Christmas

Cue the Christmas music and hang up your stockings, it is finally Christmas time y’all! With only weeks away from Santa’s arrival, we wanted to do something to inspire you to keep the little ones occupied. So, we bring you “12 Days of Christmas Crafts.” Much like the popular Christmas song, we will give to you a new Christmas craft idea for 12 consecutive days. The posts will include everything you need to know from ingredients to instructions to little tips. Let’s get right into it! On the fourth day of Christmas, Red Stick Mom gave to me … Christmas present sensory bin, Salt dough Santa handprint ornaments, DIY Christmas play dough bins, and a contact paper Christmas tree activity. This post is baby...

Cue the Christmas music and hang up your stockings, it is finally Christmas time y’all! With only weeks away from Santa’s arrival, we wanted to do something to inspire you to keep the little ones occupied. So, we bring you “12 Days of Christmas Crafts”. Much like the popular Christmas song, we will give to you a new Christmas craft idea for 12 consecutive days. The posts will include everything you need to know from ingredients to instructions to little tips. Let’s get right into it! On the third day of Christmas, Red Stick Mom gave to me … salt dough Santa handprint ornaments, DIY Christmas play dough bins, and a contact paper Christmas tree activity. If you are looking for an inexpensive...

December is finally here! On one hand, it feels like 2020 flew by, and on the other, it seems like it was never-ending. Either way, the most magical month of the year is here. I think we can agree that we can all use some much-needed joy after this crazy year. One of my favorite Christmas traditions that we started a few years back is a Christmas Eve box. This is the one present under the tree that the kids are allowed to open early. Why? Because it contains lots of goodies and activities that can be used on Christmas Eve. Today, I'm sharing some of my favorite items to include in a Christmas Eve box. You can use these ideas...

Cue the Christmas music and hang up your stockings, it is finally Christmas time y’all! With only weeks away from Santa’s arrival, we wanted to do something to inspire you to keep the little ones occupied. So, we bring you “12 Days of Christmas Crafts.” Much like the popular Christmas song, we will give to you a new Christmas craft idea for 12 consecutive days. The posts will include everything you need to know from ingredients to instructions to little tips. Let’s get right into it! On the second day of Christmas, Red Stick Mom gave to me … DIY Christmas play dough bins and a contact paper Christmas tree activity. I am way too excited to share this one. Honestly...

As moms, we tend to cling desperately to those magical years when Santa is real and a stuffed elf does anything but sit on a shelf. But our children grow older and we are faced with the changing landscape of the holidays. Do we tell them the “truth,” or do we assume they know already? Do we cross our fingers and hope their peers don’t make fun of them for fervently believing? Or do we adopt the policy of my college roommate’s mom and double down – even into adulthood - saying “if you don’t believe, you won’t receive?” I’ve been hit hard with holiday fatigue. I’ve grown tired of the charade after 13 years of being the sole person...