Activities + DIY

As a family centered around The Lord, it can become increasingly hard to keep our children's attention on Jesus, while celebrating certain holidays. Often times, we as Christians can become easily distracted by made-up characters and pagan traditions and...

Where to Find Fireworks :: Auburn Auburn Independence Day Celebration Celebrate Independence Day with the Entire Auburn Community! Bring your chairs and blankets, and enjoy food trucks and music. Where:: Behind Duck Samford Stadium 1840 East Glenn Avenue Auburn, Alabama 36830 Date::  Monday, July 4, 2022 Time:: 5:00...

There are certain mom tasks that I have romanticized and have been waiting impatiently for my turn to do. Hanging balloons on a mailbox for a birthday party, getting a stroller in and out of a car to go...

I'm not a mom who is good at playing pretend. Things I’m happy to do: puzzles, board games, coloring, reading - I’m all in. But ask me to one-side a conversation with a teddy bear, de-escalate a tense situation...

It's 2 days before Valentine's Day and you still have to make Valentines for every kid in each of your children's classes, and if you're like me you want to spare the other parents from the wrath that is...

How to create a flower suncatcher.   This past week we collected and flowers and leaves from our garden and in the wild. We thought it would be so nice to have these beauties hanging in the window! We really enjoyed...

I tend to go into the holiday season with good intentions and high expectations. I go through the Auburn-Opelika Parents magazine and local Facebook pages jotting every fun and exciting activity into my calendar. I dream of a quiet...

“Corn, corn, nothing but corn.” In the movie Secondhand Lions, fourteen year old Walter Caldwell’s two eccentric uncles, Hub and Garth McCann, take up gardening. Garth buys vegetable seed packets from a traveling salesman and presses Hub and Walter...

I know that there are currently a million blog posts on activities that you can do with your kiddos at home, but here's one more! When Sully was a few months old, I made this Noah's Ark packet in...

Are your kids constantly bringing home artwork? I know mine do.  I love my children's artwork. It is colorful, organic and completely raw. I can see how their little minds worked through the creative process. So what do you do with...