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We have many reasons for wishing to keep our birthday celebrations simple and inexpensive, while making them special for our children. Keeping in mind that time and tradition is more important and says, “I love you” more than lavishing money and things on our children, here are some things that we do to celebrate each…
For a number of reasons we have chosen to keep birthday celebrations fairly simple at our home. We have many special traditions and activities for each birthday, but a few years ago I discovered a way to allow children to participate in creating their birthday cake while saving me lots of time and energy. Now…
Thank you to Heather for being willing to guest post for me today. Heather has a degree in home economics and now homeschools her four children. She blogs at Kingdom Arrows and also has the distinct privilege of being one of my real life friends. Bet you thought I was going to talk about…
Every morning before breakfast our kids are supposed clean their bedrooms. Currently the 5 girls are in one bedroom and the four boys are in another bedroom, so both bedrooms have the potential for a huge mess and lots of squabbles. We’ve found a great solution for both of these potentials. Our secret for having…
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 if she liked them, how easy they were to clean, etc. and I finally decided to take the plunge. The…
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. There…
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 the wall after painting. Well, I began to sand and then decided that…
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…
As a young mom it never failed, we would be out and about and something unforeseen would occur . There I would be empty handed, not having the equipment that I needed to handle the situation. I have learned and now I have an emergency box. This box is kept under the seat in the…
We clothe our family of 11 for $25 a month. We have done it for this or less since we have been married. Now lest you think that our children run around in rags, we have gotten compliments from near strangers about how we must spend a fortune on dressing our children in such cute…
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