Being a Mom is a busy life and it comes with a LLLOOOONNNGGGGG to-do list. Our lists of what we want to do and the list of what actually gets done don’t always match up. Like it or not, our children aren’t going to remember all the grand plans we had of things to do “someday.” They’re only going to…
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Kill-A-Cold Recipes
For some reason, Cold & Flu season always takes me by surprise. Here in Texas it is still so pretty outside and all of a sudden, everybody is sick. Papa the Farmer came down with a cold last week. He got over it, but not before he passed it on to the little farmhands. Children (as any parent will tell…
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Fall Harvest of Persimmons!
Remember last spring I posted these pictures of persimmon blossoms: Well those little green flowers have turned into this: A local farmer was telling me that pumpkins don’t grow in Texas. (So Texans, if you’re taking your children to pumpkin patches… all those pumpkins have been shipped in from somewhere else!) I guess God knows that everyone should…
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The Farmer Has A Birthday!
This year, for Papa the Farmer’s birthday we surprised him with a most unusual present! We have been vegan vegetarian for a long time now. A few years ago we discovered that our children seem to have a gluten sensitivity. Gluten sensitivities are often an inherited trait and I suspect that Papa the farmer (and his father too!) have the…
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Car-Clutter, Be Gone!
I’ve heard it said that the state of your vehicle reflects the state of your life. That quote has been stuck inside my head for a while now. Every time I go somewhere I hope that no one will look inside my van and judge me by anything they might find in there. Really… those little toy cars everywhere aren’t…
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Homeschooling 101
Over the course of the summer, we have been gearing up to begin homeschooling! I have a degree in teaching, so I thought this would be pretty easy, right? Wrong. I forgot one key thing: Homeschools have no janitor! Actually, there is a janitor… but I’m it! When you teach in a classroom, if there is a spill (or worse…
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