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Family Talk: Sparkle Box

Family Talk app

Focus on the Family: Teaching Kids About Christmas

Focus on the Family: Taking the Stress Out of Christmas 1

Focus on the Family: Taking the Stress Out of Christmas 2

Focus on the Family app

[amazon_image id=”0824956478″ link=”true” target=”_blank” size=”medium” ]The Sparkle Box: A Gift with the Power to Change Christmas[/amazon_image]

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Our Favorite Holiday Books

Holiday Traditions

Thank You

Celebrating and Savoring a Simple Christmas

How to Make Coasters

How to decorate plain candles

Teacher Goodie Box

Blessing Bags

Lesson Plans

Holiday Shape Book

Teaching Christmas Traditions

Teaching Christmas Nativity

Christmas Colors

Reindeer Kid Craft

Christmas Wreath Kid Craft

Christmas Tree Kid Craft

Christmas Around the World Kid Crafts

 Books I’m Planning on Reading

[amazon_image id=”0802483615″ link=”true” target=”_blank” size=”medium” ]Real Moms…Real Jesus: Meet the Friend Who Understands[/amazon_image] [amazon_image id=”B009UGKEC4″ link=”true” target=”_blank” size=”medium” ]21 Days To A More Disciplined Life[/amazon_image]

Diet Update

If you haven’t noticed, we’ve started introducing more grain back into our diet.  When I eat grains I’ve noticed that I want to eat more and I retain a lot more water.  I’ve noticed that my kids complain about being hungry sooner after having eaten grains.  🙁  I think we will continue to eat some grains, but really limit how much.

I have not been working out!  🙁

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Christmas Countdown

For me, it’s not Christmas until the decoration are up, scent of cinnamon & cloves is in the air, and my favorite Christmas music is on!

My Favorite Christmas songs:

Boys II Men: Let It Snow

Mariah Carey: All I Want for Christmas Is You

Christmas cards are ordered; some gifts are wrapped, need to get one more gift for youngest and my husband, need stocking stuffers for youngest and husband, need to get teacher gifts, need to start making Christmas Word Art, need to send out Christmas cards & need to bake.

Coming Up This Month

Challenge: ___ Needs to Stop

5 Days of Giveaways!