You all know how much we love to read around our house. Teaching life lessons through cute characters and relatable story lines, is the best! I love having a chance to sit with little ones and learn big lessons in such simple ways. One lesson that I want my children to understand deeply is the value of making mistakes. It's okay to make mistakes and beautiful things can come from learning and growing. These kids' books about making mistakes are some favorites. 8 Books that Teach Kids to ...
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Easy Grit Bowl Recipe with Savory Mix-Ins
Grit bowl, anyone? For those who eat grits enough to have a preference, do you like them sweet or savory better? Honestly, I’ve mostly only made savory grits, but if you have a good sweet combo tell me what you add. I need to branch out. We love making savory grit bowls for a special breakfast, especially when we have friends or family visiting. We also make this for dinner sometimes, the whole family definitely approves. Living in the South, we've loved trying different grit bowls when ...
15 Favorite Books to Add to Your Fall Reading List
I love to read my own books, as much as I love reading to my kids, so I thought I would write another post sharing some of my favorite books. With holidays and breaks around the corner, it's always nice to have some good books to look forward to reading. Some of the books I'm sharing today are newly-discovered, and some are age-old classics, but I hope you'll at least find a few to add to your list. 15 Favorite Books for Your Fall Reading List Top Romantic Books Lovely War, by Julie ...
Children’s Books About Choices & Consequences
The last few weeks I've been sharing some resources for the schoolwork we'll be doing at home, and some favorite books, as well. This is my first year sending a little one to school. She absolutely loves it, but it's been a hard adjustment. More than anything it's hard to have her developing so many social relationships without me nearby. I feel like it's such an important skill for her to be developing, but it's also hard to be losing that control, as a parent. I've found that books are some of ...
20 Favorite Children’s Books with Diverse Characters
Teaching my children about other cultures and the importance of diversity in our world has always been important to me. The past few months, I've been even more focused on these topics and on finding good children's books to read with them. Here I'm sharing 20 of our favorite children's books with diverse characters and cultures. Reading books about historical events and heroes who have fought for equality is a great way to introduce heavy and difficult topics to little ones. It is equally ...
French Toast with Homemade Bread
As a family, we love breakfast foods; we love brunch we love breakfast for dinner! These are just some of our favorite foods. I've made french toast often, but this Father's Day was my first attempt at making french toast with homemade bread. Let's just say, I honestly felt like it was Kneader's-quality french toast. It was so good! What better way to celebrate the incredible dad that Kurt is, than with a delicious breakfast in bed. I just wanted to share some additional info about the ...
