and hope. Some include the words and truth of God and some are purely for fun and escape. Written by teachers of faith and full of truths from the heart. Lots of great book ideas here, perfect for summer reading or anytime.

15 Encouraging Books for Exhausted Women

Ideas to help kids love flowers and vegetable gardens and gardening - Great for toddlers and preschool children or older kids. Fun things and suggestions for plants. Creative ideas for boys and girls. Cheap and awesome tips.

4 Ways To Help Kids Connect With Mother Nature Through a Love of Gardening

10 Ways to respect your husband - These quotes and thoughts about marriage, men, husbands, and boyfriends. How to improve your marriage by showing respect to your husband. Great article about the truths of marriage.

10 Ways to Respect Your Husband or Boyfriend

The Ultimate List of Things for Tweens & Teens to Do When They’re Bored – 200+ Ideas & Printable

Ways to encourage kids to share without pressuring them - These suggestions are great for teachers or parents who want to reinforce sharing at home or at school. Includes a picture book list for kids to read or for adults to read to them. Activities for children and adults.

7 Ways To Encourage Your Kids To Share (Including a Book List)

Cherry Crest Adventure Farm Review - Lancaster, PA attraction for families and kids. Includes one of the best corn mazes in the US as well as many other attractions!

Cherry Crest Adventure Park & The Amazing Maise Maze Review – Family Fun in Lancaster, PA

40 positive affirmations for Christian kids - You will find tons of encouragement and inspiration for anxiety and anxious, worried thoughts in these 40 printable positive affirmations cards for Christian kids. Calm, peaceful thoughts for kids with anxiety, these inspiring words will expose the truths of God's word in a meaningful, repeatable way.

40 Printable Positive Affirmations for Christian Kids (Especially for Anxiety)

35 Coping Skills for Parents to Help Their Kids with Anxiety - Helping children with normal anxieties or anxiety disorders at home or at school. Simple and easy strategies, activities, and ideas to make parenting anxious children easier. Great for students and teachers. Mental health is super important and making feelings less scary and even fun makes all the difference. Great for kids, teens, and adults with panic attacks or anger management issues. These strategies cover all big feelings and stress.

35 Coping Skills for Parents to Help Their Kids with Anxiety

Simple and easy things for kids, teens, and adults to do when they're bored. Options for girls and boys, mostly at home but some traveling away from home. Would be good alone, with friends, or with a boyfriend or girlfriend or husband. Perfect for a summer night by yourself or a winter afternoon as a couple or anytime of the year! Some can be done on a rainy day and some with no money. Way more than 100 creative, fun, and cool ideas here.

The Ultimate List of Things for Kids to Do When They’re Bored – 200+ Ideas & Printable

25 Simple & Easy Habits to Make You a Happy Mom Even When Life is Hard

28 ways to turn around a bad day - You need a pick me up and Christian inspiration when you're having a bad day. At home, at work, or in any area of life, these tips and remedies are motivation to cheer you up. What to do one a bad day to fix your attitude and feel better. Great for mom but appropriate for men and teens too.

28 Ways to Turn Around a Bad Day

45 Bible Verses about how to have a strong healthy marriage - Problems in marriage can often be solved through a lot of prayer, hard work, and maybe counseling. These scriptures on love and marriage can be read by husband or wife or together as a couple. The words of God and Jesus Christ can give truth and faith to your wedding or life. Beautiful encouragement.

45 Bible Verses About Having A Strong & Healthy Marriage

Summer bucket list - Over 100 ideas for kids, teens, families, and adults! Includes crafts, recipes, and lots of fun activities indoors and outdoors. Free printable.

Summer Bucket List for Kids – Free Family Fun Printable

8 things every every frazzle mom needs to hear - Parenting makes you overwhelmed, weary, tired, and grumpy. These 8 truths from God and other moms will help you to cheer up and stay positive even in the challenges of motherhood.

8 Things Every Frazzled Mom Needs to Hear

101 mom & daughter or mother and son date ideas for quality one on one time together - Awesome tips for mommy and children to build a strong relationship. Kids need special time with their parents and these fun activities are perfect. Even good for dads!

101 Awesome Mommy-Daughter or Mommy-Son Date Ideas to Fit Any Budget

14 awesome habits of very happy moms - how to be content in your role as a working or stay at home mom. Tips, wisdom, and suggestions on how to be a happier mom in every day life. Includes morning and evening routines and self care needs. Inspiration, encouragement, and things to do to improve your mood and attitude toward your kids and family.

14 Habits of Very Happy Moms

Crafty DIY sentimental and thoughtful Mother's Day gift ideas from daughter or adults or teens or tweens or kids for mom or grandma - Many unique and traditional ideas for homemade and handmade and often cheap, inexpensive, and frugal things to make. Includes jewelry and mason jar gifts. Cute, creative, simple, and easy. Many with pictures, photos, and flowers.

40+ Easy Handmade DIY Mother’s Day Gifts

101 Life lessons to teach my daughter with Bible verses and quotes - Lessons to live by for girls and women. Things I've learned about relationships, wisdom, friendships, and hard truths. Some funny, some serious. Words from Mom about people, family, God, and life. Inspirational and motivational stories about growing up. Wise advice about living, paying bills feelings, making mistakes. So positive and so true.

101 Life Lessons to Teach My Daughters

Free printable Christ-Centered Easter basket scavenger hunt for Easter morning - A treasure hunt is a great way to find your Easter basket. This hunt for kids, tweens, or teens uses the main points of the Easter story of Jesus as clues. Awesome Christian fun in riddles. Great for families at home. Religious and Bible-based. Easy clues using both indoor and outdoor spots.

Free Printable Christ-Centered Easter Basket Scavenger Hunt

Cute Popsicle Stick Easter Bunny Craft

Spring bucket list - Over 100 ideas for kids, teens, families, and adults! Includes crafts, recipes, and lots of fun activities indoors and outdoors. Free printable.

Spring Bucket List for Kids – Free Family Fun Printable

St. Patrick's Day Traditions for Kids and Families - These 18+ simple and easy ideas will help you have a fun St Patricks Day with any kids, from toddlers and preschoolers up to elementary, tweens, even teens! Includes ideas for activities, crafts, and green foods.

18 Fun St. Patrick’s Day Traditions to Start with Your Kids

Best books about St. Patrick's Day to read to your kids - Books for toddlers, preschoolers, kindergarten, first grade, second grade, and third grade. St. Patty's Day is fun and exciting when you learn about leprechauns and their pots of gold, green clovers and shamrocks, rainbows, and Ireland. Lots of fun books for children!

37 Best St. Patrick’s Day Books to Read to Your Kids

17 awesome St. Patrick's Day minute to win it games for kids and families - These simple, fun games can be used at home or in a classroom party and will inspire lots of laughs! Some easy ideas are for couples, teams, and some alone. The challenges use food, candy, and Dollar Store materials. Great family activities.

17 St. Patrick’s Day Minute to Win It Games for Kids and Families

Rainbow Paper Chain Pot of Gold St. Patrick’s Day Craft for Kids

how to help your child cope with the death of a pet - Grief and loss are not easy for adults, and children feel so much more strongly. Helping them through their emotions and feelings in this time is super important, whether they are mourning a dog, cat, goldfish, rabbit, bird, or other pet. Death is a part of life with animals and it is normal to feel sad and lost without your best friend. This mom's thoughts and feelings about her kitten are witty and poignant. Awesome read.

How to Help Kids Deal with the Death of a Pet – 14 Tips for Coping

Easy DIY heart suncatchers using washi tape - These sun catchers are great for toddlers, preschoolers, kindergarten, or even older kids, teens, and adults because they are so simple to make. Great craft for Valentines Day because of the heart shapes but could easily be made into any shape for any holiday. Awesome ideas for home or for school. Fun rainbow heart projects!

Washi Tape Heart Suncatchers – Easy 10 Minute Craft for Kids

Why all parents need to talk to their kids - especially tweens - about underage drinking - statistics, tips, ideas, and facts for how to talk to your children about drinking alcohol at parties or anywhere.

It’s Not Too Early to Talk About Underage Drinking with Your Kids

Ultimate staycation guide to winter family fun - Great for kids, teends, families, adults, and couples - Both indoor, at home, and outdoor activities. Good ideas for things to do on a date. Best cheap ideas for free and pay.

The Ultimate List of Staycation Ideas for Winter Family Fun

Should your family observe Lent? What is it exactly? Whether you're Catholic, Lutheran, Methodist, or another Christian denomination, you can still observe Lent as a family. These ideas, activities, and meals are great for kids and adults, and they include advice on what to give up and what to add in during this special season.

Should Your Family Observe Lent This Year? (And What Is It Anyway?)

101 Ways to love your husband - A happy marriage doesn't just happen. You have to be intentional about romance and fun and these tips and ideas will help you woo any guy and make him feel like your boyfriend. Date nights, treats, acts of service, and lots of other advice.

101 More Ways to Love Your Husband

Free printable Valentines Coupon Book for Kids - Children will love when mom prints these adorable coupons for them! Cute ideas to show them how much you love them. Make great gifts for a DIY Valentines Day.

Free Printable Valentines Coupon Book for Kids

These simple and easy Valentines Day gifts for her are perfect for a girlfriend or wife. Women love these interesting and unique gifts! Covers everything from creative to funny, sexy and naughty.

40+ Best Valentines Gift Ideas for Your Wife

Why all parents need to talk to their kids about underage drinking - statistics, tips, ideas, and facts for how to talk to your children about drinking alcohol at parties or anywhere.

Why You Need to Talk to Your Kids About Underage Drinking

These simple and easy Valentines Day gifts for him are perfect for a boyfriend or husband. Men love these interesting and unique gifts! Covers everything from creative to funny, sexy and naughty.

27+ Best Valentines Gift Ideas for Your Handsome Husband

How to make a simple DIY gratitude jar craft for kids and families - This simple practice will change your life. Includes instructions, name ideas, and tips for making and using the jar. Could be used in the classroom or at home. Children love it!

How to Raise Grateful Kids – Make a Family Gratitude Jar

10 cold weather exercise tips for the whole family - You can workout with your kids all year long, even in the winter, whether you go outside or stay inside is up to you! Lots of tips, ideas, and suggestions here. If you plan ahead and wear the right clothes, you can have fun with your kids and stay strong and healthy all year.

10 Cold Weather Exercise Tips for the Whole Family

17 Ways to bring Christmas joy to a grieving friend - Grieving is hard all the time but it is especially difficult during the holidays. Families and friends may want to help in love, but not know how. Here are tips and ideas for gifts and gestures to help a grieving heart to heal.

17 Ways to Bring Christmas Joy to a Grieving Friend

23 Ways to reclaim Christmas joy when your heart is grieving - Grief during the holidays can be devastating, especially when your mom or dad has passed away.

23 Ways to Reclaim Christmas Joy When You’re Grieving

Tips and ideas for the 30+ best simple and easy family game night board, dice, and card games for kids and adults to play together, especially when you have a non-reader. These games make great gifts to buy and are the perfect addition to any home's game basket. Great to play on Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's Eve, or any holiday. Games for all ages to play together.

30+ Best Games for Family Game Night (When You Have a Non-Reader)

Winter bucket list - Almost 100 ideas for kids, teens, families, and adults! Includes crafts, recipes, and lots of fun activities. Free printable.

Winter Bucket List – Free Family Fun Printable

Felt Cat Ornament – DIY Christmas Ornaments for Kids (Free Printable Pattern)

Cute Bird Ornament – DIY Christmas Craft for Kids

20+ best adult games for date night, but the whole family will enjoy these, even the kids!

The Best 20+ Adult & Teen Games for Date Night

exercising as a family

10 Tips to Exercise With Your Kids

A Prayer for the Homeschooling Mom

31 Ways to love your husband - Married life is hard. Whether your marriage has fallen on hard times or things are going great, you can always improve by making an effort to love your husband well. Through this series of romantic gestures, texts, thank you notes, and more, you can make your best friend feel special and appreciated.

31 Ways to Love Your Husband (Free Printable)

Hosting a Simple Thanksgiving Dinner Tips - Whether it's your first time hosting or your tenth, this ebook is full of great tips for the menu (full of delectable, easy food like turkey and crockpot mashed potatoes), decorating, and more. Includes a checklist and shopping list printables.

How to Host Thanksgiving Dinner Whether It’s Your First Time or Tenth

10 Fun Family Activities for Fall

30 ways to help siblings get along - You want to build better relationships between your children. This free printable of simple activities and tips will have your kids loving their brothers and sisters all day long!

30 Ways to Help Siblings Get Along

70 ways to connect with your kids - 70 simple ideas and tips for things to do to spend time with your kids, real time, not checking your phone and pretending to play time.

70 Ways to Connect with Your Kids

When a pet dies, children sometimes don't know how to handle their sad feelings. Some don't understand what death means and don't understand that they will never see their beloved pet again. These 10 kids books will help to explain what has happened on a child's level and will help them understand the tough emotions they are facing. Includes both religious and non-religious books, cats, dogs, mice, and goldfish.

10 Best Books for Kids About the Death of a Pet

35 Bible Verses on Love & Marriage

Oh no! Your daughter asked about sex! How do you tell her about sex and puberty in a comfortable, natural way that doesn't leave anyone feeling awkward?

How Do I Talk To My Daughter About Puberty and Sex?

Reward with Food, Punish with Food: 11 Tips to Prevent Childhood Obesity

We All Feel Like We’re Messing Our Kids Up

This is THE ULTIMATE list of activities for kids and teens (and even adults!) to do on an airplane during long flights! Airplane travel can be a little stressful, especially with children, but these activities and ideas will keep them busy and entertained for hours!

The Ultimate List of Activities for Kids to Do on an Airplane

These 10 summer bored busters for boys and girls include rainy day activities, outside activities, crafts, and more! Your kids will love them!

10 Super Summer Boredom Busters for Kids

10 Tips for surviving family road trips. Lots of ideas, hacks, and tips for essentials in packing and better organization. #2 is my favorite!

10 Tips for Surviving Family Road Trips

Free printable active Easter basket scavenger hunt for Easter morning - A treasure hunt is a great way to find your Easter basket. This hunt for kids uses rhymes and riddles as clues. Awesome active fun in riddles. Great for families at home. Non-religious. Easy clues using both indoor and outdoor spots.

Free Printable Easter Scavenger Hunt

Date Night Questions for Married Couples or Boyfriends and Girlfriends - These fun questions are great conversation starters. Ask and answer them or separate and write down your answers (but it's date night so don't separate). Includes free printable and ideas for using.

Date Night Questions – Conversation Starters for Married Couples

A Letter to My Baby on Her Sixth Birthday

12 Tips for Celebrating New Year’s Eve with Kids

December Birthday Ideas – Do’s and Don’ts of Celebrating a Birthday During Christmas

10 Date Night Ideas for Winter and the Christmas Season

This former teacher put together a list of the best 101 children's Christmas books for boys and girls. The list includes board books, picture books, and chapter books, and there are funny and serious, religious and non-religious, and just about every book you can think of. Plus, she double checked to make sure all of her favorites were rated 4 or 5 stars at Amazon, too! This list is amazing! Perfect for Christmas gifts!

101 Best Christmas Books for Kids

12 Things to See at Hersheypark Christmas Candyland

What to Do in Hershey Pennsylvania at Christmas

Family Fire Safety Plan – Change Your Clocks, Change Your Batteries

20 Questions to Ask Your Kids Printable

Wow, such a great list! These are the best audiobooks for kids and families! There are so many new and classic books here, definitely something for everyone for road trips or just listening at home. All roadtrips are better with audio books! Everything from fun books to serious ones. Great to listen with your parents.

The 40 Best Audiobooks for Kids and Families

12 Bedtime Questions to Ask Your Kids

8 Tips for Teaching Your Kids to Pray

9 Ways to Celebrate Easter as a Family

123 Easter Basket Ideas

16 Simple Lent Activities for All Christian Kids

Valentine’s Day Heart Animal Crafts for Kids

10 Ways to Ease Kids’ Fears

Loving and Losing and Gaining Even More

10 Ways to Keep Christ in Christmas

10 Ways to Count Down to Christmas

9 Simple Tips to Handle Hurt During the Holidays

6 Tips to Make Grocery Shopping with Children a More Pleasant Experience

Kids' Bucket List - Almost 100 ideas and experiences that every kid should have. Some for boys, but mostly for girls. Year round fun for summer, winter, spring, and fall. These are the activities and things that all children should 'do before I die.' Awesome ideas for friends and family road trips and vacations. Mom and Dad will have great memories of childhood as well as their kids.

A Kids’ Bucket List – 82 Things Every Kid Should Do Before They Grow Up

11 Smart Tips for Cooking with Kids

Please Touch Museum – A Day Trip to Philadelphia

Adventure Aquarium – A Day Trip to Philadelphia

How to get kids to read

20 Smart Ways to Raise a Reader

Grace and Diego the sea lion performing a trick together at Hersheypark.

Tips for Doing Hersheypark with Kids

Tips for Visiting Hersheypark’s Boardwalk Water Park

My Best Hersheypark Tips

9 Smart Ways to End Sibling Squabbles

9 Smart Ways to Stop Sibling Squabbles

Playing Crazy 8's on the Panasonic HomeTeam app

A New Way to Keep in Touch with Long-Distance Grandparents

Banish Crabby Mom

Banish Crabby Mom

Play Dough Color Theory for Preschoolers

Save Kids Lives with Global Road Safety Week

Making the Most of Easter at the Last Minute

Pine Cone Bird Feeder Craft

How to Host A Christian Passover Seder Meal with Preschoolers

How to Celebrate a Christian Passover Meal for Preschoolers

Scavenger Hunt for Early Readers

Scavenger Hunt for Early Readers

Lamb of God - Sheep craft for preschoolers and older kids

Lamb of God – Sheep Craft for Preschoolers and Older Kids

Writing a Letter {Preschool Activity}

God of Miracles from Lucado Treasury of Prayers

God of Miracles {A Prayer from The Lucado Treasury of Bedtime Prayers}

Moses and the 10 Commandments Booklet and Activity

This is a simple activity to teach preschoolers the beginning skills to count money.

Learning to Count Money – Preschool Sorting Activity

Painting with Cookie Cutters - This is so simple and easy! Plus, it uses barely any paint so there's no mess.

Painting with Cookie Cutters

A Prayer for My Children

10 Ways to Have a Perfect Valentine’s Day with Your Kids

Ideas for a Frozen Valentine’s Day Party

How to Make a Painted Doily Garland

8 Ways to Become a More Patient Mom

How to Memorize Scripture as a Family

12 Secrets of a Fun Mom

35 Things I Hope My Kids Will Say About Me Someday

Handmade Valentine’s Day Ideas, Gifts, and Activities

Kids Noisemaker Craft for New Year’s Eve

How to Celebrate New Year’s Eve with Your Kids

Things to do on Christmas Eve

8 Christmas Eve Traditions to Start This Year

Washi Tape Christmas Tree Craft for Kids

10 Ways to Keep Christ in Christmas

6 Ways to Celebrate Advent with Kids

How to Make Easy Marzipan Snowmen

The Best Games for Elementary School Kids

The Best Games for Elementary School Kids

Tips and ideas for the 30+ best simple and easy preschool board, dice, and card games for little kids to play together or with adults, especially since they can't do reading. These games make great gifts to buy and are the perfect addition to any home's game basket. Great to play on Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's Eve, or any holiday. Games for young children.

The Best Games for Preschoolers

Apple Taste Test Activity: An Elementary Math & Science Lesson

your best thanksgiving ever!

How to Make Thanksgiving Dinner – Easier

Childhood Anxiety, Drugs, and Faith

The Importance of One-on-One Time with Your Kids

6 Reasons to Let Your Kids Watch Doc McStuffins’ School of Medicine Week

60 Random Acts of Kindness for Kids

An Island Grows Book and Volcanic Island Craft

10 Ways to Make Your Child Feel Special on Her Birthday

Keeping Kids Safe with Safe Drive Systems

What to pack in your summer snack bag for healthy snacks for your kids when you're on the go. These simple, easy, and portable snacks and drinks are great for outdoors, whether you're at the beach, playground, or pool. Quick and refreshing, great for toddlers, preschoolers, older kids, and even for adults. Lots of protein. These are the best yummy, light ideas for cheap things to buy.

What to Pack in Your Summer Snack Bag

Easy 5-minute Duct Tape Binoculars Made from Toilet Paper Rolls

Easy DIY Duct Tape Binoculars Made from Toilet Paper Tubes

baking soda

10 Fun Uses for Baking Soda

American Flag Fruit Kebabs – Deconstructed for Kids

Our 2014 Summer To Do List

How to Celebrate July 4th with Kids

15 Ways to Celebrate Independence Day with Kids

10 inspirational quotes for boys and girls, kids and teens, and even men and women. These truths from God, the Bible, Jesus, Maya Angelou, Nelson Mandela and others will inspire and motivate children and adults about life, strength, hope, and love. Encouragement for moms.

10 Inspiring Quotes to Teach Your Children

what to do with my kids this summer

What to Do With Your Kids This Summer

8 ways to improve your kids health

8 Tips for Kids to Improve the Health of Kids Who Are Picky Eaters

how to teach your toddler to brush her teeth

9 Tips to Teach Your Toddler to Brush Her Teeth

How to Celebrate Memorial Day with Kids

Turkey Hill Experience sign

The Turkey Hill Experience in Columbia, PA

What's your mother's legacy?

My Mother’s Legacy

What Mom Really Wants for Mother's Day

What Mom Really Wants for Mother’s Day plus $100 giveaway from HoneyBaked Ham

7 Tips for Healthier Family Meals

7 Tips for More Healthful Family Meals

Tips for Making Easter Dinner Easier

10 Tips for Making Easter Dinner Easier

How to do Cross Resist Paintings for Easter or any time of year

Cross Resist Paintings for Preschoolers and Big Kids

A Sense of the Resurrection teaches children about Jesus' death through real life sensory experiences.

Bring the Easter Story to Life with A Sense of the Resurrection

Feeding the children

Onions and Sinners

Visit Philly - Liberty Bell

The Time I Planned a Trip to Philadelphia & How You Can Do It Better

How to Make Marizpan Piggies for Good Luck

Download my Free Guide – 8 Tips for Stress-free Living

Finished suncatchers - Easy Valentine Suncatcher Crafts for Kids

Valentine Suncatchers – Easy Tissue Paper Crafts for Kids

Stuff my 3-Year-Old Says

Invitation to Craft – Making Valentines

A Valentine for Grandma

Fortune Cookie Valentines with 4 pages of printable Valentine fortunes

Fortune Cookie Valentines – Free Printable Valentine Fortunes

How to Make a Snow Cloud from Boiling Water

Instant Snow from Boiling Water – A Science Activity for a Cold, Cold Day

My Second Child’s Third Birthday Party

Finding Camaraderie in Motherhood When Your Friends Aren’t Around

Christmas Gift Ideas for Girly Girls

Christmas Gift Suggestions for the Girly Girl

How to Celebrate Advent with a Jesse Tree

Looking for Bilingual Readers to Translate the Jesse Tree Devotional

Give Back This Holiday Season

Autumn Wreath Craft for Kids (It's easy enough for preschoolers, too!)

Autumn Wreath Craft for Kids (Even Preschoolers!)

Glittered Acorn Craft for Kids

Celebrate Your Daughters When They Play Like Girls!

27 iPhone and iPad Apps for Smart 3-year-olds

25 iPhone and iPad apps for smart girls - Some are educational. Some are just for fun.

25 iPhone and iPad Apps for Smart Girls

This Can Be Your Best Thanksgiving Ever!

Little Pim #SmartHoliday Twitter Party

Little Pim #Smartholiday Twitter party

Honoring those who served on Veterans Day

Honoring Veterans Today and Every Day

10 Fun Fall Activities for the Whole Family

10 Fun Fall Activities for the Whole Family

How to Make a Fairy Garden for Under $20

How to Make a Fairy Garden for Under $20

Fall Leaves Collage - More Scissor Practice

Fall Leaves Collage for Scissor Practice & Preschool Books about Trees

Are Your Children Crazy, Too?

20 ways to get preschoolers excited about math

20 Ways to Get Preschoolers Excited About Math

We Can’t Wait for Girl Scouts This Year

Sticker Matching Activity & Game for Preschoolers

Sticker Matching Activity & Game for Toddlers & Preschoolers

Allie in a Homemade Witch’s Hat

How to Make an Easy $2 Witch's Hat

How to Make an Easy $2 Witch’s Hat

Arm & Hammer Tooth Tunes Toothbrush Review

Tooth Tunes Encourage Kids to Brush Their Teeth

Making Pictures with Baking Soda and Vinegar - A Cool Science Activity for Kids

Making Pictures with Baking Soda and Vinegar – A Cool Science Activity for Kids

Scissor Practice for 2-year-olds

Scissor Practice for 2-year-olds

Why We’re A Britax Family

How to Make Astronaut Pudding

Glow in the dark ring toss

Glow in the Dark Ring Toss and Other Games

Easy Beaded Butterfly Craft

She is Gone

10 kids books on grief

On Losing Your Grandma – 10 Kids Books on Grief

Stronger Than We Think We Are

Activities for the book The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister

The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister – 37 Fishy Activities & Art Projects

Painting With Sticks and Leaves

Painting With Sticks and Leaves

summer picnic games for kids

Summer Picnic Games for Kids

How to Personalize Your Journal

10 ways to reduce your family's exposure to harmful checmicals

10 Ways to Reduce Your Family’s Exposure to Harmful Chemicals

Making Mud Pies - Kids Sensory Play

Making Mud Pies – Kids Sensory Play

Old things my kids will never see

7 Old Things My Kids Will Never See

75 Ways to Love Your Kids

75 Ways to Love Your Kids

Our 2013 Summer To Do List

Hersheypark Review

Hersheypark Happy

My Mom’s Opinion of My Ingenious Parenting Tip

melted bead suncatchers

Melted Bead Suncatchers – Perfect for a Homemade Mother’s Day Gift

Reader Question – Can You Identify This Book?

The best kids iPad apps

12 iPad Apps You’ll Be Happy to See Your Kids Playing

best chapter books for elementary kids or read alouds - This amazing list includes selections for kindergarten, first grade, second grade, third grade, fourth grade, fifth grade, sixth grade and up. Every parent, mom, dad, and teacher will find good and appropriate books here, all curated by a former teacher and homeschool mom who included a summary of each book alongside its name!

101 Chapter Books to Read (or Hear) Before You Grow Up

If you take a mom to Target - This funny article had me laughing. Hilarious and so true. This mom is seeing right into my life!

If You Take a Mom to Target

Jesus, The Easter Bunny, and the Last Minute

Jesus, the Easter Bunny, and the Last Minute

Rainbow Button Easter Egg Craft

Rainbow Button Craft – An Easter Egg Craft

Frugal Easter Egg Sensory Bin

Easter Eggs Sensory Bin

Sisterly Mothering

Bring the Holidays Down a Notch

Living Fully – Why I’m Not Bringing Our Holidays Down a Notch

Preserving Lucky’s Magic

St. Patrick's Day sensory bin

St. Patrick’s Day Sensory Bin

Magic Milk for St. Patrick’s Day

Truths in Parenting

Silent Children are Up to No Good and 30 Other Parenting Truths

Jelly Bean Math

Jelly Bean Math & Other Activities

What I (Used to) Feed My Kids

Bedtime with Children

Bedtime With Children

Chinese New Year Activities for Kids

24 Chinese New Year Activities for Kids

I Lied About The Fish

how to make snowman pancakes

Snowman Pancakes

Dropped Naps

Happy New Year! {a video from Gracie}

Merry Christmas!

A Tour of Our Substantial Christmas Tree

Why I Didn't Tell My Kids About Sandy Hook

Why My Daughter Doesn’t Know About Sandy Hook

Christmas Ornaments for Preschoolers

Making Styrofoam-filled Christmas Ornaments with a Preschooler

Christmas Ornaments Preschoolers Can Make

Sequined Snowflake Ornaments that Preschoolers Can Make

Decorating the Christmas Tree

Substance Over Style – Our New Old Christmas Tree