Welcome to another Establish a House post, written this time by Andrea! She has some great tips for keeping sensitive skin healthy. When my first child, Miriam, was about a month old she developed a terrible diaper rash. I tried baby powder and changing her more frequently and then plain cornstarch per my mother’s recommendation, […]
The Joys of Motherhood – Our Daily Chores: Gifts from God
As mothers, our work is not washing diapers and mending holes in jeans—that is what we spend much of our time doing, but it is not our work. Our work is rearing children; but it is much more than that, for we rear our children to fulfill their potential. We might have dreams of their […]
The Joys of Motherhood – A Sense of Humor
Excellence does not imply a long face and only a shoulder-to-the-wheel attitude. Family life is just too much fun to spend all our time being serious. A sense of humor is one of the most valuable tools to achieve excellence. Without it we can become too critical, and it is easy to become discouraged when […]
The Joys of Motherhood – An Attitude of Excellence
There are houses and then there are HOUSES. Houses (lowercase) simply provide basic shelter. On the other hand, HOUSES (uppercase) are built and planned with love and care. They provide shelter, but also enrich the lives of those who live in them. These two kinds of houses are symbolic of an ordinary job of mothering […]
The Joys of Motherhood – Preparation – A Lifelong Pursuit: A House of Learning
I’m only sharing a snippet of today’s reading. For the whole portion read the section A House of Learning here. It seems to me that two things are necessary to joyful motherhood: preparation and excellence. Before a house can be built, a great deal of preparation must be made. Builders must learn certain skills. Plans […]
The Joys of Motherhood – A House of Order: Building Houses – Building Families
I’ve only posted a snippet of today’s reading. To read the all of it begin at the section titled Building Houses-Building Families. Celestial homes may be large or small, rich or poor. The families may range from a couple to a dozen or more. The home might be serene or bustling. But all celestial homes […]
The Joys of Motherhood – A Training Ground for Heaven
In creating a home and making it function, we have much more freedom and responsibility than do people in any other occupation in the world. They are always restricted by bosses and supervisors, stockholders, the buying public, or the realities of the marketplace—in other words, they are tied to the earth. In our homes, on […]
The Joys of Motherhood – A study for this week
Lofty, beautiful, and serene, a celestial orb glistens in a luminescent sky. Far below on the frontier of a dark wilderness in a tiny fortress live some strangers from the splendid place above. Their home is an outpost, reflecting some of the glory of the celestial homeland but surrounded by darkness and constantly under attack. […]
Five Ways to Immortalize School-Year Memories – Without Scrapbooking
As another school year starts to wind down Heather, the guest blogger for today’s Establish a House post, shares some ideas for keeping track of the memories that have been made. Welcome, Heather! We’re nearing the end of another school year, and if you’re like a lot of parents, you’ve taken your fair share of […]
Seek Ye First the Kingdom of God
This month’s Establish a House posts will focus on mothers and how they deal with feeling overwhelmed. Hopefully through these guest posts you’ll be able to receive ideas on how to handle your own trying motherhood times! I thought it appropriate as we near Mother’s Day to focus on the good we ARE doing even […]
3 Ways to Get Some Me Time
This month’s Establish a House posts will focus on mothers and how they deal with feeling overwhelmed. Hopefully through these guest posts you’ll be able to receive ideas on how to handle your own trying motherhood times! I thought it appropriate as we near Mother’s Day to focus on the good we ARE doing even […]
God Bless the Innkeepers
This month’s Establish a House posts will focus on mothers and how they deal with feeling overwhelmed. Hopefully through these guest posts you’ll be able to receive ideas on how to handle your own trying motherhood times! I thought it appropriate as we near Mother’s Day to focus on the good we ARE doing even […]
Decluttering One Bag at a Time
We are in the process of decluttering at our house. I knew it needed to be done. Really needed to be done but I was too overwhelmed with all our stuff I didn’t know where to start. I kept putting it off. Then a couple of weeks ago Jocelyn posted this on facebook and I […]
Sleep Deprivation is NOT Good for a Mom
Okay, ladies. I have a question for you today! How do you train your kids to go to bed earlier? Daylight Savings is killing me! We have no problem getting the older kids to get to bed but the two youngest ones aren’t going to bed until 11pm or later. I get up every morning […]
Discipline Tactics for Whining, Tantrums, and Laziness
So Sunday. The day that is supposed to be restful? Yeah, that. Church this past Sunday was anything but and I realize it was mostly my fault. Oh, sure the two year old was the one acting up, throwing a toy tractor and baler at the grandfatherly gentleman sitting behind us. And when I asked […]