I am so grateful for God’s gift of seasons. Each one brings in new adventures, special treats, and lasting memories. Summer is the time for flip-flops and weekly barbecues. The time for outdoor sprinkler fights, pool fun, and running through splash pads. It’s the season for beach visits and trips to the water park, time [...]
This used to be our homeschool room. It was a room dedicated just for the kids with all of their toys, school stuff, and kid tables. It was a beautiful space that took months of planning and putting together. And then we moved . . . Our new home has been a perfect fit [...]
It is interesting to me how the word “healthy” is tossed around. In this day and age, everyone claims to be healthy, despite being on daily medication and suffering from some sort of daily bowel discomfort. We make the claim that our kids our healthy, despite the fact that the majority in our country now [...]
I absolutely LOVE peanut butter! For some reason, the thought of making it, however, just seemed daunting. I literally bought bag after bag of peanuts over a period of a year and ended up with trail mixes, peanut cookies, and salted peanuts-everything but nut butter. It wasn’t until we ran out of peanut butter one [...]
The past few months have been such a whirlwind for me. I dove into Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats; purchased and studied all 27 presentations of the Real Food Summit (worth every penny); joined a natural parenting group and foodie co-op, watched informative documentaries, such as Food, [...]
Over the past year, I have learned A LOT about cooking oils. Much of my learning stemmed from the documentary “The Oiling of America.” (For anyone on cholesterol-lowering drugs, especially women, this is a must-see! Albeit a bit long, it is definitely worth the information.) I’ll post more on this in the future, but for [...]
Teething for babies can definitely be a challenging time for babies and parents alike. With a mouthful of soreness and pain, baby has no choice but to fuss, wake constantly at night, cling to you for dear life and chew on everything in sight. Unfortunately for parents, conventional options don’t always offer lasting or safe [...]
A year ago, I was a second-time mama of a newborn, working through the kinks of making homemade infant formula and researching the benefits of raw milk. It was a nerve-wrecking experience for me. I had never considered purchasing raw milk, much less giving it to my newborn baby. The internet was filled with FDA [...]
Believe it or not, I had never tasted or even noticed a sweet potato up until a couple of years ago. My first introduction came when I was told that I had to forgo white potatoes for a brief period and could only eat sweet potatoes. What on earth was a sweet potato? I ventured [...]
First it’s a cold, then a sore throat, then allergies, the flu, body aches, and then some weird pain in the middle of your shoulder blade. It’s the never-ending onslaught of “sick-in-bed” days and the “work-through-the-pain” days. The “go-to-the-doctor” days and the “really?-again?” days. It’s the days you just wish it would all go away [...]