Family Traditions Archives - The Mom Initiative

Ideas for family traditions for the entire year: New Year's Eve, Easter, Valentine's Day, Thanksgiving, Independence Day, Halloween, and Christmas.

Family Traditions For Holidays Throughout the Year

One fun way to build memories with your kids is to create family traditions…traditions you do each and every year. Here are some easy family traditions for holidays throughout the year! I wouldn’t recommend doing ALL of these. Instead, choose one or two to incorporate into your year. Traditions for the Entire Year: Birthdays: Decorate your child’s door so she wakes up to a surprise. Interview your kids. Ask them the same questions each year, questions like: what is your favorite food, what is your favorite movie, who is your closest friend, what do you want to be when you grow …

How To Have A Jesus Loves You Party With Your Kids For Valentine’s Day

We love because he first loved us. 1 John 4:19 ESV February has now become the month of love. No longer just a single day, on the actual day of Valentine’s Day, but in a lot of ways the whole month is celebrated by showing those you love how much they mean to you. Honestly, I think it is fantastic idea, but truth be told, our loved ones should know how much we love them all the time…not just on a day, or during a special month that society tells us to celebrate. As a …

Praying Cards

My little family has lived in three different states. Minnesota, California, Minnesota again, and Colorado. Every time we have moved it’s been hard to say goodbye to the friends we made and the places we’ve grown to love. So… getting Christmas cards at our home is a big deal. We love hearing from our friends and catching up with their family news. It’s so fun to look at the pictures and see how the kids have grown (not how the parents have aged!). Sadly, another Christmas approaches and we find we haven’t communicated with these special people in the …

Preparing Your Child’s Heart for Christmas

by Debbie Taylor Williams I will never forget when I was a child and my Sunday School teacher challenged my class to memorize the Christmas story found in Luke 2:1-14. What seemed a daunting task became manageable as my mother helped me memorize one small section at a time. “And it came to pass” “in those days” “there went …

10 Valentine’s Day Ideas for the Kiddos

Do you remember what Valentine’s Day was like when you were a child? Handmade heart-shaped cards, Sweathearts conversation candies with phrases like, “Be Mine” and “LOVE” impressed on the front, and a hollow chocolate heart Momma placed on the dining room table that day. As moms, we love to make holidays fun and even educational for our children. So with Valentine’s Day looming largely over us, The M.O.M. Initiative is sharing 10 Valentine’s Day Ideas for the Kiddos. 1. Go old-school. Have them cut out heart-shaped cards from red construction paper and write a sweet note to their friends and family listing …