Category: Home and Family

Christmas Day is almost here! Here’s your assignment for Day 23: Pray for yourself. And try to really listen. Enjoy … See you tomorrow.

Day 22: Mom’s Toolbox Advent Calendar

Dec 22, 2008

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Christmas Day is almost here! Here’s your assignment for Day 22: Play Christmas carols and light candles while preparing dinner. Keep the music and candles going during dinner and have each person share one of their favorite carols. Enjoy … See you tomorrow.

Day 21: Mom’s Toolbox Advent Calendar

Dec 21, 2008

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Christmas Day is almost here! Here’s your assignment for Day 21: Be a secret Santa. Give someone a simple gift and don’t take credit. You could leave baked goods, candy or a sweet anonymous note on a neighbor’s doorstep. Enjoy spreading cheer… See you tomorrow.

Day 20: Mom’s Toolbox Advent Calendar

Dec 20, 2008

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Christmas vacation has begun for the kiddos! Let’s have a party at home. Here’s your assignment for Day 20: Have a hot chocolate and game night tonight… heat up a few cups, add marshmallows and stir with a candy cane. Here’s a crockpot recipe if you’re inviting more than a few… Give your games a Christmas…

Day 19: Mom’s Toolbox Advent Calendar

Dec 19, 2008

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Wow! Christmas is almost here! Today is my kiddos’ last day of school until 2009. Here’s your assignment for Day 19: Pray for your children’s teachers and school administration. (If that is you, then pray for your teaching and your role as your child’s teacher.) Enjoy… See you tomorrow.

Day 18: Mom’s Toolbox Advent Calendar

Dec 18, 2008

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Wow! We are one week away! Here’s your assignment for Day 18: Pray for a person with whom you have a strained relationship. Hope you find this prayer time enlightening… See you tomorrow.

Day 17: Mom’s Toolbox Advent Calendar

Dec 17, 2008

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Hope you’ve been enjoying this season of advent. Here’s your assignment for Day 17: Get ready for Christmas part 3: Ask your kids what they would like to do over the school break. Make a point to do at least one realistic request. Enjoy planning some fun… See you tomorrow.

NPR’s Holiday Reading List

Dec 16, 2008

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in Holidays

Since I now so often have little ears in the car with me, I don’t get to listen to NPR in the mornings or evenings as I did in my pre-mom days. Tonight my husband came home and asked me to listen to a beautiful story that aired today on NPR about a family who sets…

Day 12: Mom’s Toolbox Advent Calendar

Dec 12, 2008

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Hope you’ve been enjoying this season of advent. Here’s your assignment for Day 12: Pray for your immediate family… as a group and as individuals. Enjoy sharing God’s love again… See you tomorrow. PS You might consider rounding up some apple cider and cinnamon sticks for tomorrow.

Day 11: Mom’s Toolbox Advent Calendar

Dec 11, 2008

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Hope you’ve been enjoying this season of advent. Here’s your assignment for Day 11: Pray for your extended family. Write down your prayer for at least one individual and mail it to him/ her. Enjoy sharing God’s love… See you tomorrow.

Day 10: Mom’s Toolbox Advent Calendar

Dec 10, 2008

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Hope you’ve been enjoying this season of advent. Here’s your assignment for Day 10: Look through old Christmas pictures. Enjoy… See you tomorrow.

Day 9: Mom’s Toolbox Advent Calendar

Dec 9, 2008

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Hope you’ve been enjoying this season of advent. Here’s your assignment for Day 9: Read John 1:1-18 to your family or enjoy some quiet reading with yourself and God. Enjoy… See you tomorrow.

Day 8: Mom’s Toolbox Advent Calendar

Dec 8, 2008

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Hope you’ve been enjoying this season of advent. Here’s your assignment for Day 8: Pray for your/ your husband’s work situation. (After praying for him, consider writing down your prayer and sharing it with him.) Enjoy… See you tomorrow.

Day 7: Mom’s Toolbox Advent Calendar

Dec 7, 2008

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