Amy shares a great list of age-appropriate chores that help her get her kids involved in the kitchen. They really can help!

Amy reminds us that it’s okay for mom to take a break sometimes. This is an important reminder!

Taking your children on one-on-one dates helps them feel special and creates a great parent-child bond. Amy gives us a list of date suggestions that work for her family.

Amy shares an easy and fun way to add a little heart to your Valentine’s Day meals. Your children will love this treat!

Amy shares what works for her when it comes to raising her children to help around the house.

Ahhh, day 7 and all is well. Everyone’s appetite seems to have returned, so I whipped up a ham and cheese scramble this morning along with the no-rise cinnamon rolls posted on the Sunday Swap last week.  The rolls were tasty, but we want to call them biscuit rolls, because they seem to have [...]

Word of the day: improvement. Things are getting much better around here after they escalated into much nastiness at about 1:00 in the morning. I’ll spare you the details. Just know that my strength is returning.

Hidden away for our ballgame snack bag, the Cap’n saved the morning. [...]

You know what they say about the best laid plans…
Seems the stomach bug that has ravaged two of our children this week is an impartial bug. When I woke up this morning… ick. I did my best to stay out of the kitchen today.
The kids had some granola cereal for breakfast, as did [...]

Our morning started smooth with a quick breakfast of homemade granola for Lance and Amish Baked Oatmeal with raisins for the rest of us. Seriously, it tastes like eating an oatmeal raisin cookie for breakfast! So darn good I forgot to take a picture.
For lunch I quick made some pepperoni and mozzarella quesadillas.

Sliced [...]

No school today, and no games either!  It was nice to sleep in and just call it a weekend.  My 18-month-old alarm sounded at 6:47, which isn’t too bad for her!  We decided to whip up some scrambled eggs topped with nacho cheese, and toast with homemade sandhill plum jelly.  I’m sure sandhill plums are [...]