We talked a lot about celebrating handmade/homemade holidays during December and many of us showed gifts we made for others. Today I’d like to share some handmade gifts I received from my nieces & nephews (ages 3-10). Each of the oldest nieces & nephew decorated a terracotta pot for me. Most likely my sister found [...]
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Handmade by Little Hands
Posted in Handmade Holidays, tagged creativity, Family, Handmade Holidays, kids, receiving gifts on January 4, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Children and Nature
Posted in Children, Enviroment, Hiking, Homeschooling, Motherhood, Parenting, Wild life, tagged Children, hiking, kids, nature, teaching on September 17, 2010 | 10 Comments »
Now that the heat is going away, we are spending even more time outdoors. I find it extremely important to teach my daughter about the environment around her, and how to take care of it. This morning we went for a hike on the nearby Natchez Trace. This is the second official “hike” she’s gone [...]
Soda Pop
Posted in Cooking, Old Ways, Recipes, Tutorials, tagged kids, Old Ways, recipe, scratch cooking, soda on July 29, 2010 | 34 Comments »
In spirit of those of you that have not the taste for alcoholic beverages (hic!) I’m here to share some basic recipes for making soda pop at home! What could be better than a frosty ginger ale to help cool off during these hot summer days? If ginger’s not your thing, how about a lemon-lime soda [...]
kinderGARDENS bugs, gourds, and Faith!!
Posted in Gardening, tagged Children, Gardening, kids on July 12, 2010 | 1 Comment »
We are now well into week 14 of our kinderGARDENS series and we now have a whopping 40 participants! For those of you that are just hearing about this it is a gardening series I am doing this over on my blog to encourage people to get there kids off their little butts and out [...]
Homemade Hummus with Almonds and Curry Recipe
Posted in Children, Nutrition, Recipes, Uncategorized, tagged hummus, kids, nuts, recipe, snacks on May 1, 2010 | 9 Comments »
My baby loves hummus…really LOVES it! Ask the kids what they want for a snack and Sweet Girl will ask for a sticky bun…not the little guy, nope He wants carrots and hummus! Now there are so many hummus recipes out there but I am always on the look out for something new. When my [...]
Children in the Kitchen
Posted in Children, Cooking, Creative Pursuits, Daily Life, Learning, Relationships, traditions, tagged Children, Cooking, kids, traditions on March 4, 2010 | 16 Comments »
Some of my fondest memories are of cooking with family members. In our family everybody cooked, even the fellows. Grandparents took their time, allowing me to be part of the process. I remember how slowly and perfectly Grandma Dorothy sliced onions and potatoes, and how we peeled tomatoes for canning. Grandmama was the queen of [...]
Bread Challenge Part 2
Posted in Children, Cooking, Daily Life, Gifts, Homekeeping, Homeschooling, Uncategorized, tagged baking, bread, kids, whole grains on October 17, 2009 | 4 Comments »
My favorite whole grain bread recipes and some tips on baking with kids!
Note to Self…
Posted in Children, Composting, Gardening, Uncategorized, tagged camel, chickens, compost, cucumbers, flowers, garden, gourds, kids, peas, pumpkins, tomatoes, tunnels on October 2, 2009 | 16 Comments »
I don’t know about you but at the end of the main growing season I always have all these notes in my head about what I loved and what I would do differently next spring. So instead of taking the time to go try to find some paper that isn’t wrinkled and scribbled on and [...]
Farm Life one Photograph at a Time…
Posted in Children, Daily Life, Gardening, Uncategorized, tagged camel, daily farm life, Gardening, kids, llama, photography on September 5, 2009 | 9 Comments »
I know you all come here for great information on a wide range of topics from gardening to canning to animal husbandry. Sorry I have nothing profound or even useful for you this morning. What I do have is what I love… What I obsess about… What I drive my family crazy over. You see [...]
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