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Amy from Occupation: Mommy
Join me as I explore what it means to embrace motherhood as a calling. Let's grow together to be the best mommies we can by sharing our experiences. Get ideas for fun activities and crafts to do with your little ones, celebrate the big events and the everyday moments, and learn along with my four kids and me.
Category Archives: Celebrations
8 Tips for a stress-free gingerbread house
My girls love to make a gingerbread house each Christmas. Over the years, I have found a few ways to make the process a lot easier. Buy a kit! I like to buy a kit during the after-Christmas clearance at … Continue reading
Three Flower Girls
My brother-in-law got married this past Saturday, and my girls’ dreams came true when they got to be the flower girls in the wedding. The ceremony was at 2:00, which I was nervous about since Joel’s naptime is usually 12-3. … Continue reading
Posted in Audrey, Celebrations, Georgia, Sydney
Tagged children at weddings, flower girl, kids at weddings
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Christmas books
I can’t believe it’s already halfway through December! We are plugging away at our advent activities, our Nativity advent calendar, our advent wreath from church, and our Jesse tree devotional. It’s a little much, to be honest with you. But … Continue reading
24 fun activities for Advent
Alternate title: A Mommy who values tradition When I was a kid, my family was big into traditions. Especially at Christmas time, we always knew what to expect when it came to special times. We always watched “Miracle on 34th … Continue reading
Helping make Thanksgiving dinner
Posted in Celebrations, Fall, Wordless Wednesday
Tagged kids help cook, Thanksgiving, wordless wednesday
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Jesse Tree: An Advent Reflection
It is extremely important to us that our children understand the importance of Christmas and its true meaning to our faith. I have been hearing about “Jesse Trees” for a couple of years now, and this year I decided to … Continue reading
Operation Christmas Child
There’s a great way to help children understand the importance of sharing what we have with those less fortunate, especially at Christmas time. For years, our family has packed shoeboxes with gifts for Operation Christmas Child to distribute to needy … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrations, Christmas, Growing Kids
Tagged charity, Christmas, Operation Christmas Child, shoebox gifts, teaching charity
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What to get for Daddy’s birthday?
Last week was Rich’s birthday, a day that the kids are much more excited about than he is. Sydney usually asks me every year what kind of party Daddy is going to have, and I feel a little bad telling … Continue reading
Posted in Best Husband Ever, Celebrations
Tagged birthday gift ideas, dad birthday, philly phanatic
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Time to carve the pumpkin!
There are lots of families who carve grand, elaborate pumpkins this time of year. People download stencils and painstakingly scrape away at the pumpkin’s flesh to create cats, monsters, ghosts, or lovely fall trees. Yeah, we stick to the basics. … Continue reading
