
Helping Kids Make Healthy Food Choices: Snack Organization Station
Jun 2, 2013 | organization, quick tip | 2 Comments
Teaching children to make healthy eating choices can be tough-especially when as a mom it can be easy to have them grab whatever is within their reach to make things quick. This organizational tip will help when you hear, "Mom, I'm hungry!" for the 100th time today! Get healthy snacks ready...

My Description of the Perfect Mom
May 16, 2013 | motherhood, motivation | 5 Comments
If we are made in God's perfect image, then each of us is a version of perfect. The world's definition is not the one we need to worry about. This is my description of the perfect mom considering the reality of life as a stay-at-home mom. We each are perfect for our children and our families...

There Are No Perfect Parents
May 6, 2013 | faith, motherhood, motivation | 8 Comments
[Sponsored Post] See my disclosure. I had parents who enjoyed parenthood, but they were realistic about it. When they were frustrated my brother and I knew it. We knew why because they would tell us. We saw them argue. We saw them greet each other with a kiss when my dad would come home from work....

Money Lessons Through Chores
Apr 29, 2013 | parenting | 1 Comment
Often posts about chores for children discuss the very important way chores/jobs help children develop a sense of responsibility and purpose within the family. There are many reasons why children should help around the house and one of them is learning money lessons. It's not a comfortable subject...

Spin-Off Activities: No Lesson Plan Required
Apr 12, 2013 | activities | 1 Comment
How can one activity spring off into multiple others? It happens a lot in our house! It’s exciting to follow the interests of our children to expand their learning. First, we had dyed egg shells when were did the dying egg shells activity. When I was cleaning up our supplies, my son asked, “What...