I am always looking for new, fun and simple things to do to dress up the house and table for the holidays. If you’re hosting the family holiday dinner this year or just need to come up with a pretty focal point for your table or mantel – don’t worry, even the craft-challenged can make […]
Thanksgiving Books and Resources Your Kids Will Love
Thanksgiving Books and Resources Your Kids Will Love Thanksgiving is just around the corner! I LOVE seeing all the Thanksgiving crafts and projects and fun stuff to do with kids everywhere! We’ve got our Thankful Tree up already and been coloring and crafting various turkey things, but what we may enjoy just as much as […]
How to Pose Melk the Christmas Monkey
Melk, the Christmas Monkey is on his way to visit your family again this year, to teach your children who God is in the days leading up to Christmas. If you don’t have Melk’s book, you can get it here. Each lesson, with it’s letter from Melk to your child, and it’s activity give instructions […]
16 Ways to be a Good Grandmother
A Tribute to Grandmothers Grandmothers, without whom my life would have been greatly impoverished! We all have grandmother figures whom we look up to, and at some point we all wonder what to do to be a good grandmother. What can we learn from these ladies’ examples that will give us greater impact with our […]
Columbus Day Educational Books & Resources
Columbus Day is a US federal holiday celebrated every second Monday in October. Columbus Day Educational Books & Resources Christopher Columbus sailed across the ocean with three ships: the Niña, Pinta, and the Santa María. He is credited with being the first to land in America. We celebrate Columbus for discovering America, for his […]
Family Traditions: Elephant Appreciation Day
Elephant Appreciation Day I have loved elephants since I was an infant. Their sheer size and strength amaze me, while their gentleness and tender care of one another inspire me. Elephants, in my opinion, show better than any other creature, the majesty of our Creator God. For these and many other reasons, Elephant Appreciation Day, […]
30 Great Ideas for Christmas Photos
It’s that time of year again, time to start thinking about getting the annual Christmas photo taken. After all, Grandma and Grandpa count on that yearly family photo arriving sometime during the holiday season. Apart from the normal decisions like what to wear and how many copies to print to cover everyone on the […]
Elephant Books
Elephant Appreciation Day Coming up September 22 is the annual Elephant Appreciation Day. Don’t be left out of the excitement. Here is a list of some of our favorite books about and/or starring elephants, so you can be sure to have them on hand for the occasion! “Stand Back,” Said the Elephant, “I’m Going to […]
Family Traditions: Birthday Celebrations
Birthdays are Blessings I know there are some that believe that birthdays are no big deal or even that they are pagan because they honor a person. In our family, we make a great big deal of birthdays, in thanksgiving to the Creator, for giving them life and blessing them (and us) with another year […]
Relishes, Relays, and Family Relationships (and an ebook)
The Fourth of July! A Family Holiday! July 4th – America’s Independence Day, and one of the biggest family holidays of the year! Memories I have memories of July 4ths gone by: family picnics and family group photos, homemade ice cream, Grandma’s apple pies, relish, and potato salad, Mom’s pasta salad, hamburgers on the grill, […]