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And staying home all the time, meant that I was naturally scrolling my phone more when I felt bored or wanted an escape, which is a bad habit I’ve developed, even before the pandemic hit. There is a lot of heartbreak that happens when suddenly all the end of the school year events are cancelled, the kids didn’t get to hug their teachers goodbye, and all the musical programs are cancelled. Although it’s been rough start to the year, I think I’m making strides towards my goals, no matter how small or scattered those strides may be. For me the one to avoid is Facebook and sometime Instagram but these simple tips could work for limiting any of the social media platforms: Resolving to check social media only a few times a day for a set amount of time.

As I was thinking of things to do with my kids for two weeks (or longer) while we are all stuck at home and “social distancing”, I came up with the idea of 14 days of Disney princess activities in quarantine because well there are 14 official Disney princesses and 14 days equals 2 weeks. So if you wanted something fun to do with your little girls (aka the little princesses), while you are at home for 14 days or more, you could potentially pick a Disney princess for each day and do themed activities around each one. If you wanted to add a few extra days you could do a Tinkerbell day, a Sophia day, an Elena day and an Anastasia day. Some themed elements to include for each day: A meal and/or a snack (we have this Disney princess cookbook which will give you a ton of menu ideas).

As a Catholic family, we celebrate St. Nicholas on his feast date December 6th every year with a mini Christmas like morning. This year, I’ve compiled a list of awesome Catholic products for kids to give you some fabulous options for St. Nicholas Day gift or even Christmas Day gifts! If you would like supplemental material to go along with your Brother Francis’ Days of Advent, I have a whole post on the Shepherd on the Search Advent Countdown and free printable activities to do with the shepherd doll for each day of Advent. Here are a few other Catholic Kids’ media options that I recommend and that my kids enjoy watching and listening to: The Cat Chat Series which is a whole family who have sing, dance and talk about the Catholic faith.

The Children’s Missalette has little flaps that you open for each part of the Mass and at the end of Mass the folded back flaps reveal a picture holy card that you can take out of the booklet and keep. They each created a picture of the inside of a church with crayons and then applied the stickers around the inside of their church picture. I like to keep 4 or 5 small Sunday books at a time in the bag as well as a handful of church toys. It’s usually money but our church also has offering cards where we can write a little sacrifice, prayer or act of love that our kids completed that week and put that in the collection basket.