Archive for August 2010 | Monthly archive page
Pin It Living far away from family makes the days that they visit all the more precious. The boys are basking in the attention and love of my sister and my brother. And this Tuesday I am enjoying the gift of family and having them nearby for the short time they are here with us.
Shortly after Judah turned 3 my sister, who was living with us at the time, asked me if I wanted her to start teaching Judah some Bible verses. I hadn’t given it much thought before – I had always heard that children are like sponges and just soak up information and to teach them things [...]
Pin It After finding out Paul didn’t know where he had spent the money that should have been saved for the start of our marriage we sat down and made a plan. It was a very loose plan – I think it was something along the lines of “Let’s save as much money as we [...]
Simple, inexpensive games are my favorite and have proven to be favorites with my boys too. Crafts with beans are both frugal and fun! Pin It These bean faces are so easy to make, are extremely inexpensive and have proved to be oodles of fun over the last several months. For each person I used [...]
Pin It Each year around the boys birthday I order an 8×8 book of photographs and written milestones, funnies and letters for each of them. They so enjoy looking through their own books – as well as showing them off to visitors! – and I love how simple the photobooks are to create. I use [...]
Pin It I remember like it was yesterday. In reality it was nearly 5.5 years ago – mere days after our wedding day. We went to the bank to add my name to Paul’s bank account and deposit our wedding gift cash. After we did our business we got a statement and – not including [...]
Pin It A recent trip to a local Flea Market revealed a wondrous discovery – they have beautiful jewelry for cheap. Really cheap. Brand new necklaces, earrings, bracelets, rings, etc for a few dollars a piece. Since Flea Markets weren’t originally included in my challenge to exclusively shop second hand stores and yard sales this year, [...]
After seeing what Amanda from The Hand Me Down House did with glass, modge podge and food coloring I had to try it out too. I have ideas of creating a stained glass-like window in one of the rooms in our house but am starting with smaller projects to make sure I like the look. [...]
Pin It I write down every funny thing the boys say and one day I plan to make a coffee table book full of their humorous sayings, complete with funny pictures of them. I keep a Word Document of their expressions and while Judah has pages and pages devoted to his choice of vocabulary Wesley has all of two [...]
