Do your kids love to have you read to them before bed? Reading a fun, and meaningful bedtime story can be a great way to connect with your children. I'd like to tell you about Just in Case You Ever Wonder. This precious new book by best-selling author Max Lucado is a great addition to your bedtime storybook line up. Book Description This book assures children of God's love through all their experiences—including during hard times such as being afraid of the dark or being bullied—and gives assurance that the parent was there when they were first born and will be with them even in ... Continue Reading...
3 Reasons Why Kids Need a Pen Pal
Why Kids Need a Pen Pal Letter writing and having a pen pal seem to be things of the past, but there are multiple reasons why you should encourage your kids to write letters to their friends and family using a good old pen and paper! I've partnered with Paper House Productions to show you how fun and valuable letter writing can be. How Can it Help Them? First off, handwriting letters and notes, instead of text messages or emails, can boost reading skills and helps kids get better grades. One study (link) has shown children who write can also read faster and better than children who ... Continue Reading...
A Devotional for Kids Who Love Graphic Novels
We love graphic novels around here! There's just something fun and intriguing to kids when there are vibrant illustrations accompanying the words of the story. Last year we reviewed BibleForce: The First Heroes Bible and my kids loved it. The same author/illustrator team is back with a new devotional book for kids - BibleForce Devotional: The First Heroes Devotional! Book Description BibleForce Devotional includes 100 devotions based on the heroes of the Bible with the popular comic-style action art, facts about each hero, Scriptures, and action items that help kids connect ... Continue Reading...
A New Spin on the Classic S’mores Recipe
S'mores never get old! These yummy treats are perfect any time of the year. I've always had a hang-up about them though: the marshmallow is never hot enough to melt all the chocolate bar (and I'm not the biggest fan of milk chocolate bars). Well, I've fixed that with this easy little S'mores recipe replacing the traditional chocolate bar with a simple yummy ingredient! I've worked with the awesome folks over at Once Again Nut Butters before and I'm partnering with them again to bring you this new spin on S'mores! Smothered S'mores Recipe The recipe is simple. All you need ... Continue Reading...
Boredom Busters: TinkerActive Workbooks
Your kids are crying they're bored. You may not want to just hand them a screen. Maybe you want them to learn but it has to be fun or they'll smell a trap. So you need fun and interesting boredom busters. Check out TinkerActive Workbooks! Enrich your child's skills in Science and Math for Kindergarten, First Grade, and Second Grade with TinkerActive Workbooks. TinkerActive Workbooks aren't really "work" books. They are "fun-books" filled from cover-to-cover with fun activities, experiments, things to build and more! We just love how colorful every page is! Something else ... Continue Reading...
My Happy Planner Layouts
I love my Happy Planner! Seriously, since I switched over from my bullet journal, I've been so pleased with this planner system. I love that I can take pages out and add pages (I did get the special punch) and I just love the fun colors and designs of the planner pages! But my favorite thing is decorating each week with STICKERS!!! I know it sounds crazy for a grown woman to love playing with stickers, but y'all - it's seriously cathartic. Anyway, if you're reading this post then you either have interest in this cult-like Happy Planner world or you've already been sucked in and you're ... Continue Reading...
Covenant Kids Book 1
Do your kids love adventure stories or graphic novels? Do you want them to read clean and uplifting stories that have meaning and encourage them? The new Covenant Kids series by Andrew Youngblood fulfills all of these! This colorful graphic novel (could also be called a comic book) is the first story in a series about kids growing up where speaking about their faith, learning or worshiping God outside of church is illegal. Four teenagers feel God calling them to study the Bible for themselves despite the law. In Covenant Kids Book 1 - The Law they work their way through Genesis ... Continue Reading...
Courage for Life Bible App
Today I want to share with you about the new Courage For Life Bible App - the first female voiced audio Bible! A female voiced audio Bible opens new doors for women who may have abuse-related trauma that keeps them from feeling comfortable listening to a male voiced audio Bible. Women who have been abused or hurt often have a hard time accepting truth from male missionaries or ministers. They need a woman to share with them in a gentle way only a woman can. Courage For Life exists to strengthen, equip and empower the world for Christ. They want to reach women and meet them where they ... Continue Reading...
A Truly Tasty Cheese!
In our house we have a saying: "There's no such thing as too much cheese or too much chocolate!" This is especially true of the best cheeses and chocolates. Truly Grass Fed Natural Aged Cheddar falls under the "best cheese" category. Truly Grass Fed provided us with some samples so we hosted a few cheese-loving friends and tried it out. There may have been a joke or two about 'cutting the cheese', but we had a lot of fun trying this great tasting cheese. Truly Grass Fed™ products are imported from Ireland where their co-op of 3,000 small Irish dairy farms. Their cows spend 250-300 ... Continue Reading...
Wildscape – Not Your Average Frozen Meals!
Have you ever wanted a healthy, easy-to-cook, AND great-tasting freezer meal? I know right? Sounds impossible! Well, I'm here to tell you it isn't. Enter Wildscape Meals! Wildscape has attempted to inovate frozen meals. Their mission is to provide flavorful and easy meals featuring nature's best offerings. Wildscape Meals are packaged in resealable and recyclable plastic containers. These take about 8 minutes total to prepare (besure to follow package directions carefully!) but you can cook more than one at a time in the microwave. They have six flavors: Seared ... Continue Reading...
2018-2019 Homeschool Curriculum
It is that time of the year again - everyone is on the hunt for the perfect homeschool curriculum for the upcoming Fall term. Well, I don't have the "perfect" curriculum (because every child is different and every homeschooling parent teaches differently so the combinations of successful homeschooling are endless - literally endless!) but it is nice to glimpse into other homeschool days to see what others do. You never know when a change might be in order or you will stumble upon that "perfect" curriculum to fit into the gap you've been struggling to fill. 2018-2019 has been a crazy year ... Continue Reading...
Gut Connection by Country Life
I've been on a mission over the last few months to improve my health by eating better and drinking more water. Unfortunately that just hasn't done much for my overall health. I've had IBS-type symptoms but with no regularity. When I was given a chance to review Country Life's Gut Connection I jumped at it. Probiotics are a big thing right now in gut health, but Gut Connection is NOT a probiotic - these are prebiotics - to be specific Gut Connection by Country Life contains whole food fermentate prebiotic that feeds the existing probiotics in your gut. Country Life's Gut Connection is ... Continue Reading...
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