We love peanut butter at our house. I’m pretty sure that my husband has eaten a peanut butter sandwich every single day of his life. The Sweet Bee prefers to eat her peanut butter on a spoon. My favorite way to consume peanut butter is on a sandwich with homemade strawberry freezer jam . . . → Read More: Jars and Boxes: Organizing my home
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The Ant Bug graduated from Kindergarten this week. Let the summer fun begin! We have all been looking forward to summertime, and the increased hours available for water fun (what else can we do in the Florida heat?). However, for the last few weeks I have also been thinking a lot about our daily life, . . . → Read More: Our Summer Schedule Have you heard of The Food Nanny? You can watch the episodes online at BYUtv, and I am hooked! (Thanks for the introduction, Janene!) Each episode features Liz Edmunds (real-life mother of 7) entering the home of a family who needs their dinnertime to be rescued. Some of the real-life issues the show has covered . . . → Read More: About menu planning-again (with help from The Food Nanny) We’re on vacation this week, so today I am happy to be sharing a guest post from my awesome sister-in-law Tiffany. With several children getting a new cup every time they want a drink you will soon fill up the sink or dishwasher with cups. Our easy solution is to make name cups—simply write a . . . → Read More: Name Cups In case you ever run out of things to clean in your house, you might take a look at this list: The 10 Dirtiest Things in Your Home on Howtocleanstuff.net This is a good reminder of the sometimes easily forgotten places that need cleaning. Maybe I’ll get to them someday. I know it’s been awhile . . . → Read More: What should I clean today? I’ve posted before about my “To Do” Lists. Now that we have a new baby in our house, my “To Do” list has needed some adjusting. Currently I’m operating on the “3 Item To Do List” method (inspired by Simple Mom, of course). Before I go to bed (usually while I’m nursing the previously mentioned . . . → Read More: A 3 Item "To Do" List Has this flu season got you worried? It seems like something flu related is always in the news, with a lot of dire reports. I have decided not to stress myself out worrying whether we are going to get sick or not, and am just doing my best to be prepared in the event that . . . → Read More: Prepared Mama: Ready for Illness This week I finished assembling 72-hr emergency kits for my two children. I have to admit, their kits are pretty minimalist.This is what I included:• 3 day supply of food• 3 water bottles• Wash cloth• Travel size toothpaste and toothbrush• Wipes and diapers (Sweet Bee only)• Complete change of clothing• Emergency blanket• Family phone numbers• . . . → Read More: Prepared Mama: 72-hr Emergency Kits for Kids Next up on my Preparedness Project List was to make sure all of our personal supplies were up to date. Luckily most of these supplies were already gathered from my last push for preparedness a few years ago so I didn’t have to do too much this round.This is what I included in my kit: . . . → Read More: Prepared Mama: Personal Supplies for a 72-hr Kit A few weeks ago for Family Home Evening we pulled out our 72-hr emergency kits. I was a little chagrined by what I found. Our packs had been last updated in November of 2006. That means our food was two and half years old–yuck! And we only had two kits–for our family of four. Not . . . → Read More: Prepared Mama: Food Packs for 72-hr Kits |
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