other tactics…
If all else fails in dealing with misbehaving kids in public (question from last post) you could always try pulling out the camera and taking a picture:Yeah, it doesn’t work…
Friday Q & A
(This is more like a “Friday Evening” Q & A since I forgot to schedule it to post while Elle and I were gone to camp. We just got home…
summer goals
We are big summer goal fans in our family. We have done them for so many years now that the kids just go on auto-pilot and start writing them down…
Friday Q & A — “Fasting Club”
You mentioned a long time ago about something special that you do with the kids for Fast Sunday. Would you please share that with us? I get this question in…
thankful tree
We got around to making our traditional November “thankful tree” last night for Family Home Evening. Yep, the one where I sit around and hog all the artistic duties because…
15 ways to motivate Kids using a magical timer
Just like most other people do, we have a timer on our oven, except ours is a magical timer! When it is set, things happen! The kitchen will be cleaned in 5 minutes, practicing will get done, but most importantly, Lucy will use the bathroom.
home sweet home: entry way
So, our entry way started like this:Then we painted the door almost black way back when (this is the only picture I have for some reason):The “Love More” is just…
end-of-the-year teacher appreciation gifts…
…I’ve got nothing. (Except for Claire’s teacher since one of the moms was on-the-ball enough to get a really good group gift together.) School’s going to be out before I…
motherhood ideas revisited
First of all, THANK YOU for all the incredibly kind words yesterday! They made my day. Really. Next, I’m excited because “Design Mom” published my story about Lucy’s birth yesterday….