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True stories about life with three little children- sometimes funny, sometimes a life check, always real. We hope these stories can be an encouragement and maybe make you chuckle! Tried and true recipes from our kitchen and certified by our kid experts- we add more as we certify them as winning meals! Free printable designs, including note cards, graphics, activities for little kids…we add more as we create stuff for our own family. All of these things we use ourselves and want to share with others.
Such Is Life
2019-05-29 02:12
Our newest adventure in our country life is the addition of chickens. And with the addition of any animal is the possibility of sickness and/ or death. Such is life… We started out by… Read More
Clean Souls And Dirty Boots
2019-03-26 01:29
And so it goes, that it’s time to prepare the field for our first garden! And we want everyone involved wherever they can be. To be able to talk about God’s creation and play in… Read More
2019-03-17 01:51
Folks, I can think of no better use for a gas station styrofoam cooler with a plastic handle and closure clasps than to create a woodsy terrarium for a tree frog. That’s right. It&rsqu&hell…Read More
2019-03-16 01:38
Recently, our children had a “crazy sock night” at their Wednesday night activities at church. This fun night coincided with us moving, so we were completed prepared. We were not… Read More
2019-03-13 13:01
Spring is next week, y’all! We are in our new house, looking out upon the most beautiful garden plot that’s just screaming to be tilled. And now we begin to bring life to the gar… Read More
2019-03-12 12:31
Remember last summer when I said we were on our way to a new adventure? And I promised to let you in on our big surprise? Well, it took this long to sort it all out.  But that memory-ma… Read More
2018-07-25 14:03
Y’all this post is going to be super cryptic, sorry. But it’s time for a new adventure. And we are so ready for an adventure. I’m bursting to say it out loud but until it&r&hell…Read More
That’s It…I’m Done!
2018-07-03 15:58
Imagine if you will…Monday morning. All the pep talk and motivation you can drum up along with a cup of liquid energy (coffee) only to end in a declaration not 20 minutes into the wor… Read More
Yay For Rhyming!!
2018-05-31 15:48
Yay for rhyming! When you have little kids and they just start figuring out when words sound alike but they’re different…this is a wonderful, silly, imaginative and sometimes in… Read More
My Etsy Shop!
2018-05-23 21:16
 Hello friends! It’s been a while, but we’ve been up to a lot of things. Crafty things, travel, finishing up school for the year, more travel, designing…it goes on an… Read More
DIY- Make And Grow Your Own Vertical Garden
2018-01-15 04:15
So, we have a beautiful little piece of property with mature trees and a good bit of shade. This makes for a lousy potential space for a garden without sacrificing several trees. However, th… Read More
2018-01-09 15:21
You know the first rule about Little Kid Fight Club? You always whine and argue and tattle to anyone who will listen. Have you ever sat back and watched a verbal smack-down between little ki… Read More
Please Just Poop In The Potty
2018-01-08 17:06
Our potty training days are over, thankfully, because I was about to lose my ever-loving mind over my last child agreeing to poop in the potty. Notice I didn’t say “finally figur… Read More
Teach Them Young
2018-01-03 16:41
There’s always a tendency to do for our kids just because it’s easier or quicker. Shoot, even my slight OCD can hinder my ability to let my kids do something. They won’t li… Read More
2018-01-02 13:30
Each year on New Year’s Eve, we celebrate by having an (almost) fondue. I say (almost) because we tried the real thing with meats, sharp pointy metal skewers and a live fire. Between f… Read More
2017-12-11 14:24
Waiting on GodWaiting on God’s Timing I wanted to share this devotional specifically for the one who is waiting for children. This is actually my testimony and honestly one of my prize… Read More
Fear & Anxiety- A Short Devotional
2017-11-27 14:14
Fear and AnxietyFear. Y’all, fear is paralyzing. Fear can sneak up around you, whisper into your ear, invade your body and leave you frozen in your tracks. When my husband and I were f… Read More
We Got To Spread Cheer Across The World!
2017-11-16 19:51
We were so excited, this year we got to spread cheer across the world! Well, to one little boy between the ages of 5 and 9. We participated in an awesome program called Operation Christ… Read More
2017-11-08 15:02
Recently, girl child got to be a flower girl in a family wedding. Not only would she be a flower girl, but this would be her first ever wedding! She was asked about six months ago by the bri… Read More
Toothless Is My Name
2017-10-27 13:01
Show of hands of everyone who loves the tooth-pulling stage of childhood. No one? Yeah, me either. I’m a giant weenie about wiggly teeth. I want no part of the dangling, wiggly, baby t… Read More
2017-10-25 13:38
Sometimes you need to get off the beaten path. Get away from the noise and the commotion, the electronics and the hustle of life. This is a concept we always try to instill in our kids, thou… Read More
I Must Wash My Hands
2017-10-24 13:25
I must wash my hands. You must also wash your hands. Seems simple enough, right? We teach our kids how to do it and gradually over time they get better and better at it. They even start to r… Read More
2017-10-18 13:28
Recently on a Monday afternoon, it rained unexpectedly. No thunder or lightning…just rain. The kids had been doing their schoolwork most of the day but were finished and had hoped to… Read More
One Day She Will Roll Her Eyes At Me
2017-10-11 17:09
When our first child was born, I remember looking down at her, in awe of her newness and so in love with this warm, wiggly little being. And I remember thinking that this beautiful gift from… Read More
2017-10-06 17:51
Remember the song, “My God is so big, so strong and so mighty. There’s nothing my God cannot do”? The mountains are His, the valleys are His. The stars are His handiwork to… Read More
That Time She Almost Peed In The Uber!
2017-10-02 13:20
You guys! You don’t know stress until you experience something so traumatic as hitching a ride in a lovely Uber with your littles only to hear “Momma…I have to go potty we… Read More
Don’t Cross The Line
2017-09-18 18:31
Each child is uniquely different, with different personalities and different triggers to action. So what happens when your child is willfully disobedient or unruly? When they knowingly cross… Read More
It’s Picture Day- I Must Paint My Face
2017-09-16 19:57
It’s picture day. The day you clean your kids up, brush their hair, and press their clothes. You make it seem on print like they are cherubs who don’t break things, scrape knees… Read More
Make It Or Buy It? The Baby Food Dilemma
2017-09-12 16:38
I honestly didn’t realize this was a big issue but it is. Make it or buy it? It’s the baby food dilemma. And in this world where literally everyone has a qualifying opinion on ho… Read More
Evening Tea
2017-09-08 11:58
A few nights ago, our little girls wanted to have evening tea. They wanted some “girl time”. So I took it upon myself to use this precious occasion to blackmail them into baths t… Read More
Spend Or Save?
2017-09-07 00:30
(NOTE: This post may contain affiliate links) The age-old question…to spend or save? It’s so hard to save and so easy to spend! But what do you do when you have over-spent yours… Read More
Totality…almost.
2017-08-29 19:52
Last week was the week of the total eclipse across the entire continental United States. And we were in the path of totality…almost. We were in the path of 97% totality. What’s… Read More
Top Ten Money Saving Ideas
2017-08-18 16:24
(This post may contain affiliate links.) So you’re on the way to managing your money but maybe you just need some extra cash. Or you’re still kind of struggling a bit and need to… Read More
Do You Remember Paper Dolls?
2017-08-15 11:37
This past weekend, girl child and I did something so fun! Do you remember paper dolls? Did you ever play with them? I sure did and I had hours of fun making up stories, changing outfits and… Read More
8 Prayers I Pray For My Children
2017-08-11 00:56
So often I find myself wondering what kind of world we are leaving our children. It is in these moments that I find myself silently praying for my kids and most often it’s one of these… Read More
You’re Invited To A Tea Party!
2017-08-06 19:14
Earlier this year, Girl Child had a birthday party. And it nearly got away from me. She had asked for a tea party…a fancy one. With pretty things. And real tea. And tea cups. My imagi… Read More
Just Like That She Was 8
2017-07-27 13:49
I remember the day she was born like it was yesterday. She was a complete miracle. And just like that she was 8. People say “blink and you’ll miss it” and you never really… Read More
Fun Doesn’t Have To Cost Much!
2017-07-23 02:18
Kids toys are expensive. And on top of being expensive, my favorite part of kid toys is that the kids usually get bored of them relatively quickly considering the price. So, what you end up… Read More
Meltdown On Aisle 4
2017-07-20 19:00
Meltdowns…those are always fun. It’s funny how good you become at spotting a meltdown on the horizon. And when you have more than one child with the proclivity to meltdown, tha… Read More
2017-06-28 12:21
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2017-06-27 12:47
I recently played a game of Hangman with four-year-old Baby Girl. Now before you faint from her ability as a four-year-old to not only think of a word, but spell it out mentally and provide… Read More
2017-06-20 13:30
There once was a young boy who tended sheep in the pasture. He loved his sheep but had a thought that maybe he was destined for something great. He couldn’t imagine what that greatness… Read More
2017-06-16 12:00
Today started out like any other day. The alarm spoke, I resisted, it spoke again, and I begrudgingly listened to it. I stumbled to the bathroom to get my day started and that’s when I… Read More
2017-06-15 12:00
It’s so funny how kids work out things…like how to hop on one foot or how to skip. The mental obstacle course is visible in the physical action that is taking place and it is hi… Read More
2017-06-14 12:00
Someday you’ll be grown and gone from us, out in the world. A world that is out to run you over with everything it has. I can’t help but think You’ll have to bob and weave… Read More
2017-05-02 18:02
This day went like most others…not really anything to write home about. Kids played, they did school, they played some more, they ran errands with Daddy, they made lunch, we all ate d… Read More
2017-04-28 13:53
Something happened to me today on the way in to work that stirred something inside of me and took me down the path of figuring out why and what happened. Along my route is a school zone and… Read More
2017-04-25 12:42
It happened one day that our first child came into the world. Soon after another child and then a third child. So our hearts were filled with love and our home filled with child-noise&hellip&hell…Read More

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