Even if you don’t have a big party for your child’s birthday every year, you can still make it a very special occasion by marking the day with some family traditions. An old tradition for a first birthday is to place a piece of bread, a coin, and a Bible in front of your baby. …
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31 Days of Family Fun: Rainy Days
Just like I had a “get well box” on hand, I always had a rainy day box around too. I even made one to keep in my classroom when I was teaching so that when we had indoor recesses due to rain, there was something there I could pull out and use to give the …
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31 Days of Family Fun: Countdown to Fun
Counting down to a special event can not only add some fun to the event but can make passing time until the event a bit easier on everyone. Children often don’t have a great sense of time and telling them it’s 5 more days until Christmas or 15 more days until Christmas may basically mean …
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31 Days of Family Fun: Red Letter Days
As I’m sure you can tell by now, I’m kind of big into the whole celebrating the little moments in life thing. Looking back over my past, it seems like so many of those “little moments” are now the big ones to me – the important ones that I hold onto in my memory and …
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31 Days of Family Fun: Jars of Love
You wouldn’t think that something as simple as a mason jar (or any kind of jar for that matter) could be the key to having some fun with your family but I have several ideas to share with you. Flickr, Nourishing Cook ~ When I was little, my mom used to create a job jar. …
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31 Days of Family Fun: Watch a Squirrel Day
Yes indeed, today is National Watch a Squirrel Day! How does that relate to having fun as a family? Well, how about heading out as a family to do just that – watch a squirrel? We sometimes forget as adults how much pleasure there can be in slowing down and doing something as simple as …
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