I'm a mother of three, five and under. I'm a wife to a perpetual student. (Seriously, just graduate already - I mean, "I support you, honey.") I'm a child to the only Father who can claim to be Perfect, and I study under Him daily in hopes of learning from the Best.
I believe in breastfeeding, natural childbirthing, cloth-diapering, co-sleeping, baby-wearing, and attachment parenting.
Compared to the bottle-feeding, Pampers-wearing, crib-sleeping, day-caring world around me, I thought maybe that qualified me as a Natural Mommy.
Think 1800 era one room school house. Think Anne of Green Gables. After you’re done picturing her braids being dipped in ink, remember those slates they used. How handy, right? Writing spelling words and sums, erasing quickly, and then writing more. Sure saves on paper! Well, slate is pretty rare to find these days, not [...]
Filed under: The Homeschooling, Works For Me on February 2nd, 2011 | 3 Comments »
We have limited drawer space in our kitchen. So our kitchen towels are stored in the bathroom linen closet. We have lots of messes. Lots and lots of messes. Mostly caused by small children. Who can’t reach the kitchen towels in the bathroom linen closet. Our solution? Hanging a bajillion kitchen towels on the stove [...]
Filed under: Kitchen Tip Tuesday, Works For Me on August 10th, 2010 | 6 Comments »
So I’ve updated my bread recipe. Interested? Oh, and there are, embedded within this recipe, some works-for-me tips on bread-making. Like how to make it moist(er?) and keep it fresher longer. And all-around-better. So ya know. Honey Oat Flax Bread Ingredients: 1 c warm water (not hot, slightly warmer than room temp) 2 tsp yeast [...]
Filed under: The Cooking, Works For Me on July 29th, 2009 | 18 Comments »
After hearing this question asked multiple times on the same day, a day which was still over three weeks away from the oh-so-exciting train ride, I created the Train Chain. You may remember the Train Chain from your childhood, although you would have most likely called it a Christmas Chain, or more generically, a Countdown [...]
Filed under: Works For Me on October 7th, 2008 | 14 Comments »
This week’s Works For Me Wednesday is the “Mooooooooooooooooommmmmmmmmmmm, I’m bored” edition. And while my kids aren’t old enough to say things like that, they sure can act bored. And today, while Benjamin was napping, Olivia was just not tired. So I brought her out of her room to see what we could do. We [...]
Filed under: Works For Me on June 3rd, 2008 | 9 Comments »
I’ve already established that we have a climber. And it was really only a matter of time before he made his way onto the dining room table. And into the butter. And salt. And napkins. We tried to deter him by pushing all the chairs in, but this did not work for the following reasons: [...]
Filed under: Works For Me on May 28th, 2008 | 4 Comments »
My spices live in a tall, skinny, skyscraper of a cupboard. It’s narrow, so fancy schmancy pull-down spice organizers will not work for me. It is deep, so if say, the cumin is all the way in the back, I have to remove the black pepper, red pepper, oregano, lemon pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, basil, [...]
Filed under: Works For Me on April 29th, 2008 | 16 Comments »
My children love treasures. They love finding them. They love collecting them. They love scattering them all over the carpet. They love their treasures more if they believe said treasures are of importance to the adults in the household. So we deliberately create Treasure Troves for the children. And this is why our children are [...]
Filed under: Works For Me on April 15th, 2008 | 9 Comments »
I’m loving my new cell. The great reception, phenomenal battery life, fun music-playing abilities are all good qualities, but they are nothing compared to the new use we have found for this contraption. This new phone, like so many others, has the capabilities to record and play videos. The unique-ness comes when you factor how [...]
Filed under: Works For Me on April 9th, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I would say “Shopping With Children,” but “CVSing With Children” is just an entirely different level of shopping. When shopping, the cart doesn’t really stop moving. You grab the items on your list, trying to set a world record for Shortest Grocery Trip Ever. When CVSing, you meander up and down the aisles, calculator in [...]
Filed under: Motherhood, Works For Me on March 18th, 2008 | 15 Comments »
