Creating a Toddler Schedule | Structuring the Day for a Toddler
“The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.” Proverbs 21:5
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An Old-Fashioned Summer Bucket List (Free Printable)
When did summer get so complicated? Somewhere between the sign-up sheets and the screens and the drive to the next thing, the simplest season of the year turned into the busiest one. And I don’t think that’s what any of us actually wanted. So I made a little something to help us slow it back…
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Old School Summer: What We Lost & How to Get It Back
When did summer stop feeling like summer? I’ve been trying to put my finger on what an old-fashioned summer actually had that today’s summers often don’t — and I think I’ve figured it out. When I was a kid growing up in the 80s, we lived in a rural community in west-central Georgia, I spent…
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Screen-Free Summer Boredom Busters for Kids That Actually Work
Every summer, without fail, it happens. School gets out, the novelty of freedom lasts about four days, and then somebody wanders into the kitchen with that look on their face and says it. “Mom, I’m bored.” And y’all — my answer was always the same. Go play outside. Or, if it’s raining: it’s okay to…
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How to Keep Your Home Running When the Kids Are Home All Day
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Free Printable Christian Valentine’s Day Cards
It’s almost Valentine’s Day, and I thought it would be fun to share a sweet set of Christian Valentine’s Day Cards with you! This set of 9 Jesus Valentine’s Day Cards are easy to use – and perfect for a variety of settings from your child’s classroom or for use in your Children’s Ministry program…
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How to Start Family Traditions That Actually Stick
My mama made the same bean soup and cornbread every single time the temperature dropped. I don’t know when it started. I don’t think she ever decided to make it a tradition — it just became one, the way the best things do. Quietly, and on purpose, repeated until it was simply part of who…
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Family Life | Free Printables | Homemaking | The Proverbs 31 Woman At Home | Keeping House | Motherhood
The Uh OH! Bucket: A Simple Chore Based System for Kids (and Moms)
If you’re tired of tripping over toys or constantly picking up after your kids, let me share with you a little trick that just might save your sanity: the Uh OH! Bucket. It’s simple and effective. And yes, it even makes clean-up feel a little more fun (or at least more manageable). When I was…
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Provoke Not Your Children
Being a mom is rarely easy. Children seem born to test us! Patience is definitely needed on the part of mom if the household is to remain peaceful and a haven of love. I have witnessed parents who, without good reason, yell at their children, speak harshly to them, or pick at the slightest wrong….
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Tidbits from My Week: Busy Summer Days
This morning was hard. Well, let me back up. So yesterday, I woke up at 3:30, got Hannah ready and we headed out for the 2 1/2 hour drive to Knoxville to our ice rink. I watched Hannah’s hour long lesson and then watched her skate for another hour until the ice time was over…
