Here is another gift that our younger children (1, 3, 4, 6 and 7 year old) are making for family this year. (Don't worry, I warned the family who regularly reads my blog not to read this week, so hopefully no surprises will be ruined.) I saw this at We are THAT Family and once ...
Each year the children like to make gifts to hand out to everyone who comes over to our home during the month of December. When my friend Betsy, came to our Mom's Meeting (our topic was Christmas gifts), brought these cute ornaments ...
There is an interesting discussion going on in the Raising Olives Community about celebrating Advent. Our family is just learning and deciding what and how we want to celebrate this special time of year, so I'd love to hear your input on how you celebrate the coming of Jesus, our Lord and Savior ...
Ready for some more Q &A? If not, I apologize, it's the only thing I have enough brain power to post. Today we bought 170 pounds of chicken, 100 pounds of ground beef and 30 pounds of roast in addition to a hundred cans of tomato sauce, dozens of pounds of cheese and much more, over ...
I have seen these rain gutter bookshelves several places online and have always thought they would be wonderful to have in our book loving home. Then I saw them at my friend Heather's house, asked ...
Remember the drawers that I got for free while yard sale-ing? They fit perfectly under the boys bunk bed and have solved our space crunch in that bedroom. I decided to forgo the wheels in favor of nice felt pads at the corners so they will slide nicely and not scratch the floor. ...
Last Wednesday when I posted about our chalkboard wall, I left you with a tease that I was going to post about my wonderful idea for displaying children's artwork. (No, it's not hang the pictures on the fridge :) ) I was inspired with the idea a few years ago while skimming a decorating magazine. ...
This is a fun activity that all of our children (ages 1-12) enjoyed and we ended up with some pretty pictures to boot. You will need: construction paper scissors glue (not Elmer's school glue, but just a simple glue stick) leaves or something else flat and glue-able with an interesting profile tape picture frame (optional) First everyone gets to go outside to gather ...
A while ago I posted a tutorial for making your own chalkboard paint. I finally got around to painting one of our dining room walls with the paint. Unlike the table that I painted in my last post, I did not sand ...
Psst. Have you heard about playsilks? Playsilks are one of the most open-ended, imaginative "toys" available. Our children use playsilks as dresses, scarves, hats, veils, skirts, shirts, belts, baby doll blankets and slings, streamers, flags, stretchers, handcuffs, peek-a-boo blankets, props for dancing, forts, tents and houses. Kool-Aid dyeing your own playsilks is simple and it's ...
