Simplify & enjoy life at home with littles.
Many years, our family started a really simple Jesse Tree tradition during Advent, and I loved it! A friend and I threw together a Jesse Tree Ornament Exchange as an inexpensive and relatively quick way to get a bunch of hand-made DIY Jesse Tree ornaments for Advent. It was much easier to make …
Have you ever heard of a Jesse Tree? A Jesse Tree is created with a set of 25 symbolic ornaments, each of which represent a different piece of the overarching redemption story of the Old Testament leading up to the birth of Jesus. The ornaments typically coordinate with a Bible …
Today, I’m going to help you figure out which plan to follow this year for Advent reading with your kids. We’ve been celebrating advent with our kids for 8 years. When we had toddlers, we kept our Advent traditions very simple & toddler-friendly. As our youngest child has aged out …
In this post, I’m going to share several ideas for preschool advent activities to do with your 3-5 year olds this year. We’ve had a preschool aged child in our home for the last seven Decembers & our youngest child is 4 1/2 this year. Having celebrated the Advent season …
In this post, you will get 20 fun ideas for easy handmade diy gifts. Whether you’re looking for birthday gifts, Christmas gifts, or another special occasion, these ideas are all easy & inexpensive gifts to make. Every one of the pictures below is from the original source website & all …
This post has 30 simple & fun advent activities for families to do with their kids this year. We’ve celebrated Advent with our 4 children ever since the oldest was a toddler, and many of our most meaningful traditions have been the simplest ones as well. From celebrating with toddlers …
I’ve grown to really like celebrating Advent the past several years. The word “Advent” comes from a Latin word meaning “coming.” There’s something about the anticipation. The set-aside time and space to look at the Giver of all good gifts. To remember that He became the greatest Gift we’ve ever …
In this post, you will learn the BEST toddler girl gift ideas! Whether it’s for a birthday, Christmas gifts, or just for fun, I guarantee your toddlers will love these. How do I know? We have had a toddler in our house for the last 7 years. (All 4 of …
Christmas is fast approaching, and I’m already hearing people joke about putting Christmas on their credit card. In the past, I’ve written about saving up little by little over the course of a year for Christmas spending. If you’re reading this in December, it’s too late for that (for this year). …
This post is meant to be an all-in-once resource for Christmas with little kids. It has a LOT packed in – everything from modeling gratitude & generosity to Advent ideas to figuring out how MUCH (or little) to actually get your kids & what are the best toys that last …
I’ve kind of accidentally become a quasi-minimalist over the past couple years. I’m sure I’m not a “real” minimalist because, let’s be honest, sometimes often almost always, my house looks like this. And if I search google images for minimalist home, I get this: So yeah. I guess I’m minimalist …
Every December, our church, presumably like many of yours, spends 4 weeks on the commonly celebrated themes of Advent: Hope, Peace, Love and Joy. And each year, I’m more aware of how I and those around me so desperately long for those 4 things – hope, peace, love, joy. How …
Sometimes, (okay, often)… I get these grand ideas. An idea of something we’re going to do, and how it will be so lovely and make everyone feel all warm and fuzzy. I had a makeshift Montessori Learning Shelf for my 3 year old & it worked great. For a couple …
This will be my 5th year reading through this Advent devotional: The Greatest Gift. I already pulled it out so I won’t miss December 1. Do you want to read through it together? We could comment together on instagram or facebook… You will love this book. It is so so good. I …
This year, Ben and I have discussing how to give more generously and simultaneously cut back on excessive spending. The thing is… We love to give gifts. I love to shop for people and think – she will love that, or he really needs this or… whatever. And I think gift giving …