Inspiration for teaching young children!
I recently read the book titled, ” The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing.” This book completely changed my perspective about keeping the house decluttered and tidy at all times. It is possible, but it takes a much different approach than conventional “clean-the-house” wisdom. STAY TUNED: Review & giveaway of this book happening later… Read More
Sometimes I find myself in a rut, always saying the same thing. When it comes to encouraging the kids, it’s easy to say the typical “Good job!” over and over. So I created a cheat sheet to keep handy, and change things up a bit. Using different expressions of praise can be more meaningful, as well as have the side benefit of… Read More
Thank you to everyone who subscribed and commented on the blog this week. I can already tell this blog is going to be an awesome way to connect with you ladies! Always feel free to join the conversation via the comments on posts, and offer up your ideas and suggestions as well. I’m As the PC game market flourishes day… Read More
About Gardening Dear Dad, Thank you for teaching me how to loosen the roots, pull the weeds while they’re still small (great life lesson there), cultivate the dirt around the plants, squash those gross horn worms that try to eat the tomatoes, transplant perennials, and harvest okra. Thank you for letting me be all girly and everything, and plant… Read More
For 2-6 year olds “Thy word have I hid in mine heart….” ~Psalm 119:11 Scripture memory was something that my parents worked on with us kids a lot growing up. It has been a great help to me throughout my life, and I want to pass that on to my kids as well. In the last year I have found some… Read More
Welcome! It’s launch day and I’m so excited be starting on my blogging adventure! One thing that I love on blogs I follow, is great giveaways. So I decided to have five fun & pretty giveaways on this launch day for the blog! After you’ve entered the giveaways in this post, check out my welcome post {here.} To enter: Subscribe to… Read More
When we found out we had a business conference in Orlando, Florida, we made plans to take the kids, visit Rick’s grandparents, and hit Disney World for one day. It was an 8 day trip, and it was packed full! Four days at the conference, which I was able to attend with Rick! (happy face) The resort for the conference… Read More
I’ve noticed on Facebook (and other mommy forums) that ladies are always asking for ideas of what to take on the airplane to keep their little ones entertained for the flight. So I thought I’d share what we bring on trips. Rick and I travel with the kids quite a bit, and already have five trips planned for 2016. Some… Read More
So the package says ages 7+, but with a few revisions to the original game, Uno is the perfect game for teaching kids 2+ to recognize colors and numbers. Follow all the original Uno card game rules with these easy revisions… (if you’ve never played Uno, you can find the rules here: unorules.com) 1 Remove all the special cards (skip,… Read More
When I first thought about doing Easter eggs with no candy involved I was having a hard time coming up with alternatives. All through the day I kept adding items to the list, until I had 19 fun ideas for non-candy Easter egg stuffers. I made it into this list below! You can download the PDF version by clicking the link… Read More