Even if Christmas looks different this year, there is still time to discover new holiday traditions with your family, like watching holiday movies. Here are some of our favorites! Read More
Halloween Can Be Just as Sweet This Year
This is the year to try out some new Halloween activities and experiences with your kids…you might just find some favorites that will become ongoing traditions for your family. One way or another, this will likely be one of their most memorable Halloweens ever! Read More
4 Ways Your Family Can Practice Gratitude This November
No matter what you decide to do this holiday season, remember to take pauses to think about, verbalize, and act out your thankfulness. Not only are you doing yourself a favor, but you’re teaching your kids tools to be healthier, more well-rounded members of society. Read More
Giveaway: Sea Kids God’s Gift Christmas Bundle
We’re giving away this award-winning Christmas bundle, The God’s Gift Christmas Bundle (Book with Toys) to 1 lucky winner! Enter for your chance to win by 11/29/19! Read More
How to Navigate Cultural Halloween Costumes With Sensitivity
Mia Moody-Ramirez is a professor of journalism and public relations at Baylor University. She is also a nationally recognized expert on mass media representations of minorities, women, and other underrepresented groups. She says, “Common cultural appropriation missteps include darkening one’s face, wearing ethnic garb, and/or dressing up to provoke laughter rather than show respect for a group or person.” Read More
I Will Always Welcome Older Trick-or-Treaters, and Here’s Why
There are dozens of other things kids could be doing on Halloween that are much less savory than trick-or-treating within their community. Because of this, I can’t help but smile when I see preteens and teenagers running around in packs, laughing and begging for candy. It’s a solid reminder to everyone that the fun doesn’t have to stop when you reach a certain age. Read More
It’s Okay To Not Give Your Kids The Summer Of Your Childhood
This way of living doesn’t come naturally for my kids. I have no earthly idea how or why: my husband and I were made for the slow, spontaneous pace of summer! But within the first day, they were both asking me for snacks every 15 minutes, fighting with one another incessantly, and nearly hanging on my legs complaining that they were soooooo bored. Read More
Dad Joins Flight Attendant Daughter For All of Her Flights On Christmas Day
Hal Vaughan’s daughter, Pierce, is a flight attendant with Delta airlines. In order to spend some quality time with his daughter for the holidays, Hal booked seats on all six of her flights. What a dad! Read More
5 Gratitude Crafts and Activities for This Thanksgiving Season
As we welcome Fall, with its shorter days, cooler temperatures and falling leaves, daydreams of turkey and stuffing and sweet potato casserole are floating around in our brains. Along with family gathering from near and far, let’s not forget to be intentional in the way we think about and express our gratitude Read More
Blogger Shares Hilarious DIY “Sexy” Halloween Costumes for Moms
If you want to dress up as a hot character or food item, more power to you; but for those of us who need to go the DIY route, Stephanie Horman, mom and blogger at Modern Day Wonderland, has us covered. Bonus: all of her costumes are using items that you most definitely have lying around your house! Read More