I really do love these lazy in-between days of the Christmas season. Even the secular world slows down a bit, to nod to Our King (whether they want to admit it, or not). We've been filling our days with cozy fires and friendly board games and a few too many treats....
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Toyless Gift Guide
Over the years, we have seen that non-toy gifts seem to stand the test of time better than gifts of the plastic toy variety. When kids are given *real* things as gifts, it seems to give them a confidence and sense of ability that toys don't necessarily give them. A...
Blessing of Food and BACON!
I'm over at Catholic Rural Life today, talking about community, food blessings, and bacon! Since the beginning of time, human social interaction, community, has centered around the shared table. Hospitality. We welcome friends to join around the table, toast to the...
We Know Who Wins
On this Feast of St. John Paul the Great, I've been thinking of three of his most famous words. "Be Not Afraid!" Considering that he spoke many, many words and ALL of them were worth hearing, it's ironic that we can boil it down to these three. But these three...
(Mis)Adventures in Pigland
Yesterday was....pigalicious. And that doesn't mean we got to eat a great deal of pork. For the most part, raising pigs is a fun and exciting, albeit strenuous, good time. Yesterday, not so much. We were scheduled to take our biggest hog in to be butchered, but he...
Make Reading Cuddly Again
In the push to get kids reading as soon as humanly possible, I think our sweet kids are really missing out in the long run. We purchase ten pounds of books, guaranteeing to teach a three year old to read. We plug them into iPads loaded full of "learning apps". We...
Instantly Beef Stock
I seriously heart stock. Learning to make stock has really upped the nutritional ante in my kitchen. Now that I can make my own, for pennies, it has become a daily staple in our diets. The other day, I made a beef stock that was unbelievable. Thanks to some...
Spread Your Wings…With Adult Supervision
There is an article floating around the parenting corner of the internets lately, about the dangers of leaving children unattended. It's not actual danger, like injury or abduction, but the danger of busy bodies do gooders waiting to turn in well meaning mamas. I...
On date nights and kids and too much bloggy advice
My husband and I popped out for a quick date the other night. Nothing fancy, just a run to the hardware store and a quick margarita on the way home. These days, with two kids old enough to baby sit, a run-to-the-store date is nothing out of the ordinary....
Canning!
We've been canning like crazy around here lately. Putting up our abundance now, hopefully to make a dent in the old grocery bill later on. We ended up with a small glut of pepper - jalapeno, banana, green, poblano. So! Many! I'm not a huge fan of spice, but I do...
GIVEAWAY! And the magical little seed
As school starts and fall is around the corner, I start dreaming about next years garden. I know that's crazy. This year's is still going strong! There's still time for a fall garden! But as the bush beans and cucumbers fade, visions of seed catalogs dance in my...
Adventure Bags for Your Little Nature Explorer
Awhile back, I saw a friend on a homeschooling thread asking about Nature Study and the tools to enhance and encourage it. I answered with a long list of links to the components of the "Adventure Bags" that we have put together for our girls. The response was...
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