thanksgiving projects

this is a little of what we’ve been working on for the upcoming holiday.  we took a blank calendar and i’ve been putting our things we’re thankful for in the squares.  with the goal of filling it full and thanking our Father for them.  we also have talked about the settlers and the indians and [...]

some several-small-kid-raising tips

i was talking to a friend yesterday and it made me think of some of the things we do around here routinely.  and i thought i’d post some.  in case you care.  (if i’ve posted them before just humor me.)
i have outlawed several things in my house due to little ones:  cereal, markers, and yogurt.  [...]

more how-tos (aka packing for 6)

you know, because i have it all figured out…
this is when we packed to go to my mom’s for 3 days.

i use gallon-sized freezer ziplocks.  and i put two kids’ clothes per bag.  i seperate them by days, and types of clothing.  for instance…  one ziplock contains pajamas for sunday night for my 2 youngest.  [...]

this falls under the “does anybody care?” category

my honey came up with this recipe the other day.
 oh. my.
yummy.  if you’re a health nut just stop reading right here – you’ll freak out just reading about it!  the more of everything, the better tasting!
start with generic biscuits

cut them spirally

unroll them

butter them – the best way i found is just to scoop and smear!

sugar them

cinnamon [...]

learning to subtract

i wish this was my idea.  it actually came out of my singapore math workbook for my oldest.  i drew the rabbit on an envelope the boys colored the rabbit.  then i drew the carrots on my oldest’s card and he numbered them.  on my 4 year old’s i wrote the numbers and drew the [...]

school ideas

here are a few school ideas i came up with a while back.  i promise i’m not just trying to brag – i love finding ideas on other sites and i thought i would offer up mine to fellow seekers.  and if you have stuff you’ve come up with – post it!  i’d love some new [...]

ok, here’s an idea

how ’bout a swap shop?
here’s how i got to this idea.  i need stuff.  i know y’all need stuff whether you publish it for the world to see or not.  and i was thinking on the verse “…and all those who had believed were together and had all things in common: and they began selling [...]

practical tips

                                 
i assigned chores around the house a while back, brought all their toys into the living room into baskets (they want to play in here with us and the big bucket of toys in their room was just getting dumped everywhere).  i went around with them the first time we did this and showed [...]

2 under 2

 i’ve been thinking for awhile about having so many little ones under 6 years old.  and about how much easier it’s gotten.  and the things i’ve learned along the way.  and that i should share them.  because i would’ve given my right arm to learn some of these things, oh, you know, not the hard [...]