Photo taken of Mary Engelbreit’s Silly Mother Goose board book. One of our readers recently asked: How do you make…
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Outdoor Hour Challenges Review – Handbook of Nature Study
“Make this summer a time to learn a little something new about your world. Finding time for these challenges will…
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Corny Company Cornbread Around the Table
“This tastes like cake!” tall girl exclaims as she reaches for another slice. It’s a regular weeknight when I decide…
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Helpful Habit – Annual Planning and Goal Setting
I’m keeping up the habit of sharing a helpful habit on Fridays. Plus, this post is also our Homeschool Weekly…
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Sweet!
Phyllis @ All things Beautiful gave me a sweet surprise! Thank you so much Phyllis! Sweet from the sweet! If…
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Biscuits and Gravy: Simple Supper + Southern Red-Eyed Gravy Recipe
Short and sweet. Biscuits and gravy. Simply filling and positively frugal. (Shown above with turkey bacon, fresh peaches and a…
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Bird’s Nest: A Pastels Tutorial
Oh wow. Gorgeous. That’s what we all said when Nana came in with her latest chalk pastel of a bird’s…
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Back to School Big Cook # 2 + Two Week Menu
This past Saturday was another impromptu batch cooking day. Saturday morning I made a double batch of pancakes while we…
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The Many Adventures of a 21-month-old
~In honor of the third blogoversary of Hodgepodge this month, I’ll be occasionally posting favorites from the archives. This one,…
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Simple Supper: Sunday Night Cereal
It’s ok. Really it is. It’s ok to eat cereal for supper on Sunday night. Because it’s simple. Because we’ve…
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First Week of School 2011-12
1. Allergy-Friendly (egg-free!) pimento cheese | 2. Mama Ann, Middle Girl & her newest great-grandchild | 3. Teaching Textbooks Math…
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Annual School Photo: Helpful Habit
Our 2011 First Day of School Photo. All our school photos from 2001 to 2011. Moments. Each one of these…
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Fried Green Tomatoes at $5 Dinners
Sliced, dipped, dredged and fried tomatoes equal a plateful of delights as the showcase of veggie night. It’s an annual…
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