Cyber Monday

My husband and older boys fought the crowds on Black Friday, and apparently won untold (until Christmas) shopping victories.  Good for them!  But that's not my style.  I'd much rather stay home and do my Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday Christmas shopping from my own cozy home while the baby sleeps and the little ones play nearby.

Online Deals:

My own website, My Audio School, is offering a free download of Greg Howlett's beautiful instrumental Christmas album, Seasonal Spice, with any My Audio School subscription purchase between now and Christmas Eve.  I really love piano music, and Seasonal Spice is just lovely.  You can listen to some samples from Seasonal Spice here. Buy a subscription to My Audio School for your own family, or contact me at support@myaudioschool.com to give a gift subscription for Christmas.  The Seasonal Spice download link will be sent to you after purchase.


Grace and Truth Books has lots of fantastic titles for sale through Thanksgiving weekend.  Their own titles have been marked down as low as $2.95.  I am purchasing some titles for my little girl from their website, as I seek to build up her library.  She won't read some of these books for 15 or 20 years, but I trust their timeless wisdom will be an encouragement to me now and to her in years to come. 

One of my favorite online destinations is Vision Forum.  Their Black Friday weekend sale (buy any 2 items, get a third free) is a good deal, especially when you shop their clearance section, as I typically do.  In addition to toys, we also buy several books, videos and audio products from them every year.

Here are some of my top picks from the Vision Forum shelves:

Must-Read Books for parents:

Voddie Baucham's Family Driven Faith and What He Must Be If He Wants to Marry My Daughter are both must-reads, in my opinion.  First we read Family Driven Faith, which helped us solidify and intensify our commitment to intentionally discipling our children.  What He Must Be helped put legs to that commitment, giving us a concrete vision of what we are striving to raise our boys to be.

Thoughts for Young Men by J. C. Ryle was a fantastic and challenging book for my husband and oldest son to read together.  I can't recommend it more highly.

Vision Forum Toys:

We have accumulated a lot of Vision Forum toys over the years. My younger boys absolutely love their lego-compatible military building sets, and this year they have expressed hopes of getting lego-compatible knights and castles building sets.

If you have any wide open space to use it, their 3 man slingshot is awesome.  We've had one for years and we love firing water balloons out of it.  Highly recommended!

We also love their weapons.  Whenever one of our sons turns 9 we hold a rite of passage ceremony as a family, and he receives a Vision Forum sword.

Our boys also like the high-impact training swords and daggers, which are sturdy and heavy enough to pack a wallop if you aren't careful.


I am excited this year to have a little girl to shop for!!  I confess I may have gone a little overboard buying cableknit tights and ruffle socks for her today, but she's just so cute!

What are your favorite sites to visit on Cyber Monday?

Full Disclosure:  I am a Vision Forum affiliate and I do make a small commission on products purchased through my Vision Forum links.