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Winter Names for Your Winter Baby (Winter Baby Names with Meanings)
Popular baby names come and go, but names for winter babies can be especially fun! Winter girl names and winter boy names can be old-fashioned baby names, or vintage baby names, or might be an uncommon baby name. But no matter what, these cool baby names will never go out of style because your winter baby deserves an awesome winter name too! Related: Spring Names {Spring Baby Names with Meanings} Related: The Ultimate Guide to the Best Organic Crib Mattresses Baby Name Ideas for Winter Themed Names So, some of these names might be considered weird baby names or uncommon – but names that aren’t heard often are becoming the norm, so…
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The Best Gifts for Crunchy Moms (and Sorta Crunchy Moms too!)
Finding great gifts for moms is easy – finding gifts for crunchy moms (and sorta crunchy mamas) can be hard! One of the crunchy cons is that we are so aware of how products affect ourselves, our kids, our homes, and our lives that we can be – well – a bit picky about what we want. Fortunately, the internet is full of ideas for crunchy mom gifts! RELATED: The Best Cosleepers for Attachment Parenting Sleep RELATED: The Best Non-Toxic Sunscreens for the Whole Family I love writing gift guides; it gives me the opportunity to do some shopping for my friends (and myself!) while I share them with you! You’ll…
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Natural Christmas Decorations
There’s nothing quite like using nature to decorate for Christmas. It puts you in touch with the natural world, it’s great for the environment, and it smells fantastic. So whether you’re looking for green Christmas decorations, natural decoration ideas as alternatives to the cheap plastic decorations you find in stores, or you just like the natural life rustic farmhouse feel, here are some amazing ideas for how you can use nature as Christmas decoration material! RELATED: 6 Natural Ways to Make Your Home Smell Like Christmas RELATED: 10 Adorable Kids Pajamas Perfect for Christmas Morning Christmas Greenery Decoration Poinsettias are, without a doubt, the most popular live plant to decorate with during…
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Awesome Eco-Friendly and Wooden Toys for Toddlers
It isn’t always easy to find eco-friendly toys. You won’t usually find them in any of the big box stores or even in stores geared towards eco-friendly living. But green toys are out there and eco-friendly gifts in general are starting to become easier to find, especially online. Don’t forget to Pin for later! Toys made of wood, organic cotton, and non-toxic dyes. Whether you’re looking for wooden toys, educational toys, or musical toys for toddlers, this list will give you some great ideas for cool toddler toys that they’re gonna love! RELATED: 12 Wooden Toys You’re Baby Will Love RELATED: Eco-Friendly Products for a Green Clean Wooden Rocker This unique…
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How to Green Your Thanksgiving this Year
Thanksgiving is a time for family, delicious food, and enjoying time spent together. However, the average Thanksgiving dinner we all know and love has some dirty laundry. It causes extra pollution, waste, and is harmful to the environment and possibly even our health. We can avoid this by making a few small changes to create an eco-friendly Thanksgiving! These Thanksgiving tips will help get you started. Here are my tips for a Green Thanksgiving Just say no to plastic water bottles For starters, pass by the individual plastic water bottles in the grocery store. There may be tempting sales on cases of bottled water. It may seem easier to buy a…
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Four Intangible Gifts to Give this Holiday Season
It is the season of giving again! The holidays come with a lot of hustle and bustle. We head in and out of shopping malls, we go to plays, pageants, and concerts, and we make a ton of plans. There is so much pressure on us to give and receive items, go to parties, and events and rush, rush rush. But let’s also take a step back and think about some of the other giving we can do during this season. It isn’t all about gifts, it is also about taking the time to give thanks for the people in our lives. While we are so focused on giving tangible…
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6 Natural Ways to Make Your Home Smell Like Christmas
The holiday season is filled with all types of Christmas scents that bring the warmth of the holiday season to our homes. From warm cinnamon to crisp pine, there are so many options when it comes to Christmas smells. And it’s even more exciting that most of these lovely smells are natural! Scent is one of the strongest senses tied to memory so it’s no surprise that we enjoy when our house smells like Christmas. The smell of cookies baking or a live Christmas tree can transport you back to holidays of childhood. So, this Christmas make your house smell like Christmas with these natural Christmas scents. You may find that…
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10 Adorable Kids Pajamas Perfect for Christmas Morning
There are so many fun ways to celebrate the holiday season with your family. Giving your kids a special set of Christmas pjs next to their other gifts is a great tradition to start this Christmas. This is a tradition we started last year and that I plan on continuing. They’ll love opening a special package on Christmas Eve and wearing their cute pajamas on Christmas morning as they open their presents. It’s also so much fun to watch Christmas movies together on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day while they wear their special pjs! You’ll be sure to get some amazing pictures of them wearing these adorable kids Christmas pajamas…
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Sharing the Joy of a Slow and Simple Christmas with Kids
The joy of a simple Christmas is something that often gets lost in the hustle and bustle of the holiday season. Many of us dislike all of the commercialism that surrounds the holidays. It makes us lose sight of what the holidays are all about. And it seems to just get worse every year. The never-ending barrage of commercials (especially the ones aimed at our littles). The gift lists that become longer and more expensive each year. The fact that Christmas decorations are sometimes out before Halloween and Christmas music in the stores and on the radio before Thanksgiving. The list could go on and on. Yet, despite our…
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Holiday Hygge: The Joys of a Simple Holiday
Have you heard of Hygge yet? Hygge is the Danish and Norwegian culture of simplicity, coziness, and finding joy in being together. Hygge is becoming a more familiar idea and popular philosophy because in our busy lives we are all in need of peace, comfort, and good experiences with each other. We’re looking for experiences that leave us feeling connected with others, especially those closest to us. Experiences that fill our cup rather than leaving us feeling drained, exhausted, and frazzled. Connection, comfort, and the art of cozy is so often lacking in our day-to-day lives. We spend money we can’t afford to and waste our time with other people…
