Reading
60+ Christmas Day Traditions – Everyday Reading
I got this message on Instagram: Hey! I’m wondering if you have any great tradition ideas for Christmas Day. We have tons of wonderful traditions leading up to Christmas and then the actual day sort of feels flat and boring. I’d love to make some traditions to look forward to after all the gifts are […]
The 2026 Everyday Reading Book Club List
It is one of the best days of the year – it’s the reveal for the 2026 Everyday Reading Book Club list! 2026 is the NINTH year of Everyday Reading Book Club and I love seeing new people join each year! Nothing delights me more than messages from people saying they never would have picked […]
50+ Christmas Stocking Traditions – Everyday Reading
Stockings are definitely my favorite Christmas morning tradition (and the most fun gifts for me to pick!). In my family growing up, we always had Pez dispensers and I loved seeing what characters my parents picked out for each of our stockings. My husband’s family always did a massive amount of snacks with Pringles as […]
The 2026 Book Log – Everyday Reading
Looking for an easy book log for 2026? Pop in your email below to join my email list and Spaghetti Tree Games’and this book log will come right to your inbox! One of my favorite things about the end of the year has become releasing the annual reading log template. You may remember previous ones […]
100+ Practical Gift Ideas – Everyday Reading
Some people are easy to shop for – they love just about anything! But some people are VERY practical and anything that feels frivolous or extra to them isn’t a delight. Recently I got a note on Instagram that said “I need gift ideas for a super practical person. Like she gifts food storage and […]
The 2025 Free Christmas Reading Calendar
Looking for a copy of this year’s printable Christmas coloring sheet? Pop in your email below and it’ll come right to your inbox! If you don’t see the form to enter your email address, click this link to grab it! Can you believe it? This Christmas Coloring Sheet marks SEVEN YEARS of Christmas reading charts. Whether you’ve […]
4 Books I’m Currently Reading (+ My Team’s Picks!)
I feel like I’m just barely taking a breath after our Boston trip and all the prep for Halloween costumes. Every year, people ask how I convince our kids to do a family costume and my answer is always that our kids are driving it, 100%. Frankly, Bart and I would be thrilled to not […]
“If my child sees me reading a Kindle, will they know I’m reading?” 10 Parents Weigh In
Every time I talk about my deep love for my Kindle, I get worried DMs from parents who want to get a Kindle but are worried their children will think they’re just on another screen rather than reading. After literal years of this question, I asked my Instagram community to weigh in with their experiences […]
4 Books I’m Currently Reading (+ My Team’s Picks!)
I won’t lie – September has NOT been my best month for reading! I’ve been keeping up pretty well on my reading goal for this year but Goodreads tells me I’m currently 5 books behind, so I’ll have to step it up a bit to hit my goal by Dec 31st! Here’s what I’ve been […]
4 Books I’m Currently Reading
I won’t lie – my reading dropped off a little toward the end of summer. It was so busy getting everything ready for homeschool (here’s what we’re using for curriculum this year) and soaking up the last of the summer activities. Now we’re starting to get back into a school rhythm which includes daily family […]