Tag: children
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Teach Your Kids the Bible: Proverbs Character Study
Every morning during breakfast time, my kids and I have our Bible time. Typically, it looks like listening through a chapter or two of the Bible and reviewing some memory verses. Currently, my kids are ages 1, 4, 6, and 8. As you can imagine, my youngest child adds quite a lot of insightful comments throughout this time…
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10 Bible Resources My Kids Love
As Christian parents, we want to teach our kids the Bible. And in our society, there is a wealth of information that makes this goal even more attainable! I am so thankful for people who use their knowledge and creativity to help me teach my kids about God’s Word. My goal in this post is…
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Unplanned Teaching Moments
Last week, a friend told Jonathan and I about a conversation he had with Nate, our 5 year old: “So Nate, what do you think about moving to Virginia?” “It’s good . . . and it’s sad. But it’s what God wants us to do.” Hearing of this conversation reminded me just how important it is…
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What I’m Using for Baby #4
I love seeing what others use and love – for themselves, their home, and family. This week, in honor of reaching 37 weeks pregnant with our little miracle baby, I thought I’d share 5 things I’m planning to use for baby #4. Make sure you stick around to the end – or just scroll to the bottom…
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my greatest prayer for my children
Last week, I sat through my church’s communion service with my 3 year old on my lap and my 5 year old next to me. Throughout the service, there were prayers, songs, and Scripture readings. My attention was divided {obviously} between engaging my mind in the service and helping my children sit still. My mind began…
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Questions + Answers :: For Moms + By Moms
what’s the best parenting advice you ever received? how do you make time for one-on-one time with your kids? what’s the meal you make when you forgot about supper? these are just 3 of the questions that will be answered in this series.
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I Have the Best Job
We’ve been celebrating a lot around here. Miles had his {literal} birthday, Nate turned 2 last week, and today is Anna Grace’s 4th birthday. Nate //our little dude. loves wrestling, blankies, wearing shoes, holding his brother’s hand, building towers, and being tickled. doesn’t have much use for raw spinach, talking, or being without Daddy. …
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Your Body Communicates {Pregnancy Series}
Welcome to the first part of our pregnancy series! If you have recently discovered you are pregnant, congratulations! There is a little miracle inside your body & this is such a special time of life – both for you and the little life inside you. As I mentioned on Monday, we will be discussing 5…
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I’m Prego! … now what? {Pregnancy Series}
I’m so excited to introduce a brand new series here at Brown Sugar Toast! Since I’m currently pregnant, I figured this was the best time as any to do a pregnancy series – right while everything is fresh in my mind! Clearly, I am not in the medical profession, so all of the things I…
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thankful
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Baby Basics :: Part 2
On Wednesday, I shared a question from a reader as to what to get for baby. Here are the basics I mentioned: Today, I’ll cover the final 2 categories: Beyond Basics Beyond Buying So this is where things gets personal as to what we did with our first 2 blessings & plan to do with our…
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Baby Basics
After learning that she was expecting a baby {hooray!}, a reader sent me the following question: “I would love to know of anything you would make yourself over buying. Things you bought that you realize now that you really didn’t need. Your favorite carrier/car seat/strollers (jogging/regular) and places to buy them for less if you…