Recipe: Barbecue Cups Summary: A huge hit and a new favorite with us! Be sure to click over to the recipe at The Daisy Muse. Also a favorite with my friend and her household of boys at Heidi’s Miscellany. Just a few ingredients. Simple directions.
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Hodgepodge Recipes 2008-2010
A quick reference list of recipes from 2008-2010. Apple Pie by Nana Asparagus Casserole by Grandpa Aunt Joy’s Fudge Artichoke Dip Banana Pudding, guest post by Nana Beans and rice Beans, Garden fresh in microwave Beef Barley Soup Bread, Homemade in 10 minutes Breakfast Casserole w/ Crock Pot Grits Brittney’s Biscuits Butter Rolls, by Southern […]
The Cook Box: Mixing Up Fun With Children
Join me on $5 Dinners, where I’m sharing about our Cook Box… The Cook Box led to a Cooking Fun habit. Following is a compiled list of posts on cooking fun with children. Kids in the kitchen. All those easy things we whipped up through 2010: Each week in my meal plan I intentionally include […]
Winter World of Color
After a week with snow on the ground, the rains came and cleared the way for a neighborhood walk. We set out, after lunch, in search of color. We found brilliant green moss as we swung open the back gate. It seemed a deeper green after the white of snow and the wet of rain. […]
Tapestry of Grace
Links updated! Read my review of Tapestry of Grace at The Curriculum Choice. A scrapbook of our Tapestry of Grace (TOG) studies… I sometimes feel like a Tapestry cheerleader. I love it! We love it! Tapestry is the best! Hip, Hip Hooray! For families with children on several different levels it is a major blessing. […]
Pastels Plus Links to Tutorials
Welcome to our Hodgepodge free listing of chalk pastels, acrylics and video art tutorials for all ages. This list of free tutorials is no longer being updated. In fact, at the following link we have an updated list of 100+ Free Art Lessons for All Ages. For the original list we began with plus a […]
Winter Nature Study: Snow
Wow, what a winter! In the last month we’ve seen a snow dusting and experienced cold temps down into the teens. Then, magical, memory-making snow in the south on Christmas! Plus snow topped with ice in early January. That last storm kept Hodgepodgedad at home with us for a few days. So one afternoon we […]
B is for Brown-Headed Nuthatch
I just love his fuzzy little head! My entry in the Homeschool Post’s A B See Photo Meme.
Pin curls
*A post from the summer Hodgepodge archives – to warm and encourage here in the middle of winter. It all happened in about 20 minutes. The after-supper sky was darkening. Time to clean up and do baths. One rinsed dishes while I helped four through the shower like an assembly line. This time of day […]
The Power of Noticing What to Pray
I am currently in the middle of a 21-day fast, seeking God’s will in several areas of my life and praying for the needs of a number of my friends and family members. Today, I decided I wanted tomato soup for lunch. So I opened the can of soup, poured it into the saucepan, added […]
love their husbands and children…
I thought about trying to come up with something meaningful to say about the Scripture below, but really, It doesn’t need my help. So, believers let us… Guide older women into lives of reverence so they end up as neither gossips nor drunks, but models of goodness. By looking at them, the younger women will […]
W is for Washing
Lil’ Buddy’s sweet baby hand. We’re washing hands lots during potty training. And I’m finding the positives 🙂 My entry in the Homeschool Post’s A B See Photo Meme. Other entries: S is for Surprise C is for Crayon R is for Rose L is for Lovely Leaves M is for Mis-matched boots in the […]
Awaking to the Aching
I feel the pain in my hands and arms first, even before my eyes open. It’s not new to me. But this morning it overwhelms. The ache of arthritis. I don’t want to move. My elbows. They cry out as I prop myself up. I swing my legs around to the floor. The knees that […]