Hey Mama
Monday, 22 January 2018 / Published in Articles, Blog, Hey Mama, Hey Mama Monday

Hey Mama Monday: Your Children Are Seeds, and God Will Help You Raise Them into Adults

  Hey Mama, Right now they are popcorn. They are cracker jacks, laughing at anything and everything. Chuckle-heads with goofy humor. Faces that are chunky, crooked smiles, careless hair all over the place. Twinkly eyes because they don’t have a care in the world. Our children. Always our baby, we tell them. We’ll love you
free activities
Saturday, 20 January 2018 / Published in Articles, Blog

Family Freebies Near You

  Although blog audiences are spread out across the globe there are definitely few things we might have in common throughout the year, including LOCAL FREEBIES. During special holidays companies enjoy the benefit of sharing free items, activities, and even hosting giveaways for their customers; however, most of these opportunities will be repeated throughout the
slow days
Friday, 19 January 2018 / Published in Articles, Blog

Cabin Fever and Marathons

  Just before sitting down to write this I was busy hanging ornaments on our Christmas tree. Some are there only for beauty, but most hold a surprising amount of memory. I have a few from my own childhood (that survived the Great Fall of 2012) including a wooden soldier from when I was four
set goals
Thursday, 18 January 2018 / Published in Articles, Blog

Making Changes That Count

  To many, the new year is symbolic of a fresh start. It is the birth of new hope and a discarding of past disappointments. I find myself reflecting on the past year in the weeks leading up to Christmas in order to take an inventory of the goals I made for myself, for the
motivate your teen
Wednesday, 17 January 2018 / Published in Articles, Blog

3 Keys To Motivating Teens

  Are you struggling with how to motivate your teen? Are you tempted to send him off to school to get some discipline? That might not work, either. Maybe he sleeps half the day or falls asleep in the middle of your co-op class. Maybe he doesn’t seem to put much effort into his science
God-given talent
Tuesday, 16 January 2018 / Published in Articles, Blog

Trusting God’s Plans for My Children

  This is my daughter’s third year studying classical ballet, and she loves it. After her first year, her teacher decided to keep her in level one. I agreed that if she hadn’t mastered the basics, it made sense for her to remain there until she was ready to move on. After all, as a
Hey Mama
Monday, 15 January 2018 / Published in Articles, Blog, Hey Mama, Hey Mama Monday

Hey Mama Monday: If Your To-Do List Is Overflowing, It Doesn’t Mean You’re Failing.

  Hey Mama, Was your week perfect? Did you fail at all? Even once? Were there any meltdowns (from you and/or the kids)? How about grief or pain… any of that? Some of the kids run away or starve? Did the house burn down? Another week in the life of a Mama. A family who
life lessons
Saturday, 13 January 2018 / Published in Articles, Blog

Combining Science and Life Lessons

  As a homeschool mom I try my best to make sure my kids are learning every day. Some days the learning is less focused on Math and Language and more focused on life lessons. In my opinion, these lessons are just as important – maybe more important – than the three R’s. Josiah recently