Thanks for visiting! I'm Alicia, the author of this blog, and I love sharing bits of our life here and on social media. Back in 2008, when my oldest was only a month old, I started Making Time For Mommy as a way to make time for myself and meet other moms. I hope this blog encourages you to make time for yourself, gives you ideas for family fun, and provides easy tips you can incorporate into your busy life! ---read more about me here ---
This year for Christmas we will be staying home. The children will be getting Christmas gifts but we will also be celebrating Jesus’ birthday. I wanted to share 10 ideas for throwing a birthday party for Jesus: 1) Along with “Happy Birthday Jesus” you can sing Christmas Carols like “Joy To The World” and “Away … Read more
For today’s ornament in the Truth In The Tinsel the theme was census and we made an “I Spy” Mary and Joseph craft using M&M’s for Mary and Joseph. We didn’t have a baby food jar so we used a snack size apple container instead. Here’s how we made it: If you want to make … Read more
We are making an ornament a day using the Truth in the Tinsel Advent e-book but I wanted to share some other Advent inspired crafts others are making. {Click on the links to be taken to the posts they come from.} *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** You may also enjoy my … Read more
I get lots of great ideas for crafts and recipes from magazines so I thought it would be fun to put a gift guide together inspired by all the great things I saw in this month’s issue of Parents magazine. Some are companies featured in the magazine and some are similar to ones featured. FOR … Read more
MONDAY Frozen Pizza TUESDAY Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup WEDNESDAY Leftovers THURSDAY Porkchops, noodles and green beans FRIDAY Salmon Loaf, mashed potatoes and peas SATURDAY Leftovers SUNDAY Chili
If you have been following my blog you know that we have been doing an Advent ornament a day using the Truth In The Tinsel: An Advent Experience For Little Hands book as a guide. If you were bummed that you missed your chance to join in I have good news… it’s not too late!!! … Read more
My business partner at Living Your Moment, Abbey, is about to have a baby and we are celebrating with a huge Twitter party! Since Abbey has spent the last two years supporting mom {and dad} owned businesses we have lots of people that want to say thank you to her and we have over 15 … Read more