The basic idea of blanket training is to train your baby to sit quietly in a small space with a few toys.  This keeps him out of trouble and...

My house is looking better and staying neater than it has in months. My boys are participating in clean-up time, having fun doing it, and i...

How in the world it has taken until my 3rd baby for me to learn this I'll never know.  I wish I could tell you how incredibly thrilled I...

It seems important to me to remember in this time of turkeys and pilgrims, pumpkins and indian corn, to remind ourselves and our little one...

Most of Dale's household chores don't come on regular days or regular times, but as we see the need and hand out the assignment. So...

Several months ago the ladies of our church hosted a baby shower. When responsibilities were being divided up, Mom and I volunteered to com...

For frugality and other various other reasons I will often not use a whole package of meat for a meal, especially things that are packaged ...

Our kitchen table is our central headquarters for school, meal & snack-times, and pretty much everything else. Sometimes I like to keep...

Ever tried to get a little boy to sit still in church... without the use of toys, crayons, and other entertaining things that are both silen...

For Works-for-me-Wednesday this week Shannon has requested recipes with 5 or fewer ingredients. This has been a favorite of ours for a whil...

Here's my Works-for-me-Wednesday post for today. Regular readers of my blog will have seen this before, but that's ok. :) CLICK HERE...

If you have young children, you must get this book: The Jesus Storybook Bible - Every story whispers his name I borrowed it recently from ...

Even though we are getting to the end of cold & flu season, there are always plenty of germs floating around. Who hasn't had a ...

We don't have a large set of standing rules at our house. We may... down the line... but for now we are able to keep things pretty simpl...

Today is a themed WFMW: It's 5:15 pm, the kids are hungry, you have a headache, hubby is almost home, and the pantry has three things in...

Last year, around the last week of October, not coincidentally just as Christmas decorations began to edge in on all the Halloween stuff on ...

Okay bloggy world friends.... I have 2 questions. 1. I am looking for some sort of Bible study / devotion material for a group of 4-5 ladies...

4/2/08 - Edited to add: I am re-posting this today as part of WFMW Greatest Hits edition. I am amazed at how often I get blog hits from a go...

One day last week Dale asked to make chocolate chip cookies, and I instantly spotted the opportunity to give myself some major mom-points by...

At least half the time we go anywhere, I inevitably only get half-way down the driveway and remember something I left in the house. I'm...