The Empty Playroom Floor is Their Canvas

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  My kids can turn a clean space into a disastrous danger zone in about 15 minutes flat.  Thankfully, they have also learned, by frequent practice, how to turn that same space back into neatness, in about the same amount of time. I noticed a pattern, from when they were very small, that is still
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Hey Mama Monday: Raising Up the Next Generation

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  Hey Mama, May your children rise up and call you blessed. That’s in Proverbs 31, as you know. Sometimes you look at that and think, “Yeah, right.” It’s hard to see all the monkeys who constantly make bad decisions and whom you are always having to pull down off the walls. Popcorn. These kids
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Grace

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  You often hear of grace: grace from God, giving grace, receiving grace, saying grace, but what does that really mean? Is it something you can rely upon? Those days when you feel less than whole and at your worst, do you really deserve grace? Maybe you’ve yelled at your children again? Maybe you feel
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Homeschool Success in April

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  Take a deep breath… Now slowly exhale. Ready or not, homeschooling mother, it… is… APRIL… For many of us who are homeschooling, April is truly our make or break month. You can, with one quick glance at your homeschool bookcase, determine exactly which subjects are on the verge of completion for the year…and which
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Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day

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  Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day is on April 12th each year. You might ask, “Why?” Do we need a reason to make a day special? Nah! So let’s talk about how to make the perfect grilled cheese sandwich. You might think that sounds silly. However, I’ll share with you now that I am a semi-professional
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Too. Much. Stuff!

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  For generations, our ancestral farmhouse collected generational stuff, until little paths wound through it. My grandma dropped by shortly after my husband and I moved in. I was mortified, but all she reported to my mother was how nice the brown cloth looked on our table, the one spot I’d managed to carve from
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Monkey Bread

monkey bread
  Baking is a big part of our family. From holidays to just because, my family’s kitchens have always been full of love and lot of memories.  As a mother, I want to create these special memories with my kiddos, too. Baking is a great way to make memories, but also a fantastic way to
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Teach History the Fun Way

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  In our house, we love history. We don’t see history as a bunch of boring facts, but rather a grand epic that God is sovereignly writing, while men make choices to align themselves with the Lord or against Him. History is HIS Story. We study HIS story the fun way.   Discover the Story
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