Christmas is right around the corner and if you’re like me, you’re well intentioned but the gifts aren’t quite ready to be wrapped. As much as I love the idea of Christmas gifting, I don’t always get them ordered as quickly as I planned back in November. Need ideas? We’ve got you covered. This year…
A gentle glide of the rocker, a soft glow of a warm light, and the relaxing aroma of lavender or gentle baby piping through the air. That’s pretty close to the sweetest place to be with nursing babe or a snuggly kiddo. Pair those things with a good play on words, a gentle giant, and…
I’ve shared before my boy’s love of trains and our recent trip to see Thomas the Train. We stop and look at trains, we have 2 basic wooden train sets, we rode on trains many times! Our boy just loves trains! Thanks to TOMY we were able to their brand new motorized train track a…
If you are anything like us, you’ve found yourself with too many toys that simply take up space and never get played with. It’s easy to accumulate a lot of toys that serve no real purpose in your home other than they were gifted and forgotten. I’m especially over toys that a) consume an insane…
Gratitude is something we put a lot of value in as a family. Our children are required to say please and thank you – all day, every day. This rules applies when we are home but it also applies even more when we are out and about. A simple thank you can make a big…
It’s a rarity that we don’t cook dinner or lunch at home, but when we do go out we have a handful of places that we opt to go that is “fast food.” One of the few place we do go is Chick-fil-A. Fun Fact: I’ve been on the national Mom Panel for Chick-fil-A that…
A couple months ago I shared with you our experience with BookRoo, a monthly subscription box service for books catering to your littlest readers. I shared here about our Board Book box (for ages 0-3) and our Picture Book boxes (for ages 3-6). We were super impressed by the presentation of the boxes – each…
Thanks to our friends at Tyndale, we had the opportunity to receive the The Character Builder’s Bible written by Agnes de Bezenac and Salem de Bezenac to read and review. We’ve had it for over a month and it’s easily one of our favorite bible books right now. We’ve read a lot of books that are based around…
The stores have been filled with school supply sections for over a month now. It felt like summer just greeted us as it’s already time to say hello to Fall. My social media feeds slowing down on posts showing summer fun and they’re being replaced with first day of school photos. No matter if you…
Reading is a cornerstone of our home. Having children that loved to read was something we hoped would happen and I’m lucky to say that’s exactly what happened. If the kids are quiet, we usually find them quietly sitting somewhere either together or apart reading. When we sit to read with them they’ll sit for…
Happy Wednesday, friends!! We are knee deep in Summer enjoying the sunshine and I realized I had some things I’ve been meaning to share with you all. We’ve tried out some new things that I have been wanting to share with you so this afternoon while the kids nap, I decided to make the time…
This post was developed in partnership with Similac. All opinions are my own.Having well balanced meals at our home is important to our family. We have a rule that our little ones have to try something each time it’s served. If they try it and they don’t love it, they don’t have to eat it…
Last week I shared with you the first half of our M is for Monster‘s May Edgar box and today I’m going to share with you the second half. To recap, M is for Monster is a preschool aged (2-5 yr) monthly subscription box. It comes with 4-5 activities in 4 different themes. Everything you…
I was introduced to M is for Monster a couple of months ago and once life settled down for us, they sent me a box to check out. I’ve seen a lot of subscription boxes out there and was interested to see how this one would set itself apart. There are three levels of learning…
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It’s no secret that we LOVE the Bible Belles Books. We have shared them several times when they released Hannah, Esther, and Abigail. (You can read past posts here and here). In the Abigail post, I mentioned Ruth: The Belle of Loyalty would be coming very soon. It was expected to launch in time for Easter, but the Bible…
Food is a big part of our day. Our little ones are full of energy. Aside from their three meals a day, we usually have 2-3 healthy snacks throughout the day, as well. We love healthy snacking and finding creative ways to make meal time and snack time fun. Sometimes it’s eating outside as a…
Both of our little ones are creative and busy. I like to have a variety of options for them when we are out and about or when I need to keep them busy for an extra minute. Sometimes it’s toys, or things the a restaurant or office has on hand. Other times, those things aren’t…
*Disclaimer: The Precious Moments figurines were supplied by Precious Moments for today’s post. All opinions, experiences and imagery belong to JoyfullySmitten.com and are my own. Thank you. Precious Moments were a staple of my childhood. I had a Precious Moments Bible, figurines, christmas ornaments, a soft back flip book, stuffed animals and countless other items….
Finding a fun activity to get creative with the whole family can sometimes be a struggle, even for us. We love getting both of our kids involved in creative activities. Finding ones that make it easy to do with both kids at the same time is sometimes a little tough though. This last weekend we took…