Toddler Chore Ideas

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Life is busy and for many years there are little ones under foot. They are curious and energetic little things for sure. It is hard to keep them occupied and if you are not careful, faster than you can clean they are tearing up right behind you. But on the other hand, if you can harness […]

V is for Veteran

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“My” veteran is my sister Erin. She served our country for four years from 2006-2010. She saw active war for 15 months and still suffers physically from the toll that deployment took on her body. Army life is so different from the “American” life. It is kind of like marriage or childbirth, no matter how […]

Creating a Quiet Home

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Doors slam. A child screams. Mom yells to a child three rooms away. The phone rings. The computer dings. And each and every voice escalates to be heard over the other. And louder and louder the house becomes. But how would one create a quiet home with so many people in one house? As you […]

Unconditional – A True Love Story

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A new life is born. The love is instant and the bond unbreakable. This is a true love story. It is so perfect it can only be written in Heaven. A Heavenly Father’s love and an imperfect human being come together where there is faith and belief. And there, that is the only place on […]

Treat RSV Naturally

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During the Christmas holiday you might have read or seen on my Facebook or Instagram profiles that my poor little Elizabeth was really sick. We finally ended up in the ER on the evening of her first Christmas because I was worried about congestion in her chest. During our visit there they confirmed that she did […]

Snow Day Ideas

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It is February and we are still getting snow and it is still bitterly cold. Winter is getting long and we are all looking for ways to break up the monotony of endless days in the house. Here are my favorite snow day ideas that we use around our house to change things up, engage not only […]

25 Quiet Activities for Toddlers

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Here is a list of my 25 favorite quiet activities for toddlers – 1. Picture flash cards 2. Small cars 3. Animal figurines 4. A memory game 5. Colors and paper 6. Board books 7. Lacing cards 8. Busy bags (post on my ideas coming soon) 9. Baby with a blanket and bottle 10. Pictures of […]

Reconsidering Modern Medicine

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So this post has been growing for just about a year now. After spending a lot of time changing our diet to one of almost all natural, home cooked, simple meals I started reconsidering modern medicine. If I was trying to rid our diet of all of those lovely ingredients found on the backs of […]