Works for Me Wednesday

Nightly Readings

March 30, 2011

My husband usually handles the bulk of the bedtime routine with our older children while I’m taking care of Jenny and getting her down to bed. He agreed to do a guest post for me describing the nightly readings we do with our children. —————- Our nightly routine is a very important part of ending [...]

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Mexican Chicken

January 26, 2010

I mentioned in my menu plan Monday post that I am compiling a list of our favorite recipes to use in a regular menu rotation. I thought it would be fun to share those favorite recipes with you as I have them. Tonight we had Mexican Chicken. The recipe comes from an Old Country Store [...]

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Write it Down

October 28, 2009

As many of you know, this week is full of preparations for our move back to the states from Germany. The bulk will be done by Friday afternoon….we’ll have a virtually empty house. And then a few weeks later, we’ll fly home. There have been times during this move that my head has been swimming [...]

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Rainy Day Entertainment

October 21, 2009

For Will’s birthday we got him an indoor play tent. Instead of having it out all the time, since that would be practically impossible to do, we save it for rainy days. The kids have fun crawling through tunnels, throwing balls through basketball hoops and playing peek-a-boo in the tent. It keeps them busy and [...]

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Eliminating Booster Seat Yuck

October 14, 2009

When my kids moved from high chairs to sitting in booster seats at the table, I thought our days of high-chair grime and food caught in crevices were over. Boy, was I wrong! The space between the booster seat and the seat of our dining table chairs can catch every random spill and piece of [...]

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Clean the Kitchen Before Dinner

October 7, 2009

The couple of hours between dinner and bedtime is my busiest time of the day. The best way I have found to help with this hectic time is to get as much cleaning done in the kitchen as I can BEFORE dinner. As I cook, I gather the dishes that are used. During longest cooking [...]