I Love. Love. Love. Bibles. I get giddy like a school girl when I get a new one. I love to read and I love books of all kind, but bibles are by far my fave!! So when the new Zondervan NIV Bible for Teen Girls arrived at my house I was soooo excited. Excited to check it out, Excited to share my findings with you and SUPER DUPER Excited to give one away to one of my amazing readers! Yep! That's right! One of you will get ... Read the Post...
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Super Cute Fall Tree Craft for Kids
You're gonna love this easy fall tree craft for kids! This was one of our favorite crafts ever! It was so much fun! We love doing crafts around here, especially fall crafts. We found this one over at 1+1+1=1. Supplies needed: Brown Paint Paper Towel Tubes Any Color of Construction Paper (1 Piece per tree) Scissors Glue or Paste Assortment of Fall Leaves How to Make the Fall ... Read the Post...
5 Ways to Start Your Day Right
Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin. ~Mother Teresa We've all done it, started the day flying by the seat of our pants, playing catch up all day long. Wondering why it feels like we just ran a marathon and at the end of the day with nothing to show for it? To start your day off right, I have found these 5 surefire ways to get your day off to a great start. 1. Tidy Up Before ... Read the Post...
The Biggest Story Review
The Biggest Story was seriously one of the most brilliantly beautiful books I've ever seen! It is stunning! It is filled with bright colors, beautiful pictures, sturdy pages. Not too many words on each page, so it will hold the attention of even the smallest listener. Definitely going to be a great addition to our growing collection of awesome books. A Look Inside This is a beautifully written story bible. It is broken ... Read the Post...
When You Can’t Sleep – Attack of the Foreboding Thoughts
Do you ever wake up in the middle of the night, wide awake and you just can't get back to sleep? Lately, like the past couple months this has been my dilemma. It happened to me this morning actually, which I know had a lot to do with cramps, and high winds. But most of the time, I am just awake for no apparent reason. Why can't I sleep? I've never had trouble sleeping before. I've always had trouble not sleeping, ... Read the Post...
Free Trial: Online Typing Course for Kids
Add this to your child’s curriculum this year!!! I started a free trial of typekids with my 7 year old recently. This online typing course for kids gave us the first 3 courses free. We liked it, of course anything new is difficult, but I think this would be a good fit for her if I were to purchase it. Seems to be easy to follow, detailed instructions with a pleasant instructor to walk you through everything. You can ... Read the Post...
DIY Arts and Crafts Recipes
I don't know about yours, but my kids love to create lots and lots of arts and crafts. So it can get a little pricey and nearly impossible to keep the supplies stocked up. With a little prep time, and ingredients you may already have in your pantry, you can save money by making your very own play dough, finger paint, and flubber just to name a few. Then you can use em' in your super fun craft projects as much as you ... Read the Post...
A Free Mother’s Day Gift
As a mom myself I wanted to do something special for all my amazing mom readers! We are hardworking, selfless and mostly under appreciated! I want to encourage you today that you are appreciated, that no matter how you may think or feel about yourself, you are a Supermom! I made you a free Mother's Day Gift! You could also give this as a gift to your amazing mom. Just print it out and put it in a frame...easy ... Read the Post...
Don’t Be a Foolish Bride~The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins
The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins 1 Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. 2Now five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 3Those who were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them, 4but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. 5But while the bridegroom was delayed, they all slumbered and slept. 6 And ... Read the Post...
Cinnamon Apple Pecan Squares
Yes! Don't mind if I do! Enjoy these tasty Cinnamon Apple Pecan Squares. They are good warm or cold. I personally like to eat them warm with vanilla ice cream, everything is better with ice cream! Pack a few and take them with you for a quick snack on the go. My kiddos love anything sweet, so these are perfect. Cinnamon Apple Pecan Squares Recipe Makes 16 servings. Ingredients: 3/4 cup firmly packed brown ... Read the Post...
Simple Tissue Paper Heart Craft
Valentines day is kind of a big deal for us. We love it because it is all about LOVE! We love to love our little ladies, even though we don’t have a lot of money to get them extravagant gifts all of the time, God is the most extravagant God who has given us real love and joy to give to our children…What a blessing!! When Valentine's Day rolls around you may be searching high and low for the perfect, simple Valentine's ... Read the Post...
Feed the Penguin ABC Game
With the Winter Blues and Cabin fever setting in, I frantically was searching for something different and exciting for my preschooler Jordan to do. I pulled this one out of the archives and she LOVED it! Her not-so-little-anymore-big-sisters are in the pic above, sigh*sniff *sniff. Time sure does fly by! Anyway, It is the penguin fish eating game. The skill learned is matching the uppercase to the lowercase letter, once ... Read the Post...
Skittles Science Experiment
I am not a big science fanatic, but when skittles are involved everyone is a fan! We did this really fun and yummy Skittles science experiment I found over at Prekinders. Once I saw it I just knew I had to add it to our science lessons. What you'll need for the Skittles science experiment Skittles Small bowl Small cup of water I gave the girls a bowl, a small cup of water, and 4 different colored Skittles and of ... Read the Post...
I lift my eyes to You – A Humble Prayer to Abide
I Lift my eyes to you, to you who sit enthroned in heaven. As the eyes of slaves look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a female slave look to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the LORD our God, till he shows us his mercy. Have mercy on us, LORD, have mercy on us, for we have endured no end of contempt. We have endured no end of ridicule from the arrogant of contempt from the proud. -Psalm 123 ... Read the Post...
Top 30 Homeschooling Pinterest Boards
I {heart} Pinterest! It is my go to spot to find great homeschooling resources, amongst many other amazing information! I could seriously spend hours pinning and searching for new ideas, tips and tricks! I get mesmerized by all the pretty pins...If I am not too careful I could waste a whole day just pinning. The trick with Pinterest though is while pinning is great and all, you need to actually look through your ... Read the Post...