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50+ Best Toy Advent Calendars for Kids in 2019

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Looking for a toy advent calendar for kids? Surprise them with one of the following advent calendars with toys in them! Doing an advent calendar with the kids can be super fun. It gets them extra excited for the big day by giving them a little something along the way, whether that's a treat, a scripture, a challenge, or even a toy. It's ...

Adventure & Experience Gifts for Kids & How to Gift Them

If you are looking for experience gifts for kids or outdoor adventure gifts for kids, you'll love the ideas in this post! This list is full of the top experience gifts for kids, both for boys and girls. More and more I come across Facebook posts in mom groups that all say the same thing: "My kids do NOT need more toys. I don't want to ...

12 Kids Book Subscriptions that Inspire More Reading

A children's book subscription is a great way to inspire more reading and learning at home! Below you'll discover 12 monthly book subscription boxes for kids who are babies, toddlers, preschoolers, or grade-schoolers. I recently finished listening to the audiobook version of The Read-Aloud Family by Sarah Mackenzie, and it convicted me more ...

18 Unique Non-Candy Non-Toy Advent Calendars for Kids & Adults in 2019

Looking for a unique advent calendar that isn't chocolate and isn't a toy? Read on to discover unique advent calendars for kids and adults! Counting down to Christmas is such a fun tradition for families, especially for kids! They get to open a new window in a calendar, or open a new bag or box, and discover a scripture, an ...

How to Do a Long Family Road Trip with Kids and Not Go Insane

If you are planning a cross-country road trip with kids, you will love these tips for long road trips with kids! I polled others who have done it and asked for their best advice for even month-long road trips with toddlers and children. Every three years or so, my family packed up and headed West to visit family in the summertime for a big ...

40+ Christian Nativity Advent Calendars Focused on Jesus

Celebrate Christmas was a nativity advent calendar! Check out all the beautiful Christian advent calendars! I found a great variety of wooden nativity advent calendars, felt and fabric advent calendars, magnet advent calendars, and more! Enjoy these more religious advent calendars! Each year we try hard to make sure that in the whirlwind of ...

A Parent’s Guide to Car Sickness and How to Handle It with Ease

Having someone get car sick on a road trip is the worst so these car sick remedies will have you handling your baby, toddler or yourself getting car sick with ease instead of freaking out about puke everywhere. The car was packed. We were on our way to visit family in a neighboring state. And then it happened. Our daughter got car sick and threw ...

The Amazing and Free Target Baby Registry Benefits and Perks!

If you want to know the Target baby registry benefits and what type of free registry gift bag, gifts, and other perks you can get, then read on! My pregnant sister recently received her own Target baby registry gift! My amazing and awesome sister Brittany is expecting her third child. A surprise baby, five years after her youngest was born. I'm ...

Stitch Fix Kids – Unique and Affordable Clothes Delivered to Your Door

Did you hear the news? Stitch Fix - the world's leading online personalized styling service - is now offering Stitch Fix Kids! I've personally tried Stitch Fix many times, including their Stitch Fix Maternity and Stitch Fix Nursing clothes, and understand the Stitch Fix Pros and Cons, Stitch Fix Costs, and Stitch Fix Prices for their women's ...

Got a Baby Rolling Over In Her Sleep? Here’s What to Do

If you are worried about how to keep baby from rolling over in crib, then be sure to read this article! It answers all of your pressing questions regarding a baby rolling over in sleep - why babies roll over in sleep, what age babies start rolling over in their sleep, what to do about it, how to prevent it (and if you should), how to safely ...

Why We Took Our 5 Young Kids to a Snooty Art Museum

When we were dating and during our first few years of marriage, Kate and I went to museums often. Whether it was the Museum of Art on BYU's campus or the Indianapolis Museum of Art (now known as The Newfields) when we lived in Indiana, we kept up the habit of taking in the fine arts, even after having kids. I can remember taking the twins, and ...

What Questions to Ask During a Back to School Video Interview with Your Child

Awhile ago my husband and I watched this documentary series called Two Brothers and I loved how a father did video interviews over the years and compiled it together into a moving piece of family history! My friend and blogger Jennifer Borget of Cherish365 is great at doing these video interviews with her kids on their birthdays (and is a way ...