Lemon Bars by five-year-old! Nana came across this simple and delicious recipe from Practically Living. A boxed cake mix and a can of lemon pie filling? Practical to keep on hand for the Cook Box! Get your chef hat if you’d like. Great for stirring action! (Thank you, Nana). Bake in a 9×13 pan. Dust […]
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Heart of the Matter April 2011 Magazine
The April 2011 Digital Magazine is available from Heart of the Matter. Click on over for a wealth of encouraging articles – free and all in one spot! You may also browse by clicking below: [issuu layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Flight%2Flayout.xml showflipbtn=true documentid=110416055915-38ca864ce6ae4fa187f8ed3f8874bb3e docname=april_issue2011 username=HeartoftheMatter loadinginfotext=Heart%20of%20the%20Matter%20Online%20Magazine%2C%20April%202011 showhtmllink=true tag=child width=420 height=272 unit=px] And guess what? A new pastel tutorial from […]
Simple Supper: Manwich, Mac & Salad
Keeping it simple around here. The menu on a Monday was as follows: Not-Your-Average Sloppy Joes by Southern Plate Macaroni and Cheese (the boxed variety) Spinach, Strawberry, Guacamole and Sunflower Seed Salad (arthritis friendly!) The ground turkey for the sloppy joes I pulled from the freezer from the last slow cooker batch cooking session. The […]
Drawing Basics by Thomas Kinkade
I count it a benefit of homeschooling when one of the masters can step in and teach my children. Thomas Kinkade has led my children in Drawing Basics several times already. That is with the Alpha Omega DVD Lifepac. An Alpha Omega Lifepac is a full subject of study “built upon the principle of mastery […]
Simple Easter
It all started with the stuffing of the eggs. The little girls and I were putting chocolate treats in each one. But we needed more plastic eggs to fill. Because we wanted the four siblings, the ones still in the children’s department at church, to each take two dozen eggs. We needed more plastic eggs […]
W is for Wreath on Wedding Day
These book wreaths adorned the church doors on my cousin’s wedding day. My mother made them from the tutorial posted by Living with Lindsay. If you’d like to learn how to make one from your spare paperback book, click over to Book Lover Wreath. I absolutely love them and have two myself! My entry in […]
Meal Plan: Bunches of Batch Cooking
“A man ought to eat what’s offered and be glad to get it!” ~ Rose Watson, Mitford Series My freezer is depleted thanks to the last couple month’s worth of freezer/pantry challenges and good, cheap eats. So, it’s time to batch cook again. Maybe a mini Big Cook. I’ll use what I have on hand […]
We interrupt this regular schedule
Slide pile up photo taken on Monday for our family homeschool yearbook page. This week, following our play house spring break, I made a decision. We’d concentrate on the basic routine. Three habits help our day run smoothly. Mainly our: Before 8:45 “One more thing after lunch” (usually nature or a science lesson we all […]
Three Little Chicks: A Pastels Tutorial
One, two, three – EASY! Here is a sweet and simple three little chicks pastel for you and your chicks to enjoy. Nana chose regular, green construction paper and cut it in half. Then three colors: yellow, orange and black. Make a nice, fluffy, round chick body. Use your finger and blend it so your […]
A grand lunchtime adventure.
This school year after my children finish their math and language lessons, we do something that has become a favorite routine in our home. During our lunch break, we gather around the table and go on exciting adventures. Every day we tune our computer into Adventures in Odyssey or the adventures of Jonathan Park. We […]
Stay at Home Mom
I wrote this about a year ago. A year later, I find myself needing to hear it again! I have been a stay-at-home mom for almost 2 years. Wow! Time flies! I ate lunch with a friend yesterday I had not really talked to much since Ella was born. She said, “How are you?” (It’s nice […]
Beloved Black Cherry Trash Can
Nana is so smart. I’m just gonna brag on her a minute. She decorated this trash can. Make something that is just everyday, you-don’t-really-see-it-even-though-you-toss-something-out-all-the-time, utilitarian into a piece of art. Now she would say it’s easy. So that’s why the beloved black cherry trashcan is featured here in It’s Easy. She bought the big trash […]
A Friendship that Refreshes the Soul
Just as lotions and fragrance give sensual delight, a sweet friendship refreshes the soul.~~Proverbs 27:9 Isn’t that beautiful! The idea that we will be REFRESHED from our friendships. I can testify to that very fact. A ‘sweet’ friendship involves one you can completely be yourself with, one you can trust, one that will forgive without […]