When the Energizer Bunny turned three, our family became more intentional in showing her the practices of our Catholic faith. Christmas was easy because that season is joyful and festive and simply full of love and family. Lent and Holy Week, though, are an altogether different story. It is a story filled with pain and sorrow and death, things that we instinctively want to … [Read more...]
8 Books That Will Take You and Your Children To Japan
Good books can bring us to faraway places and make us appreciate other people and culture. So I get excited when I am able to gather several books that will help bring a particular topic to life for my kids. This is the case for our very fun week in the “Land of the Rising Sun.” The books we are reading are either set in Japan or feature Japanese characters. You might want to … [Read more...]
Bear Books For Your 2-4 Year Old
Ever since their first appearance in toy stores, teddy bears have been loved by children and adults alike. One of my daughter's first toys was a teddy bear given by her lolo (grandfather). She named that first bear "Duke" and loved it so much that when she got her second teddy bear, she named it "Duke Jr."! This fascination with bears is most likely what inspired … [Read more...]