At the absolutely last minute (last night at 9pm), I decided to postpone our typical homeschool curriculum and come up with a Two-Week-Long Thanksgiving Lesson Plan. I went to bed very, very late last night…but after several hours of brainstorming and preparation, I am excited to share with you my vision for the next two […] Read more…
I am so excited and honored to have been selected as a guest blogger on one of my favorite mommy sites, the MOB Society! The MOB society is a site all about mommies of boys, BY mommies of boys. For months now I have enjoyed the encouragement, funny stories, and advice that has come from […] Read more…
Of course I agree that kids say the darndest things…my four-year-old has a constant flow of head-turning, publicly humiliating, pee-in-your-pants funny “toddler wisdom” coming out of his mouth. All that goes without saying. Kids say the darndest things. But this post isn’t about kids and what they say. This post is about the things that […] Read more…
My husband and I love, love, love to go camping and hiking. One of the particular aspects of an upcoming hike that we would check on was the difficulty level of the trail. We loved a challenge! The bigger the rocks, the steeper the trail, the more dangerous the drop-offs the better! Nowadays, however, we […] Read more…
It’s funny where you can get inspiration for a learning game to play with your toddler. Of course we all assume that homeschooling conventions and books, seasoned homeschool moms and even pediatricians would be a great place to get ideas for toddler games. But this particular game came from none of those credible sources…I was […] Read more…
I was at the grocery store recently. As I walked in the front doors, there was a table with all sorts of pretty Autumn decorations for sale. Since ’tis the season, I stopped and looked for a minute. The thing that caught my eye was a mesh bag filled with scented pinecones. I picked it […] Read more…
Ah, coconut oil. That wonderful, jack-of-all-trades substance that God has seen fit to bless us with. It smells good, tastes good, makes your hair feel good…what does it NOT do?? I hope to pleasantly surprise you with this list of all the delightful uses for coconut oil. Consider it the corn of health products! Use […] Read more…
This game was actually created based on a reoccurring event in our car. As we drive down a particular road almost every day, we pass a large hospital. In front of the hospital in a long row is a series of American flags flying on flagpoles. There are a bunch of them…I’ve never counted them […] Read more…
As a busy mommy and housewife, I struggle with control. I want everything to run like a well-oiled machine. This desire that I have to be in control comes with a high price…rather than take joy in my God-given work and responsibilities, I become enslaved to them. Striving for perfection almost comes across as an admirable quality. […] Read more…
For a toddler, maybe especially for boys, there is something just so intriguing and so beckoning about a dark, mysterious hole. They are absolutely wired to stick their pudgy little hand in and find out what’s inside! For a mommy, this idea usually conjures up images of our little ones putting their tasty fingers into […] Read more…