Vintage Literature with Children
We set around the kitchen fire,
an’ has the mostest fun!… Read More Vintage Literature with Children
Category: Mothers
Creating Christmas Magic All Year Long at Blue Willow Cottage
At Blue Willow Cottage, Christmas isn’t just a holiday—it’s a year-round pursuit of wonder, warmth, and meaningful memories. Through monthly planning days, a trusty red Christmas Notebook, and joyful moments like baking with little hands in the kitchen, we prepare to shine the light of love all December long. Let every act of kindness become a thread in the tapestry of a truly magical season.… Read More Creating Christmas Magic All Year Long at Blue Willow Cottage
On Loving A Child
I promised myself when I brought our little blue bundle
home from the hospital, that he would never be “the interruption” in my life…… Read More On Loving A Child
Lies and Traps
I have discovered a wonderful thing. When I am at my lowest, I read scriptures, or recite (Out Loud) passages I have memorized and the devil must flee! … Read More Lies and Traps
Good Old Fashioned Hard Work
We get water in the basement every time a flash flood comes. So I drew out a sketch, and today Mom and I dug out canals and put in drainage pipes to get the rain water to flow out to the alley instead of into our basement.
… Read More Good Old Fashioned Hard Work
Recitations as in Days of Old
Children are excellent memorizers. They also love poems and fun quotes. We began to have little one on one sessions with each child during free time, and I was amazed at the ease in which poems were memorized and recited perfectly within days of teaching/practicing.… Read More Recitations as in Days of Old
Perfectly Imperfect
When the befuddled cashier asked what the little thank you package was, the boys cheerfully remarked,
“It is our way of saying thank you for your service to our family.”… Read More Perfectly Imperfect
Feelings and Moments…
… the most beautiful things in life are not just things. They’re people, and places, memories and activities with loved ones. They are feelings and moments, smiles and laughter.
-Unknown … Read More Feelings and Moments…
The Unlikely Nurse
Every 10 minutes, he came into our bedroom, put his hand on my forehead, and asked, “Mom, how are you feeling? Can I bring you something?” … Read More The Unlikely Nurse
Do Hard Things
This year, we talked many times about how to use appropriate scriptures in the proper way to help guide others, if they are open to this. How humbling, and how exciting to know that one’s children are able to do so at a young age!… Read More Do Hard Things
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