Cloth Diapers ~ So Easy Your Husband will be Changing the Diapers

I have been changing diapers for fifteen years! I have tried every brand of disposables, including brands they don’t make anymore. I remember Pampers before they had swaddlers and Huggies before they were supreme. And yet, after six babies I felt it was time to make the switch to cloth. Actually I started with cloth [...]

How to Make it Easy for Someone to Watch your Kids

This weekend my husband and I are attending the HEAV convention in Richmond, Virginia. Since we don’t live in Richmond, my mother-in-law is staying at our house to watch the children. Taking care of kids while the parents are away is a tough job, but you can show your appreciation by making it as easy [...]

Explore Your City this Summer

This week’s Works for Me Wednesday is the Mom I’m Bored edition. I chuckled when I read this because my kids rarely say those words. When those words are uttered from a Happy child, chores are almost immediately assigned. My kids know better than to claim boredom, because cleaning soon follows.
Since we move every 2 [...]

Toad-o-pia

I love warm weather because my kids can play outside without hats, boots, gloves, scarves, snotty noses and everything else that comes with winter. Outside play allows them to burn off all that “kid” energy and my house stays cleaner, although my yard is a wreck!
My children have this amazing ability to take toys and [...]

Swing

Only a new camera would cause me to lay on the ground underneath my son while he was swinging in order to get the perfect shot.

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Yesterday

Details coming soon…

Please join Melody for SOOC (photos straight out of the camera).

Colors

Now that I have my new camera I am tempted to participate in all the photo memes…

This picture was edited on Picnik (the free photo editing site)

This week’s You Capture theme is Colors.

Why I Celebrate Today….

A Day in the Life of The Happy Housewife ~ Handling Strong Willed Children

A question from Denise:
I have a son who is almost 3. He will begin preschool this fall. For the past few months he has been “strong willedâ€, er DIFFICULT is more like it. He is like this with ME only, and not his Dad. I am a SAHM and am with him the majority of [...]

How to Get Your Kids to Eat Healthier Foods

This is a guest post from Katie who blogs at Three Blondes and a Redhead.
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Katie is a Christian wife and a stay at home mom to a 4 year old son, a 2 year old daughter and she is due with Baby #3 in October. She blogs about managing her family, frugal living, cooking, organizing [...]