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🍋 4 Questions Before Spoiling Your Kids with Gifts! 🎁

Inside Macaulay Culkin & Brenda Song's Beautiful Family Journey! ⭐

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Markey Battle
December 06, 2023

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In Today’s Lemon Mommy:

  • All About Macaulay Culkin and Brenda Song’s Beautiful Family ⭐

  • Christmas Crafts You and Your Toddler Can Make From Home ❄️

  • 4 Questions You Need to Ask Before You Buy Gifts for Your Kids 🎁

  • Add These Gifts to Your Wishlist Before It’s Too Late 📜Summer Reading

All About Macaulay Culkin and Brenda Song’s Beautiful Family ⭐

Last Friday, Home Alone star, Macaulay Culkin, attended his Hollywood Star unveiling and showed off his beautiful family. 

In a perfect Hollywood fairytale, the Home Alone child actor started dating The Suite Life of Zack & Cody star, Brenda Song in 2017. 

On April 5, 2021, the couple welcomed their first child, Dakota Song Culkin, into the world. Song and Culkin named their child after Macaulay’s late sister, who was tragically killed after getting hit by a car as she was crossing the road. 

Nine months after their first son was born, Brenda and Macaulay announced their engagement.

In December 2022, the pair welcomed their second son, whose name has not been announced. 

Brenda Song explained on The Cut about their “hands-on” parenting style. The pair decided against employing a nanny. Instead, Song’s mother lives with the couple and has looked after the children since they were born. 

The two stars are understandably very private about their family, after both growing up in the spotlight. While they don’t share pictures of their little ones online, they have spoken about the joys of becoming parents and how excited they are to raise their children together. 

Macaulay’s Hollywood Star Ceremony marked the first public outing of the Song/Culkin family. Although it was Macaulay Culkin who received his star on Friday, it was clear to everyone the true stars of the show were Culkin’s family. 

Christmas Crafts You and Your Toddler Can Make From Home ❄️


Here are some fantastic Christmas crafts that you and your toddlers will love making this season:

4 Questions You Need to Ask Before You Buy Gifts for Your Kids 🎁

Before you hit ‘add to cart’ this season, here are a few questions you should ask yourself: 

🤟 Am I Over-Compensating with This Gift?

It’s natural to reflect on your past year in December and have a few regrets. Unfortunately, no matter what the gift is, it won’t buy love, affection, or memories. If you want to be more intentional with your time in the new year, book an experience the entire family can do together instead of a toy. 

📚 Will The Gifts I’m Buying Add or Subtract from Our Family Values?

If you’re cultivating family values in your little ones, buy gifts that reflect those values. If you want your family to spend more quality time together, buy board games. If you want your little ones to learn in the next year, buy them books. 

🩰 How Can I Promote My Child’s Interest With These Gifts?

Christmas is a fantastic time to talk to your children about their interests and buy gifts that promote their hobbies. Giving your child a present that promotes their gifting.

💸 Are These Gifts Reasonable?

While this question is difficult, it’s necessary. Sometimes, we’re tempted to buy outside our means to match a pretend present quota. Focus on gifting meaningful and quality gifts this year. 

Add These Gifts to Your Wishlist Before It’s Too Late 📜

We’re looking out for you by providing these amazing Christmas gifts you’ll want to add to Santa’s list immediately. 

Lemon Shots 🍋 🥃

🪖 IDF forces continue to move into southern Gaza. Almost 1.9 million people, over 80% of Gaza’s population, have been displaced since the beginning of the war.

🚢 Mulitple commercial ships and the USS Carney experienced drone and missile attacks in the Red Sea from Yemen’s Houthi rebels.

🕵️ A former U.S. diplomat, Manuel Rocha, was accused of spying for Cuba. Rocha unwittingly bragged to an undercover FBI agent about his allegiances. 

📈 Mark Zuckerberg sold 632,000 Meta shares worth almost $185 million. This move added $117.7 billion to his net worth. 

🎤Shari Mendes, a member of an Israeli reserve, speaks against the U.N. for not condemning Hamas’ acts of terror and SA. 

🚁 This weekend, the UK’s Ministry of Defence announced it will carry out unarmed surveillance flights over the Middle East, searching for Hamas hostage locations. 

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