Let me first say that we do not do much in the way of traveling. Therefore, you won’t find tips in this post on how to fly with a baby or how to travel across the country with a baby. What you will find are a few tips that have worked for us over the [...]
Homemade Vanilla Experiment {Part 2}
August 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Back in May I told you about how I was making homemade vanilla. Today I decided that my first batch was ready. It has been curing for the past 5 months and is ready to be used in all of our favorite recipes. This afternoon I strained the vanilla through two coffee filters that I [...]
Fix It Up Friday: Photography
August 26, 2011 By 9 Comments
Good morning! It is time for Fix It Up Friday again. I am so glad to have you join me. Thank you to those of you who linked up last week. If you are a blogger and have a creative post to link up, please do so. I always love to see what other people create. The guidelines [...]
When You’re 6 1/2…
August 25, 2011 By 6 Comments
…your baby sister might just think you’re the coolest person she knows. …you might lose two teeth in a week. …you might start talking with a lisp thanks to losing the aforementioned teeth. (If you are reading this via email you will have to click over to view the video.) I am enjoying Joshua being [...]
Water Bottles Turned Drip Catchers
August 24, 2011 By 8 Comments
A few years ago my mom, clever and crafty lady that she is, turned a two-liter pop bottle into a drip catcher for a 2 gallon drink dispenser. When we hosted a party recently I wanted to do the same thing, but I didn’t have any two-liter bottles. However, I did have a couple of [...]
Baby Basics: Sleeping Like a Baby
August 23, 2011 By 6 Comments
I posted these pictures in a post I wrote about Janna’s first week. However, I thought they were relevant for today’s post. I am not sure whether I am qualified to write a post about sleep when most of my children haven’t slept through the night until they were school-age. Also, my children don’t sleep [...]
Allergy-Free Honey Mustard Sauce
August 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment
For the past couple of years I have had to learn a new way of cooking in order to be able to feed my 6 year old son Joshua. He has allergies to wheat, dairy, egg whites and soy. I had started a blog to post any new recipes I created, but it has just [...]
Lots of Tomatoes in My Garden
August 20, 2011 By 2 Comments
My garden still looks sad. There are lots of weeds and we need rain. However, it is still providing us with produce, specifically tomatoes. I have been canning spaghetti sauce and I plan to make some salsa very soon. Yummy! Amazingly, there are still some cucumbers and zucchini growing. I even found two small pumpkins [...]
Fix It Up Friday: Homemade Lunch Bag
August 19, 2011 By 2 Comments
Good morning! It is time for Fix It Up Friday again. I am so glad to have you join me. Thank you to those of you who linked up last week. If you are a blogger and have a creative post to link up, please do so. I always love to see what other people create. The guidelines [...]
Back to School
August 18, 2011 By 8 Comments
I realize that I am probably going to seem like I am contradicting myself due to the fact that on Tuesday I posted about attachment parenting and today I am writing about the first day of school. However, my oldest three children began another year of public school on Monday. Due to the fact that [...]
