Encouragement and Support for Christian Stay-at-Home Mothers
Do YOU want to stay home with your children? Because not everyone does. Is staying home to care for your children your heart’s desire but you are not sure how exactly to make it work? Erin Odom’s new offering You Can Stay Home to Raise Your Children can help. She has a lot of practical, not just theoretical tips and tricks. Read more…
Why do so many people fail at their New Year resolutions? It is because the steps required to achieve their goals is unsustainable in the long run. In other words, they couldn’t keep up with the changes. They are over-ambitious and set up overly big goals that require too many changes to happen to get there. I say, “slow, small, and steady steps wins the race.” Read more…. Read more…
Children are natural hoarders. And they are not born knowing how to be organised, Therefore, teaching our children to declutter is an important life skill we need to teach them, on top of knowing how to cook and clean. Read more…
So, lately I have heard the same thing over and over while reading up on blogging and health: If I can do it, you can too! Er…Nope. Yes, please do share your take on how something worked for you, but please do not think it is THE solution for the whole world. Because there is no one product or procedure that works for everyone. Read more…
After the post on grocery shopping and cooking for our larger than average-sized family, you must be curious about the size and type of kitchen equipment we use to facilitate cooking for our family. You must be wondering if we have an industrialised-sized kitchen or perhaps restaurant style woks and pots? Read more…
I have learnt through parenting 7 children with very different personalities that it is critical that we do not major on the minors. I pick my battles wisely and then I stand my ground on those issues. Indeed, not many issues are not worth dying for. But for those that are, like things pertaining to their safety or health, I will not budge. Read more…
Just like the idea that juice and Ribena are a good healthy idea, I used to think kids needed snacks all day long. Well, they may when they are very young but snacks are not necessary as they grow up. And then snacking tends to become a habit which isn’t really healthy in the long run. Read more … Read more…
There are lots of people out in the Internet world dishing out advice on anything and everything. And I know that people expect that someone with more children than them to be wiser than them. But that is not necessarily true. I have two pieces of advice for you. Especially as you walk through the teen years with your children. Read more … Read more…
Everyone knows that drinking water is a healthier option. Yet, most children prefer sugary drinks. I am grateful that choosing water as the beverage of choice in our large family has saved our health and pocket over the years. Also, choosing to drink water only has one other great side benefit. Spills are non-events! Read more … Read more…
So, I have decided to be brave and take on the Write 31 Challenge this year. I had heard about it late last year when the challenge had already ended so I just put my name down to be notified when the 2017 challenge came on. And so, a few weeks back I received the email that […] Read more…