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Cyber Monday Gratitude GIVEAWAY!!!!!

2016-11-28 aprilmomoffour attitude, giveaways, giving, thank yous, thankful

How’s everyone’s Cyber Monday going? Ours was great. We did no shopping, but I did go to my cardio aqua-therapy class!! So fun and invigorating! This giveaway is for two packs of fill-in-the-blank notes from Lil’ Miss Gratitude!! One of your packs will be thank-yous, and the other pack will either be birthday cards or “Hello” cards. The front of the cards come blank so your kids color the front, or you can also send them out uncolored! These are […]

Do your kids love writing thank you notes???…..So here’s a solution.

2016-11-15 aprilmomoffour birthday, parenting, thank yous, thankful

Our family has never been known for our stellar thank-you note etiquette. Instead, thank you notes typically make my boys want to actually return their presents. “Skylanders, YES!!!!!” “THANK YOU NOTES??? Oh, um, oh, uh. Moaaaannnnnn….Groannnnn….” Look, it’s not that they are ungrateful. They SAID thank-you 100 times, jumped up and down, and gave the giver a hug. We are thankful, okay. But sitting down in an actual chair and WRITING out thank you notes??? Apparently some people don’t love […]

Thankfulness in Photos

2014-11-27 aprilmomoffour attitude, Bible verses, California, family

I love Thanksgiving. Today I am thanking my Heavenly Father for all the blessings he has bestowed upon us this year–this wild and crazy year! 2014 was EXCITING. It has been a challenge, full of change, and full of learning. And I am thankful for it. I’m thankful my dad is such a FUN Granddaddy. Having a scooter hasn’t slowed him down at all. As Caleb would say, “Granddaddy, you’re just as crazy as ever,” as Caleb grins from ear […]