Field Trip Day: Young's Jersey Dairy Farm

It’s a tradition with us.  When the big kids go off to school, my homeschooled kids and I take a couple of field trips…. Every school year, our lives seem to look just a bit different. This year, we have several “shifts” of school-age children.  The first shift gets on the bus first, then second [...]

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"So You’re About to Be a Teenager": Talking with Your Pre-Teens about Sex

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Talking to your kids about sex doesn’t have to be difficult.  With a few tools and pointers, you’ll be a pro! Talking to our children about God’s plan for sex and children is a conversation we approach with great fear and trembling.  Not because we are afraid to have the conversation, but because it’s such [...]

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Friday Wrap Up: Trampolines, Mini Donkeys and Pastures

What a beautiful sight! The ‘back’ garden is in full bloom!  This is our bigger garden that is growing the larger crops, like corn, beans, squash and melons.  When I saw the tassel appear on our corn, I almost wept.    I’ve never grown corn before, I was thrilled that it has made it this [...]

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How to Make Chores More Fun

Summertime is time to switch-up the chore chart! I’ve done it every summer forever now.  I pull the chore chart off the frig and switch things up. After 9 months of doing the same old chores (hence the school year), it’s time to teach the children new tasks. Summertime is also a great time to [...]

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How to Dress Your Kids for Less

Ever wonder how other moms cloth their children on a budget? This week, I switched out a few of the kids closets, something I frankly do not enjoy doing.  Keeping the kids attractively and appropriately clothed, for the most part, is quite the chore. Far from the days of perfectly matched outfits and shoes, I [...]

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What Does YOUR Refrigerator Say About YOU?

It’s the chore that has to be done once in a while…cleaning the outside of the refrigerator. As I took everything off of the frig in order to thoroughly clean it, I realized once again how much all of that clutter says about me.  Have you ever considered that?  Take a hard look on your [...]

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3 Ways to Get Your Kids to Eat Fruits and Vegetables

I often hear moms ask about how to get their children to eat fruits and vegetables.  Of my 9 kids, every single one of them eat both, even the picky eaters.  How is this done? First, it’s important to remember that children are individuals with specific tastes, likes and dislikes, just like you and I.  [...]

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Toy Organization Strategy

  I had been meaning to get around to it for months.  Time, energy, motivation and lack of solutions stood in my way of organizing the little kids toys in the family room.  I don’t know about your house, but toys and their pieces just multiply around here.  Drives me crazy.  I am forever picking up pieces [...]

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Mandatory Fun Time

Playtime…sounds like fun, but for some reason there are times that my children seem to forget how to play. I know when I was a kid, we played outside all the time.   We had our bikes, roller skates, pogo sticks, swing sets and unicycles. When Mom said it was time to go out to play, that meant ‘do [...]

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Meredith's 9th Birthday and the Schizophrenic Cake

  Meredith is my baby girl and she’s turning 9 this week.  She is by far the sweetest little girl I’ve ever known.  Her heart is as big an Kansas!  She loves Jesus with all her heart and just wants everyone in the world to be happy.  When her birthday comes around, I just want [...]

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