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A Huge Helping of Family Friendly Christmas Games

Posted on December 10, 2013December 11, 2016 by Mama

Disclosure: I received this product as part of an advertorial.

The kind folks at Python Printable Games gave me an opportunity to review their holiday games just in time for Christmas, and I’m so excited to pass along this great resource to all of you. With over 50 printable holiday games, this is a great place to download family friendly entertainment for home or holiday parties. Games include mad libs, game exchange stories, scavenger hunts, trivia and more. There is literally something for every age group, interest and occasion.

A few of my favorites include:

Shop-A-Thon Christian Gift Exchange – you purchase gifts for your Secret Santa based on a Bible verse
Bible Trivia – the hard and basic versions are both a bit challenging and fun
Christmas Music Trivia – this one is fun and educational
Spot the Difference – a good one for the kid
The Newlywed Game – a fun time for couples, and there is even a teen version of this one
Reindeer Games, Right-Left – a great way to exchange gifts for a large group
Super Star Christmas Trivia – match up the stars with their Christmas classic

If you visit the Python Printable Games site, you can purchase the huge set of Christmas games for about $20.00 or just pay for the individual games you want. When you order your games, you receive them via an encrypted email link. They are in PDF format and may be printed in the home, office, or a copy shop. Also, there is no time limit for the purchased games. They are yours to keep; so if you don’t use them all in the first Christmas season (which is pretty likely, given the quantity of games here), then you have the games to use or reuse in future years.

May your Christmas be a bit merrier!

I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free using Tomoson.com. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers.

The Nightmares of My Toddler

Posted on November 2, 2013March 20, 2015 by Mama

Do your kids ever wake up crying in the night? As a parent, I know it must have been a bad dream, but when I check on our son he rarely recalls what caused such a fright. Or even before our baby could verbalize he would wake ever so often like he had been pinched, and at that point there’s just no hope of figuring out his sleepy fears.

Since our son is only three, my husband and I often talk about what he could possibly be dreaming that is so traumatic for a boy his age. Well this morning I finally caught my son in a not fully awake state after an incident, and he finally told me what was ”wrong.”

He sleepily said, ”I wanted to play trains on the DVD and Daddy said, ‘No.’”

There you have it folks, the nightmares of my toddler. Whew, and I thought it might be something really horrible, like his cartoons were too violent, he secretly hates broccoli or I’m a terrible Mom. We do let him watch train videos on the iPad ever so often, so I guess that’s how the whole playing and DVD imagery came together. I just had to comfort my distraught little guy and coax him back to sleep, but as soon as I cleared his door I had to giggle and grin.

I guess his life is pretty good, and I’ll take it as a star sticker on my parenting chart if that’s the only content of my child’s nightmares. Oh, that life could stay so simple.

Choosing Chores for Our Toddler

Posted on October 26, 2013March 5, 2015 by Mama

This morning my husband started sorting laundry and our ornery three year old immediately started wallowing around in the filthy, stinky piles of used clothes — how’s that for a visual. After asking our son to stop, explaining to our son how ”yucky” it was and scolding our son for not doing what he was told, my husband quickly changed gears. (He’s a really good Dad, by the way.)

My husband suddenly stopped struggling with the situation, and flipped it into a fun task for our little guy by asking him to help sort all the clothes by color. From the other room, I heard them picking up pants, socks and shirts, declaring a color and placing them in appropriate piles. (I swear I do more smiling with just my ears often times.)

After the basket was empty, my little man ran into the kitchen and begged me to come see what he had done. He ran ahead of me and by the time I arrived, he was standing smack dab in the middle of all the piles, hands on hips with the biggest self-approving smile I’ve ever seen. I appropriately fawned all over his completed chore and told him I was proud; but better yet, I knew he was proud of his own accomplishment and that was a very good thing to see.

photo credit: pasukaru76 via photopin cc

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