After sharing about our Family Advent Night activities, a few people have asked what movies have made the list. I decided that I would share these here, each with a link to Amazon so you can grab a copy if you’d like. Each of our Family Advent Nights is followed by watching a Christmas movie ...
This article was originally posted at JeffRandleman.com as part of The Gifts Of The Holidays series. The original is still posted there, along with several other great holiday ideas and resources. Check it out! A few years ago, we started a new tradition: Family Advent Nights. This makes the third year that we’ve done this, ...
I love the fact that my kids make good friends. And I try to be a good friend to my kids’ friends. That way, their friends will be comfortable in our home, and their parents will be as well. There are too many places that I would not be comfortable with my kids visiting. I ...
One of the things I hear parents tell me all the time is that they want to raise their kids with strong morals. They want their children to be morally straight and to do the right thing. Morality is good, but not in and of itself. Here’s why I say that. All to often, we ...
One of the things I know I will never regret doing with my kids is spending some one on one time with each one of them. Often. For example, it’s an easy thing to take one of your kids and head to breakfast once in a while, just the two of you. I do this ...
I love the ages of my kids. Each one is different, and each has it’s own special things to enjoy about it. But right now, I really enjoy the age of two. I know. You’re thinking, “What?!?!” One of my daughters is two right now. She’ll turn three after the first of the year. And ...