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A Few School Room Must-Haves
Today I wanted to share a few of my favorite items for the schoolroom. I must admit that I have the tendencies of the "teacher type" and experience great excitement every fall when it is time to buy new pencils and paper. Even more than that, I love a functional, beautiful, well-organized space. I have also found that when I provide this type of space to my children, they thrive as well. We all know how expensive things are these days and how difficult it is to find quality i
Hannah
Oct 7, 2025
The After-Show Monster
The battle against the electronic world is real. It is real for adults, but it is especially real for children. TV shows, movies, music, games, there are so many options for kids to drain hours of their day on an electronic device. Now, even schoolwork or homework is the reason. Children live in a digital world, and this cannot be good or healthy. What did kids do all day a hundred years ago? How did we reach a point where we feel as if electronics are vital to our daily hap
Hannah
Oct 6, 2025
A Beginners Postpartum Workout Routine (No Equipment Required)
Getting Fit. It is the first thing that many women think about the day after they’ve had their baby. Yet, in many cultures, over the span of thousands of years, women did NOT get right back to their daily duties after having a baby. Though the vital recovery period ranges anywhere from one month to two, six weeks is often the recommended period of rest time. It is also the amount I, and many women that I know (who’ve had 4+ children) recommend. In fact, the times I forced mys
Hannah
Oct 2, 2025
Family Read-Alouds for Your Library
“Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.” — Joseph Addison My children love to read! And I love that my children love to...
Hannah
Sep 27, 2025
3 Ways to Instantly Decrease Stress
I recently wrote a post titled, " 5 Traditional Medicines to Decrease Stress , " and it got me thinking about a few other ways that I...
Hannah
Sep 26, 2025
The Best Climbing Toy
In a previous article, I wrote about the importance of climbing and how great it is, not only for a child's physical development, but also for their cognitive development. If you are interested in reading that article, it can be found here . Today, I want to write about our favorite climbing toy. The climbing dome. My mother-in-law bought this for us when my eldest was two-years-old. It has survived the past six years and a move from one house to another. My children play on
Hannah
Sep 22, 2025
What is a Mother?
What is motherhood? Is it something that is more than just biological? Is it something that is more than just feeding and teaching until...
Hannah
Sep 20, 2025
Strong Mom = Stronger Family
Do you want to go workout? It's nap time—the first time you have had a quiet moment all day. No, you do not feel like working out. You...
Hannah
Sep 18, 2025
My Latest Favorite Cleaning Product
I have been on a reading binge lately. The topic: Hormonal Health. It seems to be a big deal these days, especially because even people with very healthy lifestyles are struggling with some hormone imbalance. Why do so many people, especially women, struggle with this? I have a couple theories, but I am not entirely sure myself. I do believe that it is a combination of things: the environment, diet and stress, just to name a few... Anyway, I decided to start making some small
Hannah
Sep 9, 2025
The Benefits of Magnesium
Anytime my siblings and I struggled with muscle soreness or trouble sleeping growing up, my mom would make us a tasty cup of magnesium...
Hannah
Sep 4, 2025
Prioritize Your Spouse
As soon as a newborn enters the home, the craziness begins. It is a beautiful kind of crazy, but crazy nonetheless. From sleep schedules to diet changes, the life you knew before your baby was born is gone. If your family adds more kids, they add more crazy. This is not a bad thing; it is just a thing that needs managing well. One of the biggest challenges that I noticed right off the bat was the ability to find quality time with my spouse. I was often mentally and physically
Hannah
Jul 31, 2025
Words of Wisdom for a New Mom
Every new parent experiences "new-parent-stress." Some of that stress requires just some deep breathing and work. However, I believe that there is also some unnecessary stress that parents, mothers especially, place upon themselves. Here are some of my mothers words of wisdom that will hopefully eliminate the avoidable stress as you enjoy the early days of parenthood. Pray for and trust your husband Early on, I was very controlling and expected things to run a certain way. T
Hannah
Jul 23, 2025
Teaching My Toddler to Say Hello
Does your child struggle with greeting others? Does saying hello and goodbye turn into a long and painful process where you are left embarrassed and unsure of what to do? Here are some thoughts that will hopefully make social interactions more pleasant for you and your child. #1 Respect your child. This little person is learning how to do things in life and you are teaching them how to treat others primarily by how you treat them. This doesn't mean to allow disrespectful beha
Hannah
Jul 23, 2025
Basic Budgeting Hacks
When it comes to saving money for my family, I have learned many important lessons. But, in the beginning it was hard to know where to...
Hannah
Jun 26, 2025
A Letter to a New Mom
The following is a letter for new mothers. These are my top eight pieces of advice that EVERY mother needs to be told. Enjoy! Dear New Mama, Congratulations on your new little beautiful baby. Soak up every minute of it; time goes by too fast. I wanted to write to you about eight things that I wish someone would have told me when I had my first child. I hope they edify your motherhood. Mom knows best No one, I repeat NO ONE, will know your baby as well as you do. So listen to
Hannah
Jun 25, 2025
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