Thank you Quaker for sponsoring today's discussion. A mom's life is always busy. We travel so much and stay quite busy it seems like life is flying by. Does it ever feel like life is going by too fast for you? When we are home finally, there is always so much to do, I can't seem to catch up. This week since we arrived home from Arkansas, life has been hectic. With taxes, USPS mail, boxes from FedEx and UPS, house clean up, laundry, visiting family and friends, blog catch up, and normal … [Read more...]
8 Simple Ways to Be Environmentally Friendly
This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of White Cloud for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. I don't know about you, but I actually feel good about myself as a person when I purchase items that are environmentally friendly. It also feels great to do things that reduce my carbon footprint. Here are 8 simple ways that our family is living the green: Recycling Shorter Showers Washing in Cold Water and Hanging to Dry Lights Out Unplugging items Using Reusable … [Read more...]
Vegetarian Broccoli and Rice Casserole
We like quick, easy and tasty meals when we are travel from city to city across North America. Since we are only in one location for about 5 weeks at a time, I do plan a lot of our meals. I don't want to have a lot of left overs when we are leaving so I like to buy simple food with little ingredients. We also have potluck at church most weeks we are traveling and a vegetarian easy casserole is a important recipe to have under your belt. I am thankful for Minute Rice brown rice. It enables our … [Read more...]
A Personalized Book is a Great Gift for Kids
Valentine's Day is this week. I am excited about the gifts I have for my Princess. She loves Valentine's Day. Do you give your kids gifts for this holiday? My husband and I don't really do gifts for this holiday. We do like to have a lunch or dinner together though. This year in addition to some clothing, a DVD, a few small treats, I am giving her a personalized children's book. We love reading together and she loves books, so to have a book that is personalized just for her is such a … [Read more...]
Preschool Rhyming Game: Pop For Rhyming
We are working on rhyming in our Preschool Homeschool. My Princess loves to try to rhyme. Sometimes her rhyming is not so good. For example, she might say that whale and water rhyme. So one way we are teaching her to rhyme is by using games. Pop For Rhyming is a game from Learning Resources that we love. It is compact, easy, and fun - a great combo for our traveling busy family. We are playing level one of this game currently. Spin, remove the number of bubble cards, and rhyme with … [Read more...]
YumEarth Organic Candy
This Valentine’s Day say “I love you” and “I care” with YumEarth Organics sweets. YumEarth all-natural and organic candy gives families the opportunity to give the gift of delicious treats. made with real fruit juice, no artificial color or flavors, no high-fructose corn syrup and none of the common allergens, like gluten, soy and nuts. Let’s make a commitment this Valentine’s Day to write about and give out better-for-you Valentine’s Day candy, like YumEarth Organic … [Read more...]
Shutterfly Photo Gifts and Cards
What do you buy for people who really don't need anything? I love to get photo gifts for family members. They work so well at Christmas and Valentine's Day and birthdays too. I know that my family loves getting personal gifts like a calendar, picture in a frame, magnet, mug and more. Shutterfly offers a large variety of great photo gifts for Valentine's Day. When you visit the Shutterfly website you can find a large variety of amazing Valentine's Day Cards. My Princess is not in … [Read more...]
