What I am loving Best Ever Chocolate Oatmeal No-bake Bars My husband found a recipe for Chocolate Oatmeal No-bake Bars that, to be honest, I thought I wouldn’t like (chocolate is not usually my thing). I made them for him and after a few days of everyone in the house raving about the bars, I …
Being a stay-at-home mom is filled with a lot of mundane tasks. Some days I feel like my brain is slowly starting to turn to mush. One of the main ways I fight that feeling is by listening to podcasts. I recently had several people ask how I find time for podcasts so I’ll share how and why I do …
A few years ago, I read an article that said a parent’s goal should be to raise healthy 25-year-olds — emotionally, socially, spiritually, and physically healthy. The article gives parents in the trenches a little breathing room and a lot of perspective. That tantrum you are dealing with today may give you just the teaching moment you need …
I am always looking for fun ways to expose my kids to other cultures. It is really important to me that I raise my kids to see outside of the world they live in; to see how others live; and to see that the way we live and the way we do things is just one small …
Reading is one of my least favorite subjects to teach. It is painful listening to kids slowly sounding out their words. I am now teaching 2 of my boys to read at the same time. Please pray for my sanity! One of my boys is really struggling with his reading. He has a hard time focusing and …
I am pretty sure that, until my third child was born, I didn’t fully understand the challenges parenting can present — challenges that have nothing to do with the number of kids I have but with the personality of this strong-willed child. I would have said parenting is hard — physically, emotionally, and mentally exhausting. But I usually got …
I feel like Easter has always sort of snuck up on me, and I put very little thought into what to do with my kids during the weeks leading up to it. As my kids have gotten older, I felt a pressing need to really focus on the meaning of Easter and why we celebrate it. As …
I have tried hard to clean up my diet in the past month, but one of my downfalls is that I am always so hungry by late afternoon. My other problem is that I am usually cold and want to eat and drink something hot. Last week, I was going to eat an apple when I had the idea to …