Eight steps to take to prep for Christmas. Get your gifts organized, get the Christmas spirit in your home, decorating your tree, teaching about Jesus Christ, decorating your home intentionally, what to do about Santa, and balancing family members.
Christmas is coming and with it a variety of new things to think about. I have some posts to help you out with unique things you will face, from striving to keep the Christmas spirit in your home to striving to keep the peace at family gatherings ;).
You know I love to organize. Here is how I choose what gifts to get and how I organize it all. It includes FREE printables!
Many of us have concern for how to keep the Christmas spirit in our homes. Here are some ideas to help you focus on the reason for the season.
Before we can really keep that spirit, we have to identify why there is that spirit to strive to keep. Here are five ways to teach the reason for the season.
Are you having troubles with Christmas tree touching? Here is a post to help you figure out how to keep the ornaments on the bottom half of your tree.
Christmas is a great time to focus on Jesus Christ, but it isn’t the only time. Here are some ways to teach about him year round.
One night, I woke in the middle of the night with this poem in my head. I couldn’t get it out and so I wrote the ideas down. This poem speaks of the symbols of Christmas.
Are you feeling conflicted about Santa? Here is a guest post from Gary Ezzo sharing his thoughts on the dilemma.
Of course with the many holidays and the visiting of family comes the well-intentioned but often difficult comments that come your way. There are also differences of opinion on what is best for your child. Here are some tips for dealing with the difficult family members.
Now, Christmas brings with it other facets that impact life. One is travel. I have a lot of posts on travel:
Disruptions
- Baby Sleeping in Hotel Room {Guest Post}
- Dealing With Disruptions To Your Routine
- Index: Disruptions
- Shifting Your Schedule {Time Change, Time Zones,
- Tips for Traveling with Baby/Toddler: Naps on the Go
Driving
Flying
General Tips
- Altitude Sickness
- “Flexible-izing” a Baby
- General Travel Tips
- How To Travel Without “Un-doing” Babywise
- Pinteresting Fridays: Travel Tips
- Reader Traveling Questions
- Surviving Flying with Children
- Surviving Traveling
- Traveling Tips
- Traveling and CIO
- Traveling Tips {Strong-Willed Child}
- Traveling With Baby
- Traveling With a Toddler
- Traveling with Children