~In honor of the third blogoversary of Hodgepodge this month, I’ll be occasionally posting favorites from the archives. This one, from August 2007, was written a year before blogging… The Many Adventures of a 21-month-old Since the early a.m. I have: dumped out the contents of the electric pencil sharpener and decorated my legs with […]
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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 usually had a really big meal at lunch time after church. Plus, if you add fresh fruit on top it’s really healthy. Cereal. It’s our Sunday night simple supper. Most every week.
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 before the pool | 4. Kindergartener and Rod & Staff G, H, I books | 5. Annual First Day of School Photo | 6. Pool fun | 7. Post-grocery snack | 8. Time to make […]
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 photos. A simple habit to preserve memories. A picture taken at about the same time every year. Whatever sort of school your child attends. Preserving the dimple of a baby hand… The short hairstyle of […]
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 treat. I make fried green tomatoes maybe twice a summer. Veggie plate night, of course being a frugal way to feed our hodgepodge. And fried green tomatoes, of course being a way to liven things […]
Smoothies: More on Slow Cooker Yogurt
The essence of summer – peaches. Smoothies made with our homemade yogurt. I have timed it the last several times I’ve made the yogurt so that it will be our breakfast the next day. Oh how slow cooker yogurt has changed our lives! Smoothies! Just pour your fresh yogurt into your blender. Add your choice […]
Fear Not, Trust, and Rejoice
It’s that time of year again – time to make your final choices for curriculum and to begin your next year of homeschooling your children. At times like these, it’s easy to feel like you’re making a mistake. Like you’re not qualified to teach your children. Like you’d rather send them to school and just […]
Homemade Pickles: Cooking Fun
Got cucumbers? Nana did! She was given a whole bunch of cucumbers. And guess what we did? We made homemade pickles from the Duggar family recipe like we have done before. Homemade Pickles It goes like this. We rinsed the cucumbers. We got to rinse the jars. We unwrapped the garlic. I loved the way […]
Pimento Cheese: Allergy Friendly Living
I could not let the week pass without sharing the joy over Lil’ Buddy joining the pimento cheese fan club. Oh, Mama Ann’s pimento cheese! But…with the mayonnaise it requires, youngest boy could not eat it. Egg allergy and epipen. But, I remembered that Addapinch posted a pimento cheese recipe with cream cheese rather than […]
Making Prayer a Priority by Melanie Robbins
God answered my son’s prayer for a $85 dollar Lego set with a YES. He found 70 dollars on the ground and with that and what he had in spending and recycling money he was within one dollar of the amount he needed. God showed Nathan that He definitely cares about him (my son is […]
Summer Weather
“Those look like beach clouds.” We must have said that dozens of times this summer. We remember from past beach trips that clouds like the ones above usually mean afternoon thunderstorms. On this day of beach clouds, we decided to purposefully notice clouds, weather, temperatures and wind. We listened to the distant then close thunder, […]
Weather: A Pastels Tutorial
“Beauty puts a face on God. When we gaze at nature, at a loved one, at a work of art, our soul immediately recognizes and is drawn to the face of God.” ~ Margaret Brownley This pastel lesson was inspired by the above photo. That tiny figure out on the beach is my brother. A […]
Grounds in My Coffee
Reaching way back in the archives at Frogs, Snails, and Puppy Dog Tales, this one was originally published when the baby in question was child number three. Funny how I came across this post now that baby number four is nearing the same age… ———————————————————————————————————————————— At 6 AM this morning I stumbled to my coffee […]