A Look into Our Daily Lives, On the Farm and Around the Home
Tot School with The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Our baby, really not a baby anymore is nearing four. Currently, his favorite book is The Very Hungry Caterpillar. To help guide him along with learning colors, shapes, hand-eye coördination and more, I am gathering fun games and activities for him to do. Many of these I am finding on the … [Read More...]
Chocolate Peppermint Loaf
I love baking and cooking. I often find myself stuck in a rut with breads though. However, I love chocolate and love peppermint, so this Chocolate Peppermint Loaf is now becoming a family favorite. Just think, you can use all those leftover candy canes for something now!! Great for after school … [Read More...]
5 Tips for Homemaking Struggles
Homemaking, the cooking, cleaning, laundry, all of it, can be a huge homemaking struggle. It can leave you horrified, that things got to this point. Most of us, if we are honest, will even admit to having homemaking struggles of some sort. Since I am writing this post, I will say, that I have had … [Read More...]
Christmas Math Activities
Do you struggle to keep the learning going during December? Here are a few Christmas Math Activities. I can't wait to do some of these with my children. We pretty much take off school through the month due to so much going on. Our deer season is in the beginning of the month and have been … [Read More...]
Nativity Crafts for a Family Centered Christ Focused Christmas
Through the month of December our family likes to do a lot of crafts. As I have mentioned we try hard to keep Christ at the Center. What better way than to do a few Nativity Crafts? Many of these crafts will use things you have at home. Many of these Nativity Crafts can be done by multiple … [Read More...]
Busy Mom? Here’s Help Plus a Free Printable to Get you Started
We have to start our day right. How you start your day can leave an impact on the entire day, and sometimes week. I am just as guilty as any other mom out there. I have my list of things that I think need to be done and start in, skipping the biggest part of the day that will impact my entire … [Read More...]
16 Free and Frugal Christmas Activities for the Whole family
Christmas is a time to remember our Savior's Birth with our family. However, so often it is easy to get distracted by this activity and that, meetings and ball games, and church and school and, well you get the idea. We also tend to get distracted by money... we want to buy this for our kids, that … [Read More...]
Large Family Homeschool Room
This year, I did it. I set up a real life homeschool room!! One that should make our lives so much easier. It will mean that my kitchen and dining room tables should not be covered in books all the time. This room is a small bedroom that has been used as a catch-all and had always been a bit … [Read More...]
Getting Fit as a Busy Mom
Hey Mom, yes you!! You are busy right? Are you finding it hard to get enough exercise? Staying fit is not going as it used to? Have Diastases Recti? Well, one of my friend's has something to help us all out!! Getting Fit as a Busy mom may no longer be as hard. Another Mom Saw the need for … [Read More...]
It’s Popping Up Spring All Over the Farm
Spring on the farm is full of some crazy days. We have new baby calves, lots of mud, and a lot of new green...Kitties, chicks and more... The crops are greening up, the winter bare milo fields are getting green with weeds soon to be tilled. The cows are calving and the wild animals are … [Read More...]
mother, christian, wife, woman, child of God. It is about my life as a farmer’s wife, as a cook, a baker, a nurse, a teacher, a woodworker, a housekeeper, a farmer (yep, I drive tractors, pick up hay bales, and other farm duties), a gardener. So, what you read here, is me, as a transparent sometimes hot headed, passionate, and opinionated person.
