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Tween Easter Basket Ideas for Girls

April 2, 2020

Easter is right around the corner and now is the time to start thinking about putting together Easter baskets! Today, I’m going to share some basket ideas for tween girls! Big kids still love the excitement of a basket full of goodies too!

Tween Easter Baskets

Tween Easter Basket Ideas

I love putting together baskets. When it comes to the actual baskets, I like to go for something that the girls can actually use after the holiday. Bogg Bags are the perfect Easter “basket” and since we live at the beach the girls can use these bags to take to the beach or pool!

The Baby Bogg Bag is the smaller size of the Original Bogg Bag.  It’s washable, durable, stylish, customizable, and perfect for your next adventure! The tip-proof, ribbed bottom helps keep your Baby Bogg Bag upright and ready to use. The quality is amazing and the size is great for a tween girl!

Crafts and Things To Do

Since this Easter is definitely a lot different due to COVID-19 the girls will be getting a lot of “things to do” in their baskets this year. We desperately need some fun activities and crafts for them to do and Fashion Angels have so much to choose from!

Bunny Clay Kit is an adorable clay kit to create your own kissing bunny complete with a kissing booth and carrots.

Unicorn Yoga A fun card game to play indoors or out. Spin the wheel and assume the poses. Nice way to get the kids off of the electronics!

They have a ton of different craft kits and friendship bracelet kits to choose from as well!

Most of the girls’ baskets were stuffed with fun items from Fashion Angels. If you are shopping for a tween girl this is definitely where you need to head! Here are some more items I’m adding to their baskets!

Tween Easter Basket

Summer Essentials 

The girls’ Easter baskets usually include some Summer essentials. I included a new beach towel this year from Target. Sometimes I will do swimsuits and when they were smaller I used sand toys to fill the basket as well! It’s nice to add items they can use for the Summer that I’m going to end up purchasing anyway. 

Other Goodies

Succulents are definitely a hot item right now, I found them for $1.00 at Target.

Bunny face masks from Target was a great find as well. Southern Candle Studio here in Myrtle Beach has personalized candles which I love, the girls saw mine and immediately wanted one. They have their name and a description of them on the label. It’s a fun item to add to their basket, who doesn’t love something personalized? I added a few of their favorite candies but usually try to stay away from adding too much.

I hope you like this list of cool tween Easter basket gift ideas. Have a Happy Easter!

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Raising Strong Daughters | Quotes

March 4, 2020

Tween girls. Oh, the struggle, craziness, and fun all at the same time. I am trying to raise two very independent, loving, friendly, kind, stubborn and very emotional tween girls. 

Raising Strong Daughters

Yes, there are so many things I want to teach them that I haven’t yet, and so much advice they need to hear as they go into the crazy teenage years. 

Raising Strong Daughters

Raising Strong Daughters

I want to share some more of my favorite quotes about raising strong daughters, specifically tweens that are heading into the teen years. 

Raising Strong Daughters

“Remind yourself of what you’ve been able to overcome. All the times you felt like you weren’t going to make it through, you’ve proved yourself wrong. You’re more powerful than you think.”

 

Raising Strong Daughters

“In a world where you can be anything….be kind.”

 

Raising Strong Daughters

“As for my girls, I’ll raise them to think they breathe fire.”

 

Raising Strong Daughters

“Be the woman you want your daughter to be.”

 

Raising Strong Daughters

“Don’t stop until you’re proud.”

 

Raising Strong Daughters

“Little girls with dreams become women with vision.”

 

Raising Strong Daughters

“Courage is being yourself every day in a world that tells you to be someone else.”

 

Raising Strong Daughters

“Teach your daughters to worry less about fitting into glass slippers and more about shattering glass ceilings!”

 

Raising Strong Daughters

“Blowing out another woman’s candle doesn’t make you shine.”

And last but not least. Mama’s you are doing an amazing job. This thing called motherhood isn’t easy. But we are all in it together!

Remember: “Strong women raise strong girls!”

Raising Strong Daughters

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The Season of the Big Kid

December 3, 2019

I realized today that I am officially a mom of “big kids”….okay, I know you’re probably thinking “you are just now realizing this?” Of course not. But for someone reason today it really stood out to me. Maybe now that we are into a somewhat normal daily routine, it really gave me time to myself. I remember when I had an infant and two-year-old thinking to myself that these days seemed so far away. But we are here right in the middle what I am calling “The Season of the Big Kid” 

The Season of the Big Kid

Tween parents you know what I mean. Our kids are no longer cute little toddlers who we can post a picture on Facebook with a face filled with markers.

Instead, we have middle schoolers who we can barely get to smile let alone be okay with you posting it on Facebook. We have kids who ride their bikes to their friend’s house and have a curfew instead of us chasing them around the playground. We don’t have to sit and feed them in their high chairs or clean up food that they have thrown on the floor. We don’t have to get juice boxes or snacks in a bowl with a lid. We don’t have to strap them into the cart at Target and try to occupy them the entire time we are shopping. 

The house isn’t as loud as it once was. The crying is few and far between and it’s usually just hormone-related tears these days. The tears while are sometimes very dramatic, they are mostly very real and need our attention. They are not like the toddler tears where they would cry over not being able to wear their favorite pink rain boots. There is still chaos in the house, but now the chaos is acne, braces, and attitudes. A lot of attitudes.

For Everything, There is a Season

Some days I yearn for that tiny baby, but honestly, I am glad that phase is behind us. I do cheer for friends announcing their pregnancies and beg for dibs on those newborn snuggles!

Every season in life has both negative and positive meanings. I love watching my girls grow up and become more and more independent every day. They walk to the bus stop alone, get up and get ready for school on their own, even get showers without being asked! That’s probably the thing I’m most surprised about! They are involved in activities that they love and are really finding what their purpose is in this crazy world.

The Season of the Big KidThe Season of the Big Kid

The Season of the Big Kid

I’m not saying this “season” isn’t hard. It’s not all rainbows and butterflies y’all don’t get me wrong. But it’s time to stop moving from one phase to another before we’ve truly learned to appreciate the one we’re in. My big kids teach me patience, amaze me with their independence and humble me every single day with their compassion and kindness. They still give me a hug, kiss and say “I love you” before bedtime. I am loving the season of the big kid and am going to embrace it because I’m not ready for the teenager season just yet.

 

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