Do you have a hard time keeping track of photos? If you’re anything like me, you’ve your family photo files are exploding- just waiting to be edited, printed, and organized. Don’t lose track of those precious memories this summer. Today I’ll show you my favorite way to keep track of summer beach photos using sand…
10 Ways Childhood is Different in Costa Rica
It’s fascinating to learn about how people in other cultures live. I guess that’s why The Travel Channel is such a hit. I’m always curious about other cultures, especially the more I travel with my children. If I were transplanted in Russia, what would mom life look like? How on earth would I keep my…
10 Common Mistakes about Cloth Diapering You Can’t Afford to Make and How to Avoid Them
When you’re new to cloth diapering, it’s easy to get lost in all the bizarre terminology and piles of paraphernalia that are marketed to you. You’ve got two choices- get informed or get frustrated. I learned everything I know about how to cloth diaper online since I didn’t know a single person who used modern…
Fierce Love: What is it?
When you become a parent you get a closer glimpse of how firece the love of God is for his children. Nursing my baby I look down at his butterfly lashes, closed peacefully as he suckles. He is tender, tiny, helpless- just like we are under Go’ds care. He clings to me, trusting wholly my…
Daddy-Daughter Date Footage
Little kids and ice cream cones are just about the messiest, most comical combination ever. Goodness, it sure is fun to watch children’s faces get smeared in ice cream as their smiles radiate pure joy. Cleaning up, now that’s another story. For your sheer entertainment, I’ve got an ice cream packed giggleworthy video clip for…
A Week of Firsts
My family’s not the spring break vacay kind. We prefer to stick close to home while everyone else gets stuck in beach-bound traffic. That definitely doesn’t mean we don’t have fun!This past week my kids had a blast, especially Summer Elizabeth. She witnessed her first international art festival, an annual tradition for us, tried her…
Eight Month Little Man
I can hardly believe how fast the weeks have flown by since I met my little man and he first knocked our socks off with his incredible talent. He celebrated eight months this weekend and I couldn’t be more pleased to have such a genuinely joyful and happy baby in my family. Elijah is the…
Start Seedlings in Eggshell Planters
Did you know that you can start seedlings in eggshells indoors long before the winter frosts subside? Eggshells are the perfect vessel to contain and nourish tiny seedlings. They’re 100% natural and an ultra inexpensive, low-mess solution to growing a healthy, vibrant herb,vegetable, or flower garden. You can start herbs , vegetables, or even flowers…
Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night
Both my children slept through the night at five months. By all night, I mean twelve hours. *Update: This routine has now worked for all three of my kids! I’m no super mom and I don’t know everything about parenting, but I will share with you what worked to help my babies sleep through the…
Family First: Tidy Home
This is the second post in the Family First series. Read the saucy marriage post here. The words “keeping house” make me think of 1950’s sitcoms, pearls, and perfectly polished silverware. Who does that? Maintaining a tidy house is important to me and my family, whether or not I don an apron and heels to…
