I start every new year, every new month, every week, every day, sometimes even every hour with resolve. My mind becomes inflamed with an idea, a dream, a goal and I get super motivated. It could be to save more money, to get into better shape, to be a better wife, a better mom, home…
Into the Wardrobe: Remembering to Get New Clothes Once in a While.
I once had a depressing wardrobe. I would open my drawers with dread, hoping to find something that would magically make me look like the woman I wanted to be. But I would rather have spent my time and small clothing budget on clothes for my kids, even if they didn’t need them, because it…
Winning at life: goals and systems.
Define your goal, identify your system, implement your system, tweak your system, achieve your goal. Every day I learn more and grow into what God has made me to be. I make mistakes, I learn, I forget, I learn again, I find joy and rediscover joy…
Adding Enrichment Subjects To Our Homeschool Schedule
Homeschooling Year Two has begun here at Robinson House. We have a ton of enrichment subjects and activities that I want to get started on which I’m super excited about this year but I didn’t want to overwhelm our early school days by putting too many new things on the schedule right away. So we…
The Adventurous Mama 2020/2021 Curriculum Plan:
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Wool cloth diapering 101: What is it? Why do it? What do you need to get started?
We recently were blessed with our fifth baby girl, Lara Penelope, and I wanted to use cloth diapers for her. We used cloth diapers with Lucy, our second daughter, but I did not really feel organized enough to get back into it with Lea or Lola (you guessed it, babies #3 and #4). But this…
Bringing home baby
We are coming up on two weeks of being parents to five precious girls. The transition from four to five has been smooth so far. Our baby, Lara Penelope, has been restful and healthy, nursing well and sleeping often. While it is certainly a lot of work to care for a newborn and maintain a…
Finding the Joys of Childbearing in the Midst of the Trials.
We are expecting our fifth daughter this November. My house is getting a little less organized, a little more dusty, foot prints can be seen on the hardwood and dust bunnies have settled in the corners. There are often times that someone steps out of the shower to find there are no clean towels in…
