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The REAL Miracle of the First Thanksgiving

For many years during the month of November, we encouraged our young children to identify something every single day that they were thankful for. We wrote these sweet sentiments down and hung each one on our “Thankful Tree” in…

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Printable Kindness BINGO Board

This Printable Kindness BINGO board is great for encouraging children to be intentionally kind to those around them. Print and use in the classroom, at home, at church, or in Girl and Boy Scouts! My children’s school is…

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Best Children’s Bibles for Babies To Preschoolers 2019

First published November 2012. Updated 2019. One of our three Christmas gifts each year to our boys is either a new Children’s Bible or a Bible Story Book. It is always so fun to curl up together and open…

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Blessings Jar: How To Start One In Your Family

The Blessing Jar has been a tradition in my family for several years. My oldest brother Brian and my mom found ceramic jars that said “Blessings” on them back during Christmas of 1996 while traveling to see my great-grandmother. My brother insisted that…

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Bible Verses For Kids: Printable Scripture Cards

I’ve been increasingly convicted of the necessity to memorize scripture… both for myself and for my family. A quote from a session in the current Beth Moore Bible study I’m participating in hit me particularly hard: “What good does it…

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Free Printable Bible Verses For Moms

These scripture cards are specifically for me, as a Mom! I already created a set of ABC scripture cards for the kids. I printed the bible verses off and will laminate them. Then I’m going to stick the scripture cards…

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Is it worth it? The case against posting pictures with friends online.

I still remember the sting I felt six years ago. I was mindlessly scrolling Facebook one Saturday afternoon when I came to a picture of familiar faces. Several of my friends from church had carpooled two hours away to…

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Entertaining My Children is Not My Life’s Mission

We are only a week into summer and I texted my husband at 8am this morning saying that I am ready to officially resign from my position as cruise ship director. I am so done trying to keep my…

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April Blessing Bags with Free Printable

We are sharing a new mini blessing bag idea each month this year along with a free printable to include in your mini blessing bags. We have found that the sandwich-size blessing bags are much easier to…

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March Mini Blessing Bags (with free printable)

Back in February I shared that I was going to be offering a free monthly printable for creating mini Blessing Bags. If you are unfamiliar with the concept of a blessing bag, this is just a simple way to be a blessing to…

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February Mini Blessing Bags

Back in late December, we made some mini blessing bags to keep in our car and hand out as we saw someone in need. We made several bags and they are now gone. Anytime we saw someone holding a…

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I’m done with Jeremiah 29:11 and this is why

We have lived in our house just over six years and shortly after we moved in, we put up a vinyl wall decal of one of my favorite verses at the time: Jeremiah 29:11. “For I know the plans for…

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A Proverb A Day Handwriting Practice

Summer is quickly approaching and although I fully intend to let my kids be bored, I also wanted to have some meaningful work for them to do. Both of my boys struggle in the handwriting department (even after all…

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Science Experiment: Jesus Washes Our Sins Away

Last year in one of our Sunday School classes, one of the teachers showed us a demonstration very similar to this one. Not only did I think it was amazing from a science perspective, I also thought it was…

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Jesus Calms the Storm Art for Kids

As I have mentioned before, I volunteer to help write supplemental children’s curriculum at our church. Back in November, I wrote a unit on the nautical miracles of Jesus (Jesus/Peter Walking on Water, Jesus Calming the Storm, Great Hauls…

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Why I Don’t Want My Daughter to Be Independent

I have noticed a trend in the last ten years when it comes to female protagonists in books, movies, and TV shows. These women (and girls) are portrayed as strong, outspoken, and fiercely independent. Depending on others is portrayed…

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Why Christmas Trees Aren’t Perfect: Living Pine Branch Ornament

This month’s Virtual Book Club for Kids is featuring an assortment of Christmas books! Why Christmas Trees Aren’t Perfect by Richard Schneider is one of my absolute favorites. It is a parable of sorts, about a tree named Small Pine who…

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Lighted Nativity Ornament

This Lighted Nativity Ornament is a version of our Shadowbox Nativity from last year that is perfect for hanging on the tree! It is such a meaningful reminder of the Reason for the Season! This would be a beautiful ornament…

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