Traveling with toddlers can seem like a daunting task. How do you entertain those little ones on long trips? Here is a list of great travel toys for toddlers that are affordable and easy to pack. The items on this list are affordable and make great gifts, and our family personally recommends each one! […]
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It’s good to break up the routine or give random things to celebrate though! Below is a list of one National “Holiday” per month for an entire year. These are achievable and manageable to celebrate for almost any age group. Having these to celebrate gives you a scheduled, organized, way to be intentional with your
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We believe that giving our toddler chores to do is beneficial for her and us. Instilling the values of routine and tidiness at a young age will help her as she grows older. It reminds her that she is a part of our home now. While household chores for toddlers is a good idea in
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While the word sabbath is usually used for religious reasons, the concept of taking a sabbath rest is common to everyone! The word sabbath comes from the Jewish word Shabbat, meaning “to rest.” In our family, we do not follow any specific traditions for the sabbath rest other than attending Church, however, we have found
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Over the last few years, it has been difficult to find time to talk together about how we were spending our money, what we were spending our time on, changes we could make as a family, and dozens of other issues. This is not an uncommon issue, but we learned about a fairly simple solution
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How to include a toddler in the kitchen can be a daunting thought. They are typically in the way, messy, and have almost no capability to contribute anything helpful to the project at hand. That is until we change our mindset and the goal of including them. Why should we include a toddler in the
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Here are some simple ways to make a typical pizza night into a family-focused pizza night event that will bring everyone together. While we do pizza night at home every couple of weeks, we are choosing to not spend our money eating out very much and pizza is pretty simple for us to make at
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glanIt is easy to feel frustrated or impatient with a toddler underfoot during summer housework and yard work but sometimes all they need is five minutes of direct, focused attention and they will all of the sudden be content to play on their own again. Here is a simple 5-minute activity to do with
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