Helping Moms Build Happy Homes
Candy Canes. The quintessential Christmas treat. They just make me happy. And not just because they taste delicious. Candy Canes have a pretty amazing Story to tell, too. Wrap up a box of Candy Canes and deliver them to the people in your Happy Home's world with this FREE Printable tag … [Read more...] about The Legend of the Candy Cane – FREE Printable!
*Update - If you like this game, you will also like my fun Christmas Carol Game HERE, as well as my top favorite Christmas-themed Minute-to-Win-It Game Ideas HERE.* Last year I posted about a fun Gift Exchange Game for you to play with your friends and families during the Christmas season. You … [Read more...] about A SUPER FUN CHRISTMAS GAME
Last year I saw this poster and decided that our Happy Home needed one too! The Happy Buddy and I sat down together the other night and cut out some construction paper letters (well, he was dancing on the poster board while I was cutting out the letters). :-) We glued them on the poster and hung it … [Read more...] about A Christmas Praise Poster
Every year I can hardly wait to bundle up with my boys and go for a walk around our neighborhood to see all of the Christmas lights. Once we have made our rounds, we discuss which house we thought was the best decorated. Then we knock on their door and award them with a plate of Christmas treats and … [Read more...] about Best Decorated House Award – FREE Printable!
I just love putting up our Christmas tree. If you want to see some neat pictures of our Happy Home's tree, go HERE. The Happy Buddy even has his own tree in his room! You can see it HERE. There is something so magical about that moment when the tree's lights are turned on. The Happy Buddy just … [Read more...] about Oh, Christmas Tree
Making it a Christ-centered Christmas is something we have to be intentional about in our Santa and present-crazed world! One excellent way to do this is to have a nativity set on display for your Happy Home to enjoy each day leading up to Jesus' birthday! There are a ton of things you can do with a … [Read more...] about Fun with Christmas Nativities
"For unto us a child is born..." Isaiah 9:6 Yesterday we were driving down the street and the Happy Buddy was in the backseat reading this book... On the last page of the book there is a sweet little picture of Baby Jesus. When the Happy Buddy turned to that page he pointed to the image and … [Read more...] about Baby Jesus Crafts and Ideas
You are going to think this idea is HILARIOUS! Every day in December, have your Happy Home take their Christmas Vitamins! Fill a magical jar with Christmas-themed marshmallows (or Christmas M&M's or Christmas Kisses, etc.) and make sure to remind your family to take their vitamins every … [Read more...] about Christmas Vitamins – FREE Printable!
I'm aware that what you see above looks like a big pile of slop, but I promise you that it's a big pile of DELICIOUSNESS. :-) This is one of my favorite slow cooker recipes. And the Happy Hubby has given it his stamp of approval for the 'A-List'. Ingredients: 1 1/4 lb boneless beef round steak, … [Read more...] about Recipe – French Onion Beef
When I was a little girl one of my favorite things to do every day in December was to pop open a door of my chocolate advent calendar.Then when the Happy Hubby and I were on our honeymoon in Disney World (yes, I dragged him to Disney. He had no choice in the matter. :-)) 8 years ago, we found the … [Read more...] about Advent Calendar Inspirations
The Happy Buddy and I needed some sort of calming down activity to do for the 30 minutes before his nap the other day. So I pulled out a trick I found on Pinterest! All you need is a strainer and some pipe cleaners.Hard at work - just look at his concentration! The idea is to have your Happy Buddies … [Read more...] about A Strainer and Some Pipe Cleaners
Well, it's the day after Thanksgiving and I still can't say that I have ever made a turkey. But I have definitely made a paper bag turkey! One Charming Party's creative kid's table display inspired me this year as we planned to tell our family the gender of Baby #2.The Happy Hubby helped me make our … [Read more...] about It’s a…
Saturdays seem to be turning into Family Trip to Target Days! It's my favorite! There is nothing like a good dig through those Dollar Spot bins. And the Happy Buddy just loves playing with all the toys in the kid's area. But the Happy Hubby isn't as thrilled. :-) Last Saturday the Happy Buddy saw … [Read more...] about Truth in the Tinsel
Last Thursday, the Happy Hubby and I had the privilege of attending our school's annual Kindergarten Thanksgiving Play with the Happy Buddy. Seeing those adorable Happy Buddies up there, yelling their lines out as if there wasn't a microphone right there in front of them, and wearing sweet little … [Read more...] about A Thanksgiving Skit
*Check out THIS POST and THIS POST for more Thanksgiving game ideas!* Getting the whole family together for Thanksgiving is the perfect opportunity to try out some super fun games! I've compiled a list of my top favorite that are sure to inspire lasting memories and lots of laughter! You'll be … [Read more...] about Games to Play on Thanksgiving Day!
