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Becoming a Knight with The Kid Who Would Be King

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Eva Kid Who Would Be King

Eva and I are heading to NYC today on an epic adventure filled with swords and sorcery. We are tracking down the cast of The Kid Who Would Be King in order to interview them, train to me knights and to, of course, see the new movie The Kid Who Would Be King (Coming to theaters January 25th). This is a once in a lifetime trip and I am so excited to share it with Eva. She’s had her own swords (Nerf ones) for years now. Ever since she was very small we would play sword-fight in the backyard whether it be with Nerf swords or Lightsabers. I am thrilled that I can share my love for Arthurian Legend with her through this movie. If will give us a great jumping in point to talk more about the legend and share movies and books together.

Backing Each Other Up Swords

You can follow along with the adventure on all of our social channels: YouTube, Facebook, Twitch, Mixer, Mobcrush, Instagram and Twitter. Look for the hashtag #KidWhoWouldBeKing and you will see all the fun.

Knights Guide Sneak Peek

To get you excited about the upcoming movie and to talk with your kids about being Knights and living a life according to their ideals then check out this fun downloadable book. It is The Guide for Young Knights. It features The Knights Code, activities and more. Be sure to share this with your knights-in-training to ensure they’re ready for an epic adventure and can earn their seat at King Arthur’s Round Table!

And if you did not believe me about the sword fighting. Well, back in 2012 Eva and I had some incredible battles like this one. Forgive me for shooting Vertical.

THE KID WHO WOULD BE KING Official Channels

OFFICIAL WEBSITE: www.TheKidWhoWouldBeKing.com
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TWITTER: www.Twitter.com/KidWouldBeKing
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HASHTAG: #KidWhoWouldBeKing

Contest, Family, Family Adventures, Toys

Playing Classic Games and Talking Christmas Traditions

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Playing games as a family

We received a set of classic toys from Catholic Central for sponsorship of this blog post. Catholic Central also is providing another set of toys for us to give away to you.

With Christmas less than two weeks away at this point let’s talk Christmas traditions. Growing up Catholic and also raising our kids in the Catholic tradition we certainly have many traditions centered around Christmas. Each year we go to the Christmas Eve vigil or midnight masses at our church. We also have family to our home to share a meal on Christmas Eve.

One of the traditions that I have been excited to do every year is our annual toy collection and donation to Christmas is for Kids. This is something that we have done for ten years. We involve the kids in this project because understanding that helping people however we can is important. So, we save money each month to do a special shopping trip where the kids decide what toys to get for the donations. Toys and Christmas go hand in hand for us so it made the most sense that our charity of choice to work with provides toys to local children each Christmas.

At Christmas is for Kids

Once we go on our shopping trip together and drop off the toys we go to a local shrine called La Salette to see the Christmas lights and then hit Bliss Bros. Dairy for dinner. While we have been collecting the toys and donating them for 10 years it has only been the last 7 or so years that we’ve added in the La Salette and Bliss night. It is one of my favorite things about the Christmas season.

Eva by the lights

We love toys and games, too. We receive so many toys and games to review. However, sometimes we have the most fun doing silly simple games together. Catholic Central put together these Christmas Fun in 5 Minutes games to play and you don’t need much to do them. Just download the .pdf file and you can start playing silly fun games as you prepare for your own Christmas traditions. It also includes some cool facts about the “whys” and history behind some of the most time-honored Christmas traditions!

Christmas Fun in 5 Minutes

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