Peach Crumb Cake

For all of y’all who know me and have heard me talk in my middle Georgia southern drawl, here’s a Georgia Peach recipe just for you. May is almost gone and in June peaches are ready for the eatin’, ready to be bitten into with all their juicy sweetness dribbling down your chin. While I love to eat [...]

Everyone’s breath stinks in the morning!

Questions and comments I’ve heard a lot recently: “How do you get it all done?!” “Your house is always so clean, what is your secret?” “Your children sit so still and behave so well in church.” “How do you manage to make so many things from scratch and still have time to prepare meals?” “You’re so hospitable and entertaining [...]

13 Tips to Help your Child Sleep

Infants Whenever possible be sensitive to your infants need for sleep. If baby is sleepy, let her sleep. Watch your baby more than your watch. Discern between a sad cry (abandoning) and a protest cry (letting her learn to fall asleep unassisted). If you determine that baby is sleepy, yet doesn’t want to lay down, [...]

Adventure Calls

Subtitle: Why you should not let your son buy an Indiana Jones hat. It *will* make him think he’s invincible. He’s an obedient boy, but perhaps the sign should have said no climbing. On the schedule for this summer? Swimming lessons. This post linked to: 5 Minutes for Mom’s Wordless Wednesday Seven Clown Circus Wordful [...]

Blast from the Past: Bible, just another subject?

I’ve been pondering of late whether Bible is sometimes seen as just another subject in a Christian homeschool. I’m not saying it is wrong to have a subject in “Bible” as you would math or language, but wouldn’t it be better if we actually lived in such a way that the Bible was lived out and talked about and taught as [...]

Basic Meatloaf Recipe

© Photo Credit I found this in The Fannie Farmer Cookbook. I love this simple, yet exhaustive cookbook and use it often. Tonight my father-in-law said he liked this recipe I made over my mother-in-law’s. I’ll check tomorrow to see if he is still alive. Ingredients 2 cups freshly made bread crumbs 1 onion, [...]