Balance bike
Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. I cannot sing enough praises of the wooden balance bike. We bought one for my son’s 4th birthday after he was playing with one that his (almost) 3…
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Gifts for me, minus the me part
My birthday present in 06: A new trike for the Flash Because of this: My Mother’s Day present in 08: A new trike for The Flash Because of this: Why does all the cash meant…
Learning your address
Everything goes to song in my world. Everything. So here’s a little song I created for teaching my kids their address. I also use it to teach my Life Skills class their address. My 2…
Mow, mow, mow my lawn
When we went searching for our first (and only) home, my husband declared that he wanted a lawn small enough that he could cut it with a weed-wacker. Whatever happened to that criterion? We ended…
God knew what He was doing
when he matched my son and I. He’s quite a good reader for a four year old. But he showed off a new sight word the other day. “FREE”. He saw one of my coupons…
Weeding by hand
This post is a reminisce of our gorgeous weather 2 weekends ago . Okay, I’m not saying I like it. But weeding exclusively by “sweat of one’s brow” is possible. I avoid chemicals in the…
Pooh Bear’s adoption day
Here are 2 stories about my kids and their favorite stuffed animals. My son loves to pretend it’s someone’s birthday. His animals seem to have a birthday every few weeks and their ages are randomly…
How to keep floors from getting scratched up
We brainstormed when my son started using chairs as make-shift walkers, all over our newly refinished floors. The little felt pads that most stores sell did NOT do the trick. Suddenly it dawned on us….
How I organize my coupons
My wonderful colleagues provide me with extra coupons from the Sunday paper. I put all coupon booklets from the week into a sheet protector, label the top page with the date, and put it in…
Keeping a White Board–White
Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. Last week I “showed off” my less than gorgeous Freezer Board, which is a snazzy name for a dry erase board with a list of freezer items. I…
Family Favorite Recipe- Apricot Chicken
Apricot Chicken Chicken (a few breasts? I just eyeball it) cut into strips cubes of grated carrots and/or spinach Wet Mix: 2 eggs 2 tsp. soy sauce 2 Tbs. water Dry Mix: 1 cup seasoned…
Freezer list
Last year we finally bought a chest freezer. ย There are some difficulties: it is outside under our carport (we have no basement or garage), it is padlocked (to make sure no one runs off with…
El Cheapo Dinner–Fried Rice
Ah, the great money-saving, left-over using family favorite! Fried Rice (as made by a woman who is not Chinese-American, but married one! ) Lots of rice (any left over rice you have and/or make 3…
Sneaking in veggies
I have (oops! I mean my kids) never been big fans of veggies. Raw veggies often have a strong taste that I don’t like and cooked veggies have a mushy texture that I despise. A…