If you are like me, you need stocking stuffer ideas each year. I am a big fan of shopping online and Amazon just makes it so easy to buy gifts for the kids' stockings. Here are some great stocking stuffer gifts that your kids are sure to love. 75 Stocking Stuffer Ideas for Kids! 1. Rock Paper Scissors Card Game - $5.20 2. Melissa & Doug Rainbow Mini Scratch Art Notes (Box of 125) - $7.99 3. Wikki Stix Doodler Toy Kit - $4.99 4. Crayola Bath Dropz 3.59 oz 60 Tablets - … [Read more...]
50+ Must Have Christmas Cookie Supplies For You
Do you like to bake each year at Christmas? We love baking cookies here at the Long house. You can find a large variety of baking supplies on Amazon.com. 50+ Must Have Christmas Cookie Supplies Wilton Cookie Pro Ultra II Cookie Press Old River Road Elf's Stocking Shape Cookie Cutter Sweet Creations 3D Gift Tag Cookie Cutter Fox Run Gingerbread House Cookie Cutter Set Wilton Gingerbread House Comfort Grip Cookie Cutter Wilton 3-Piece Christmas Polar Metal Cookie Cutter … [Read more...]
Tween Holiday Gift Guide: Fun Tween Girls Fashion Picks
I have an almost 8 year old girl who is almost as tall as me. She is wearing a size 10 already and I can't help but wonder where the time has gone. She is truly a "tween" - and I don't know how that happened so quickly. She loves "girly" things like pink, jewels and sparkles. She won't hesitate to tell me when something isn't fashionable. I guess she just knows now what is fashionable and what is not. So this holiday season, I found a new store to shop for her at. A store that … [Read more...]
Five Ways to Help Others This Holiday Season
This is a sponsored post with Womensforum and Walgreens. All opinions are mine. Start a new tradition this year and take some time out of your life to help others. Check out these six easy ways you can make this your most memorable holiday season yet! Support Your Local Food Bank The holidays are a great time to donate food to your local food bank, as they rely heavily on donations from the community. Here are 10 items food banks really need. Volunteer at a Homeless Shelter This … [Read more...]
Christmas Advent Countdown with Books!
What is the Christmas Advent Countdown? Celebrating the Advent* season in our home is an exciting, fun, yet meaningful way we countdown the days until we can celebrate the birth of Jesus. Honestly, we are really celebrating his birth all month long. Advent is a fancy way to say "coming". So our family loves to celebrate by doing a Christmas Advent Countdown. Beginning December 1st and ending December 25th we celebrate his first coming as a baby. We are also reminded during this season, that we … [Read more...]
My Daughter is Making Handmade Gifts this Christmas
My Princess is making her own handmade gifts this Christmas for family and friends. We were sent two amazing products to review from Cool Brands - Text Cool™ and Knit's Cool™. We both LOVE these. She is happy to be creating gifts for friends all on her own. I am so happy that these products are so easy to use, with very clear instructions - she honestly figured both out on her own and started creating fun crafts. Handmade Gifts with Text Cool Text Cool is an easy to use Bracelet Studio, … [Read more...]
A Brain Cancer Update (My Wish This Season)
This post brought to you by What’s your wish?. The content and opinions expressed below are that of Long Wait For Isabella. I realized that I haven't updated you all on how my sister-in-law, Melanie is doing. As many of you know, she found out she had terminal brain cancer 3 years ago. After a few brain surgeries and a year of chemotherapy, I am excited to say that the brain tumor is not growing back at this time. She still must go back in for an MRI every 3 months but right now things are … [Read more...]
