My New Favorite

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Photo :: :: :: The view from our kitchen window. Breakfast :: :: :: Pear Pancakes. {I know, I’ve linked to them before. But seriously, Asa crawls toward the freezer every morning. He adores them.} Gift for Graduates or School Going Types :: :: :: Know It All Pencils {hilarious!} DIY Christmas Gift :: :: [...]

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Grover Hand Puppet from Make And Takes {did you know Sesame Street is 40 years old?!} Polka Dot Trees Leaf Experiment from 5 Orange Potatoes {oh, I’m doing this next year!} The Princess Castle from Mommy Words {wow! A huge castle made from boxes. I’ll never do this, but my kids can dream, can’t they?} [...]

Giving Up on a Perfect Halloween: 7 Bible Halloween Costumes

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We’re not doing Halloween this year. Lydia is just too fearful. And I’m just too tired to deal with screams over cotton spiderwebs. I’ve been thinking about it a lot and if you’re interested, there are some SUPER FAB posts by some SUPER FAB guest bloggers (and one by moi) about Halloween over at Impress [...]

Alphabet Scripture Verses: A to Z

Pin It Have you been looking for some scriptures and activities to do with your child that also correspond to the alphabet? One reason I started Impress Your Kids is because as I scoured the internet, I couldn’t find a list of alphabetical scriptures that worked for a 2 year old! I finally put them [...]

I can't believe I did it!

picture by Flickr user (A3R) angelrravelor (A3R) Last week, I took a big step in my parenting life… after years of saying I could never do it, I unplugged the TV. I said I could never do it, even though I admired all the parents who had – or who had even completely gotten rid [...]

The Sisterchicks Cook for A Month

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I met Trish from Once a Month Mom at Blissdom last year. She had not even started her blog and was at a blog conference AND had some super cute business cards! I was intrigued. It has taken me almost an entire year to actually take the advice of her blog. And what IS her [...]

Book Review: Pumpkin Patch Parable by Liz Curtis Higgs

Last night we did our first family devotional time. OK, it wasn’t exactly a devotional. But it was a family activity. And it was about Jesus. So, I’m going to call it a devotional. We sat down together and read The Pumpkin Patch Parable by Liz Curtis Higgs. Then we acted it out. Here’s how [...]