Three Reasons Why You Should Lose Weight

Self-care isn't selfish You're not alone if you're a woman struggling with your weight. Many women face weight issues and find it challenging to lose weight. Often, they devise excuses to avoid weight loss, lacking the motivation to follow through. If you're one of them, keep reading. Here are three reasons you should lose weight, which could motivate you to achieve your weight loss goals. 1. Appearance While many women are content with their appearance, some are dissatisfied. If you are one of those who feel unhappy with the way you look, losing weight could be an option to consider. Even a tiny amount of weight loss can significantly improve your self-image and how others perceive you. If you find it challenging to look at yourself in the mirror every morning, consider weight loss to improve your self-esteem. 2. Health Obesity is a serious health concern that can lead to various complications, such as high blood pressure, diabetes, and even premature death. If you are...

Christmas Tree Activities

 Christmas Tree Activities


Decorating the Christmas tree is an event that most members of any family look forward to.

Christmas Tree brings exciting times into the home.


It is not only a time to reflect and remember where the various ornaments came from or who made them, but it is also an exciting time that brings Christmas into the home. 


There are a variety of activities you can incorporate into bringing the Christmas tree into your home. Some families enjoy singing "Oh Christmas Tree" as the tree enters the house. Make a fun activity of this whereby everyone has to come up with an original verse to the song (since few know the actual words). It can keep everyone entertained while someone else works to get the tree standing up straight. 



Make a game from the ornaments once the tree is in a stand and ready to be decorated. Put all the homemade ornaments aside and work with those first. Start with the first family member and ask who made the ornament and where it came from. Once the details are out, ask the crafter (likely a child) if they remember making the ornament. If you're the parent, tell the child what you thought when you first saw the ornament. Decoration is fun since it reminds children that the things they make and bring home are meaningful to their parents. 

There is always one ornament that is just ugly or plain silly. Play "hot potato" with that ornament. Whoever gets stuck with the nasty ornament has to say one nice thing: "Well, there's a lot of glitter on it, and that's pretty," or "Dougie made it, so I like it." It's a silly way to remind children to find good in everything. It might remind them this is a good lesson for this time of year.



Some people use an advent calendar to count down the days until Christmas, but one fun activity will surely be a hit with children. Similar to the concept in Germany (where the advent calendar originated), this involves providing one small gift for children every day until Christmas. In Germany, for several days before Christmas, you can do it for the 24 days of the month until Christmas arrives.


Easy Christmas tree craft: buy tiny handled gift bags at the craft store. Buy 1 for each of your children. Have the children decorate the bags, and on each of the 24 bags, have them place a number as well, 1 through 24. As you decorate the tree, find space for each little bag. Because they have handles, they can hang right on the tree like an ornament, or you can tie the ribbon. They have a more graceful swing. Each night, fill the right bag with a tiny prize or gift. So, if it's the night of December 14, you'll take bag #15 (all the bags with earlier numbers will be gone) and put some little trinkets in it. It might be a piece of candy, a tiny ornament for your child's tree, a car, or a small eraser. The idea here is that it's a small gift, but come morning, that's the first activity your children will engage in - discovering what little treat you left for them the night before.