
Homemade Play Dough Puzzle
Mar 4, 2013 | activities | 12 Comments
I make homemade play dough with my children every now and then (and it lasts a LONG time in the fridge in between when we are playing with it). They get bored with just playing with the dough, though, so I created a puzzle from dough that we would be throwing out anyway. You could use store...

Motherhood Is Not Easy
Feb 24, 2013 | faith, motherhood, motivation | 4 Comments
Exhausted, over-stretched, grasping to figure out if I was a successful mom that day. Of course, I never feel that way on just one day. "Things worth doing are never easy" comes to mind when I think of being a mother, but the bad days can get very draining. We could let ourselves view...

DIY Dress-Up Vests from Grocery Bags
Jan 31, 2013 | activities, quick tip | 0 Comments
Dress-up costumes can be pricey, but you can make your own at home! In fact, your preschooler or young elementary child can create their own dress up vests (with your supervision of course) to add their own personal creativity to the dress-up bin or closet. Here are the steps for turning...

Make Leftovers New
Jan 16, 2013 | homemaking, quick tip | 5 Comments
When you live on a budget, groceries need to stretch. Make leftovers new with these 7 tips to stretch your grocery budget farther. You know that chicken broccoli skillet recipe on the back of the condensed cream of broccoli soup can? I made it for my family, but I was not feeling like...

The Female Brain-Part 2: Parenting through the Teen Years
Jan 7, 2013 | motherhood, motivation, parenting | 0 Comments
For a time, I tutored Middle School students and volunteered as a youth leader for the Middle School ministry at my church while I was in high school. I have been a teenage girl and I will have two teenage girls in a few years. From what my friends who have teenagers tell me (as well as my own...