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Ballantyne library: and the winner is…

Can we have a big hearty round of applause for:
Laura @ Laura Williams’ Musings
Congratulations, Laura. Thank you for entering! Email me your shipping address to claim your Ballantyne Christian Adventure Library.
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Random cuteness

Our kittykait is captivated by her own cuteness. She found an old sound recording of herself and couldn’t resist posting it to her blog. She thinks you’ll be as captivated as she was.Is she right?

Frugal gleanings

It’s Friday, so frugal is the topic of the day.

I would love to hear your opinion over at Frugal Hacks on whether the tasty $1 Double Cheeseburger is worth your time and money.
While you’re there, check out the other recent posts on Frugal Hacks. I’m giddy every time I think of the fantastic team [...]

When I was 4

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10 ways to avoid raising a picky eater

Our children are not picky eaters. A few of them want to be, but it’s simply not allowed in our house.I think our children are generally content to eat what is served to them because we usually follow these guidelines:

Do not allow children to request alternate meals if they don’t like what’s being served. [...]

Free complete set of Ballantyne books!

update: the winner has been announced.
OK, people. Are you tired of my forgetfulness yet? I’m finally doing it: the big giveaway for a full Ballantyne Christian Adventure Library. That’s 10 high quality hardback books with a retail value of $199!These books are not for the faint of heart. Mr. Ballantyne lived [...]

Menu

I missed the boat on Menu Monday, but nonetheless, here it is. I need some accountability in this area, so I’m posting for all the world to see. Just don’t ask me how it went when next Monday rolls around.My plans rarely include side dishes or snacks. We figure those out as [...]

Boys: is it true?

Is it just The Boy, or do all little boys come without a volume control? Like an alarm clock, he’s either on sleep or full blast.
He also loves to dance. Don’t ask me where he learned it, but that kid has got the moves - he swivels his hips, snaps his fingers, swings [...]

Censorship, Stewardship and the 9th commandment

posted by Pc3

We are quite vocal and unapologetic in our support of Vision Forum in our family. Kim has, at my direction, over the course of the last year posted on issues relevant to the patriarchy versus feminism debate and even links to relevant documents as Vision Forum and others have [...]

Teaching from a Christian perspective

How Kids Think, a project of God’s World Publications, asked:

I?ve become increasingly aware that my parenting/educational perspective can come more from moralism than a biblical worldview. In an effort to correct this, I sometimes ?over-God? everything by making practically everything I say have a reference to the truth that God allowed for it, God created [...]

Frugal Hacks

If you’re not familiar with Frugal Hacks, I would love for you to make a quick visit. We have lots of new things going on over there.There are daily scheduled posts each week from some of my very favorite frugal bloggers:

Monday: Meredith of Like Merchant Ships posts on Cheerful Frugality.
Tuesday: Amy of MotherLoad: [...]

What diapers do you luv?

I’m a whatever’s-cheap girl when it comes to diapers. When our oldest was wee tiny, we tried each brand once and decided that she was going to leak around her skinny little legs no matter what brand we used, so why pay more?We’re pretty satisfied with the Parent’s Choice diapers we get from WalMart, [...]

The Bible in Verse

We just spent the last 30 minutes playing a little game with the “search inside this book” Amazon feature of The Bible in Verse by Alvy Ford.
This book has a simple 4 line poem for each and every chapter of the Bible. I first heard about it from Arnold Pent, author of Ten P’s [...]

A low–caffeine way to start the day

We call this a latte, though I’m sure it’s not at all authentic. Is is good, however, fulfills my psychological need to sip something warm and coffee-ish in the morning, and doesn’t pack the caffeine punch of a full cup of coffee. And it makes me happy. Not surprising since it contains [...]