I've grown up with fishermen on both sides of my family, and now that we are near a pond I can't wait to take my own kids fishing all the time. Here are some tips for fishing with kids (that I've gleaned from my own life, friends, and Google). This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of ...
How to freeze blueberries for year round baking
Want to go blueberry picking this year? Here's how to freeze your catch for year round baking. Post contains affiliate links. I used to live far from home (hence the blog name) with a tiny backyard. I still grew things there because it's not the size of the yard, of course, but one of the ...
How to increase small children’s reading stamina
Here's how to increase your small children's reading stamina little by little. Of course, your small children can't actually read alone, but working on building their reading comprehension stamina now sets them up for success! I come from a family of readers and educators. My husband comes from a ...
LEGO tips for little ones
My kids are just entering into the "I love LEGO" phase. Well, they've already been big fans of Duplo throughout the years, but recently they put together their first LEGO Junior suitcase and the squeals were heard for hours. Actual hours. My husband was squealing along with them since he loves LEGO ...
How Unrealistic Expectations Hurt You
Thanks for joining me on this weeks Back to the Basics series inspired by the Makeover Your Mornings course I'm doing. So far we've talked about big parenting rocks, work + play balance, and minimizing stress of homemaking. One of the most freeing things for me happened recently as I was doing ...
Minimizing the Stress of Homemaking
Thanks for tuning back in to my Back to the Basics Week inspired by the two-week course called Makeover Your Mornings I’ve been doing. Monday I talked about the big rocks of parenting and yesterday I spoke on work and play. Today I’m hitting stress. There’s positive stress and negative ...
Work + Play
Yesterday I started our back to parenting basics week with a post on determining your parenting rocks inspired by the recent two-week course I bought called Makeover Your Morning. Today I’m going to continue it by talking about work and play and how it affects our entire week. "You can discover ...
Big Rocks of Parenting
There is sand. There is gravel. And then there is rocks. Rocks take up the most space and weigh the most. This is a great illustration for how to fill your time, but I want to draw a parallel today with our parenting values. I’m doing the two week Makeover Your Morning course (that I bought ...
Do you have a Favorite Child?
This post was originally posted last year, but I'm taking some much needed repose with family so I've spruced it up with new links and info for your encouragement! Before you start feeling that mommy guilt and anxiety that you're doing it all wrong, know this... you would have to consistently ...
No Technology Dinners
Does your family have dinner time rules about technology? We have some basic rules and they serve us very well! Oh and by the way, here are 5 times it's okay for your child to go hungry. It's so important our children feel connected to us at mealtimes. Research shows eating with family is one ...