Have you had people with small children tell you how fast they grow up? It is hard to fully understand until you’ve had kids of your own. Kids grow up before our eyes. And it’s sometimes hard to see the difference until we see comparison pictures of them, just a couple of months apart. As […]
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I have two daughters. One daughter loves to read. She can read for hours and never get bored. She takes after her mom. I have to beg my other daughter to read. Much like her dad, she just doesn’t seem interested in reading. Summer Reading Programs were started for kids just like her. They encourage […]
Christmas time is here! For my family, that means decorating the tree, making wish lists, playing beautiful music, and reading all our favorite Christmas books as we prepare our hearts to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. We have a stack of Christmas books that we keep in storage. Breaking them out at this time […]
Our Octobers are filled with festivities guaranteed to get us in the Halloween Spirit. Whether it’s decorating the house with home-made decorations, visiting a pumpkin patch, or watching a scary movie- You can find us making the most out of this spooky holiday. One of my favorite thing to do is themed holiday meals, movies, […]
My kid is a great artist! And by great, I mean prolific – every single day he brings home from the gym with new pages meticulously colored. Then there’s the library crafts he does on a weekly basis. And his Sunday school designs. Plus, the creative projects he makes with his Oma a couple of […]
Giving a good book as a gift is one of my favorite things to do. I give my kids at least one book for almost every occasion and am always looking for new ones. If you’re one of the people trying to stick to the four Christmas gift rule or are just in search of some new ideas, […]
It’s no secret my family reads extensively. I’ve previously written about our love of the written word in a couple of other TBM posts, but wintery and Christmas books are my FAVORITE books of them all. I love spending our Florida Christmases wearing shorts and a T-shirt while curling up with a good book surrounded by my […]