My husband usually handles the bulk of the bedtime routine with our older children while I’m taking care of Jenny and getting her down to bed. He agreed to do a guest post for me describing the nightly readings we…
Mexican Chicken
I mentioned in my menu plan Monday post that I am compiling a list of our favorite recipes to use in a regular menu rotation. I thought it would be fun to share those favorite recipes with you as I…
Write it Down
As many of you know, this week is full of preparations for our move back to the states from Germany. The bulk will be done by Friday afternoon….we’ll have a virtually empty house. And then a few weeks later, we’ll…
Eliminating Booster Seat Yuck
When my kids moved from high chairs to sitting in booster seats at the table, I thought our days of high-chair grime and food caught in crevices were over. Boy, was I wrong! The space between the booster seat and…
Clean the Kitchen Before Dinner
The couple of hours between dinner and bedtime is my busiest time of the day. The best way I have found to help with this hectic time is to get as much cleaning done in the kitchen as I can…
Early Bird Shopping
I’ve never been a big fan of grocery shopping. It has always been a bit overwhelming for me. There’s just so many decisions to be made in a short amount of time. Add in a crowd of people and three…
Deployment Communication
Military marriages are hard. They take a certain amount of extra work because of special circumstances that arise because of being a part of the military. The major special circumstance that makes military marriages especially hard are constant seperations. During…
A Place for the Shoes
I’m sure you’ve all heard the saying, “A Place for Everything and Everything in it’s Place”. I have found this cute little one liner to be the best organizational tip ever. It is so true….if everything has a place and…
Menu Planning with Google
I am reposting this for this week’s themed version of Works for Me Wednesday at We Are THAT Family. The theme is Orgnizing Tips. Using Google Calendar for planning our weekly menus is still one of my best organizational tips…Enjoy!…
Litter Bags
We finished a unit on God’s Beautiful World and Creation on Sunday. Our Family Sunday School lesson this past week was about how Adam took care of God’s world and God wants us to take care of His world as…
Household Notebooks
A huge part of my job as a wife and mother is to run an organized home. But this is one area where I really struggle. I want to be more organized, but sometimes I really feel completely lost in…
Strawberry Play Dough
Yesterday the kids and I made Homemade Strawberry Play Dough. I got the recipe from Impress Your Kids, my new favorite blog. Impress Your Kids is a craft blog focused on impressing God’s word and His laws on the hearts…