I just had to show you how organized and on top of things I am today. Ta-da! This is my outfit of the day to greet my visiting teachers (women from church who come and visit once a month). Isn’t it so lovely? My favorite part is the greasy hair pulled back in a ponytail. […]
Got a Question? Ask Away!
Someone submitted a question via facebook recently asking for help in sleep training young children for an Establish the House post. While that post is in the works (I want to get a variety of mothers giving their advice) I thought it would be a great idea to use today’s post as a way for […]
How I Potty Train My Children
Remember last week how I wrote about puke? I jinxed myself. Guess who ended up getting sick last Wednesday night? Yeah. Not very fun and it totally knocked me out, so much that my husband was teasing be about being a wimp. I hope I’m not setting myself up again with this week’s Establish a […]
Handling the yucky sickness
Establish a House is a series I run every Tuesday with posts that cover cleaning to cooking, discipline to diapers, and everything in between. You can read more about the series here. Today we are talking throw-up, vomit, puke, upchuck – whatever you call it at your house. It’s not pretty, very smelly but something […]
Where Did Your Ancestors Live?
For today’s Establish a House post I want to tell you about an amazing new web app called RootsMapper that shows you the birthplaces of your ancestors. You log-in with your FamilySearch account and then sit back and watch the fireworks. Really! It starts with you and then depending on how many generations you choose […]
Stubborn or Determined? Defining Your Child’s Attributes
Several years ago, I had reached a breaking point. I was pregnant with my fourth baby. My 2-year-old son was wreaking havoc on my sanity. I remember one morning beginning with him cracking all of the eggs onto the kitchen floor. As I cleaned it up, he dumped the oatmeal from breakfast out of the […]
Plates, bowls, cups, utensils
Ours used to all match. Now our plates and bowls are mixed from a red set and a white set. Our cups are glass mason jars with handles all etched with our names. These are great! Except for when we have company. I need to make some that say guests or friends. We use glass […]
LLLLllllllllaundry!
Gardening, watering, playing in the sprinklers, driving toy tractors in the dirt, helping dad fix broken down pivots, farming hay – all that times the number of people in our family and we’ve got a whole heck of a lot of laundry to do! Throughout my motherhood experience I’ve tried several different approaches to tackling […]
Parents Need a Will
There was a HUGE dust storm yesterday. It caused a 26 vehicle crash on I-80 right outside of town. No visibility whatsoever! There was also a wildfire on the mountain range to the east of our valley. It was started by a dry lightning storm the night before. The road was closed and we couldn’t […]
Indoor Activities for Blistering Hot or Rainy Summer Days
We don’t have very many rainy days here in Nevada. In fact, on the days it does rain my kids are headed outside to enjoy the rare treat! Instead we can get some blistering hot days where even the shade is too hot to enjoy so we stay indoors. In compiling this list I tried […]
Classic Childhood Games to Play With Your Kids Outside
With the end of Memorial Day weekend and schools coming to a close its time to review some great games you can play outside with your children. Notice I didn’t say teach them to play on their own but you should actually go out and play with them. Remember we are trying to Establish a […]
How Do You Organize Your Photos?
My current project – creating photo books to be printed. It is a HUGE project! Because of my digital camera I have taken more pictures than ever. Unfortunately, I have very little pictures actually printed. Thus my goal to at least get a few photo books. I was able to get a couple of good […]
Planting a “Wild” Flower Garden
Spring weather is finally here for most parts of the country. Yesterday was downright hot here! Time to start planting gardens – both flower and vegetable. Today as part of our Establish A House series I’m sharing how we plant a “wild” flower garden every year. These pictures were taken five years ago. I can’t […]
Teach Your Children Well
The next guest post in our Establish A House series comes from my good friend Deirdre. I marvel at how the internet connected a Mormon and a Catholic living on different sides of the U.S.A! Deirdre always uses song lyrics to name her posts. The song from Peter, Paul and Mary is the perfect title […]
Equally Yoked
I had these guest posts loosely scheduled on my calendar several weeks ago. It’s amazing to me how things work out sometimes. Last week’s Establish a House post generated a very good question from a reader about what to do when spouses aren’t quite in agreement or on board with certain teaching aspects. There were […]