After trying everything under the sun (Mylicon didn't do much for us) I discovered a simple method for relieving at least a little of the misery associated with colicky tummies, constipation, and just plain old gas. (Note: I tried this on my nine week old baby boy today and it worked!) Read More

Some of my most cherished memories of childhood revolve around spending time with my mom at home. I am blessed to have had a stay-at-home-mom who not only enjoyed caring for her family, but made it a priority to teach my sister and I to do the same. Read More

I put together a sort of list a little while ago breaking down possible kitchen tasks for young daughters according to age.  Training our daughters in the arts of homemaking from a young age will yield great blessings in her life as well as, at the same time, adding much blessing to the home. Read More

For our daughters, I love the freedom that home education provides me to completely train and educate them in all the aspects of Godly womanhood and femininity. Read More

I actually did not realize that being a mother of many children would take so much work.  My mom made it look easy.  It is a massive job not only in the physical sense of the drain of it takes from your own body, but the mental work of handling all the household logistics on a daily basis with two handfuls of children running around. It is huge. Because of this, I have been teaching my daughters a few things in preparation for when they become wives and mothers. Read More

In our home, at 6 years old, a boy graduates from being a playminded, little-responsibility momma's boy to a worker boy. It isn't a magical immediate switch from toddlerhood to worker-boy-hood. The change is gradual and we have many ups and downs in our training progress. However, we have noticed that not only do they desperately need to be given more responsibility, but they need to be given work and chores that challenge them to step up to the plate and encourage them to be a worker boy. Here are a few things that we have identified as important aspects of boyhood work: Read More