The following guest post is from Kristin Sterk of Organizing Life with Less: Teaching Kids to Organize Their Time Every night, do you battle the question with your kids: "Have you finished this?" knowing full well they have not accomplished everything they have to before bedtime? Helping kids organize their time and teaching time management…
The following post is from Katie of Kitchen Stewardship: Are big families eco-friendly or a carbon footprint nightmare? We all know that buying in bulk, preferably reusing containers when possible, is eco-friendly. But when it comes to having children in Costco-sized portions, the environmentalists start getting testy: “Environmentally irresponsible” “A drain on the world's resources”…
The following post is from Shaina of Food for My Family and Olmanson Photography: Soft, yeast doughnuts filled with a thick blackberry jam and topped with a lime glaze made an appearance at our house recently. This is how they came to be. We were sitting in church, the organ music filling the room as…
We are all about Legos these days, to the point that I think I could get rid of every other toy in our house, and no one would notice! Between our fall birthdays and Christmas, we may have every Lego Friends set except Olivia's House, plus two big boxes of bricks. This means the bricks…
The following post is from Jason & Jennifer Bruce of New Season Design: Valentine's Day is coming with all of its candy-flower-card-giving goodness! While some kids beg for pre-printed cartoon character cards from the grocery store, our daughter prefers to add her creativity to her valentines. Sometimes we make our own with construction paper and glitter…
Earlier this month, I shared a screenshot of the checklist my girls have been using for their school work (as part of my "Homeschool Planning Made Easy" post), and a few people emailed to ask if it was available as a printable. So today it is! Click here to download or print the homeschool checklist.…
The following post is from Shaina of Food for My Family and Olmanson Photography - Lemon Ginger Tisane {Tea}: Cough and Cold Relief The temperature here is falling. I watch it on my phone while I sit curled under a wool afghan, my knees pulled up to my chest, my book in hand. It has…
The following post is from Katie of Kitchen Stewardship: 7 Things to Do with Egg Cartons Sometimes I quantify my life in steps taken, items moved in a day, and a category called "Things I Do That Normal People Don't Bother With." In this category are things like rinsing out glass milk jars, hauling Styrofoam…
I started seeing a lot of different versions of this "poor man's toffee" last Christmas, and this year I decided to see what the hype was all about. In short, this is one of those super easy last-minute treats to throw together, and the great thing about it is you can really customize it however…
The following post is from Krystal of Krystal Griffin Photography: What I Wish I Knew the First Time I Picked Up My DSLR A little over four years ago I picked up my first DSLR. I owned a few SLR and point-and-shoot cameras, but it hadn’t occurred to me that I needed to learn how…