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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: Christmas
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
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
Wordless Wednesday: Dutch Winter Wonderland
Note to self: Next time, pack coats. Good thing Grandma had lots of earmuffs, scarves, and gloves. Poor Joel in a ladies’ hat…
It’s all thanks to my helpers
The Christmas tree is all decorated, doesn’t it look beautiful? I particularly like how this side turned out, with the ornament from San Francisco… Hold on, what’s that orange thing back there? Can’t quite tell…a little closer… I guess Joel … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Joel, Just for fun
Tagged babies at Christmas, Christmas tree, toddlers at Christmas
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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
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
Christmas card display ideas
One of my favorite things about the month before Christmas (and there are a lot of favorite things) is getting Christmas cards in the mail. Every year, we send out a picture card and a letter, and we send a … 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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Christmas Countdown Follow-up
Have I mentioned that I love Christmas? As always, the season was too short for my liking. We did manage to fit a lot of fun, special things in this year. Here is a quick recap, if for no other … Continue reading
