Pizza Dough and Lunch at Our House
by Midday meals are my favorite! What better time to teach little cooks about cooking? The fare is on the easy-side, we’re all still fresh and …
Month: August 2006
Reliable Guess-work
My oldest daughter’s attitude this morning wasn’t pretty. Sigh. We’d had a mini-blow-up last night when I told her and her sister to pick up …
Making Kolaches
What do you get when you have 6 females, a lot of time on your hands and a variety of pie fillings? A party and …
A Homeschooling Necessity
The white board and dry erase markers. Yup. A necessity. And not for the reason you think…yes, they come in handy for the mom or …
Weekend Kindness at Wal-Mart
For this week’s challenge, I determined the younger the victim, the better. And it actually worked out great! 6 year old and I were mad-dashing …
Various Trials
Did you know the bowling alley has size 5 toddler shoes? Yes, there’s such a thing as cute bowling shoes! But there’s nothing cute about …
In the Name of Outreach
“A German philosopher many years ago said something to the effect that the more a man has in his own heart, the less he will …
Home-made Bread and Jam
What better treat, right? Especially when it’s from whole wheat flour ground here at home! My mom generously lets me borrow her Grain Master Whisper …
Heaven-Love (part 1)
Do you talk about Heaven with your kids? I remember several years ago during a friend’s visit, watching our two 5 year olds going into …
Enjoy Read Alouds With All Five Senses
I’ve blogged before about the series we’re reading written by Ralph Moody in the 1950’s about his own boyhood. The first book, “Little Britches”, hooked …