Healthy Home Healthy Planet

Published in January 24th, 2011

Posted by Leslie in Family, Family Finances, Family fun, Frugal Living, Going Green, Healthy Living, Homeschool, Simple Living, Unschooling

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Go Green for Less Most families have an opinion about the green house effect, Al Gore, and carbon footprints. What I find interesting is that regardless of what side of the issue one is on, going green makes sense. The earth is a planet. You can only deplete its resources to a certain extent [...]

Fast Track to a Healthy Weight II

Published in January 20th, 2011

Posted by Leslie in Christian Living, Christian Parenting, Family, Family fun, Healthy Living, Homeschool, Simple Living, Unschooling

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Helping Your Family Get Healthy One of the reasons that many women struggle with getting healthy and losing or maintaining a healthy weight is that their families are on a completely different plan. When mom or dad is dieting, and no one else, it creates an environment that is not only detrimental to the [...]

2011 New Year’s Theme Revealed: Why Is it Always All About Health?

Published in January 5th, 2011

Posted by Leslie in Art, Christian Living, Christian Parenting, Digging Out of Debt, Family, Family fun, Frugal Living, Going Green, Home Decor, Homeschool, Kitchen, Organization, Simple Living, Unschooling

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An Exciting Healthy Makeover for All Aspects of Life Sometime in November I began praying for guidance, and quite frankly pointed direction, of what would be most meaningful and helpful to you in the upcoming year. A few ideas began to form in mind and as I thought about what to present. However, it was [...]

Countdown to Christmas: Activities for Kids

Published in December 13th, 2010

Posted by Leslie in Christian Living, Christian Parenting, Christmas, Family fun, Homeschool, Unschooling

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Fun Christ Centered Christmas Activities for Kids that Provide Learning This is the time of year when it doesn’t matter whether you homescool or your kids attend a formal school; Mom’s can always use an activity to occupy the kids while she gets her tasks completed as the Countdown to Christmas is ticking loudly. So, [...]

Countdown to a Peaceful Christmas: Pulling it All Together

Published in December 8th, 2010

Posted by Leslie in Christian Living, Christian Parenting, Christmas, Family, Family fun, Frugal Living, Home Decor, Organization, Simple Living

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Finishing Your Tasks and Enjoying the Peace of Christmas This post comes late this week. Illness and a last minute change in plans has put me in a bit of a tail spin this week. I am content with my progress for a peaceful Christmas and know that as our family is counting down the [...]

Advent Activity for Kids: A Christmas Tradition that Impacts the Soul

Published in December 3rd, 2010

Posted by Leslie in Christian Living, Christian Parenting, Christmas, Family fun

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Changing Your Christmas Advent Activity into a Soul Lifting Celebration of Jesus Every year I spend time planning Christ centered Advent activities for our family. The tradition of daily advent activities for kids can be a powerful one with life long memories that are past down for generations. What better way to combat the materialism [...]

Big Batch Cookie Recipes for Christmas

Published in November 18th, 2010

Posted by Leslie in Christian Living, Christmas, Cookie Recipes, Family fun, Frugal Living, Kitchen, Simple Living, Winter Recipes

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Fresh Baked Cookies for Christmas without the Hassle or Mess Each year I talk with women about making big batch cookie recipes. I am always asked what I do with all the cookie dough. My reply is always the same, “I freeze it of course!” But I don’t freeze it as a whole. Using a [...]

Arts and Crafts for Kids: Simple Bat Models (Inexpensive too!)

Published in October 19th, 2010

Posted by Leslie in Art, Autumn-Fall, Christian Parenting, Family fun, Frugal Living, Homeschool, Simple Living, Unschooling

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Have Fun with This Model Bat Kids Art and Craft Project Bats are a fun topic to study. They are very interesting creatures. Whether your kids enjoy making Halloween art projects, you are looking for a simple arts and crafts project to keep the kids occupied, or you are doing a unit study on bats, [...]

Art for Kids: A Simple Tree Silhouette

Published in October 15th, 2010

Posted by Leslie in Art, Autumn-Fall, Christian Parenting, Family fun, Homeschool, Simple Living, Unschooling

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Tree Silhouette Drawing for Kids There is something about art that changes how kids think. Autumn offers an abundance of ideas for art. Art for kids is not only fun for them; it is fun for mom that offers nice entries for scrapbooks and notebooks. Last week I showcased our Leaf Line Drawings. It was [...]

Art for Kids: Fun Fall Leaf Drawing

Published in October 8th, 2010

Posted by Leslie in Art, Autumn-Fall, Christian Parenting, Family fun, Home Decor, Homeschool, Unschooling

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How to Make a Leaf Line Drawing With a budding artist in the family, and an AIMO (Artist in Mind Only) Mom, art takes up a lot of time around here. We incorporate art concepts with lots of our schooling, but art just for art’s sake is something I sometimes overlook. A homeschooling mom I [...]

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