A few years ago, I saw the idea on social media of doing a scavenger hunt to find Christmas gifts on Christmas morning. I loved the idea and we adopted it! We already had a tradition of gifting the kids a combined gift that they opened last--we've given them things such as a guitar, a Get Out Pass for the year, a nugget couch. Now we hide their combined gift somewhere and they do the scavenger hunt to find it. I knew they enjoyed it, but I didn't realize how much until one of

I love Christmas and am so excited that it is coming up! One of my favorite things to do this time of year is plan our family's annual countdown to Christmas. Each day between Thanksgiving and Christmas, I have our kids open a holiday-themed children's book. We read it together and do an activity (I like to have the activities and book correspond as often as possible). I have spent years building up our library of Christmas books. Thriftbooks has been one of my favorite websi

We are so blessed and Christmas is a time that I really feel it! Not only are we blessed to be able to do the things we want at Christmas, but we are also surrounded by friends and family who bless us with presents and their presence. To make sure I don't go overboard at Christmas (which is really easy for me to do!), we have some traditions around presents. We get our kids one big present each from Mom and Dad as well as a combined present for all of them. We also have stock

I love all things Christmas and especially all the Christmas movies. Today I wanted to do a post sharing what Christmas movies we watch and where we watch them (as of 2023). Disney+ The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Narnia is one of my favorite movies to watch after Halloween but before we officially start Christmas. It has the Santa section and feels wintery but isn't truly a Christmas movie. Miracle on 34th Street Miracle on 34th Street is such a classic and for good