Homemaker Chronicles

Perks of living with your parents include:
1.  Getting to use new Shark steamer for the floors.  Awe-some!!
2.  Having an alarm system on the house.  Never had one before and might not ever have one, but they’re great for keeping track of kids.   Theirs is anyway.  It beeps every time a door is opened so, whenever [...]

Is it strange to hear a child say, “WHAT THA…”?  What about, “no freakin’ way”, or “DANG IT!”?  I guess I don’t think too much about it until I hear my children saying something like that.  It sounds so vulgar coming from their innocent little mouths.
I know that some parents allow their children to say [...]

A bed time story:
Adia, being the sweet stubborn three year old that she is, comes out of her room after being told goodnight.  She knows that after we pray and give hugs all around that the lights are going out and not a word is to be uttered.  Although, sometimes I can hear on the [...]

As I have grown up going to a Southern Baptist Christian church all of my life, I have always heard that God doesn’t love you because of what you DO.  He loves you because He loves you.  There is nothing you can do to earn His affection, likewise there is nothing you can do to [...]

Salem:
Salem fell down eight times in five minutes on the walking trail yesterday. In total, Salem fell down eleven times while on the walking trail yesterday.  The trail is concrete.  Todd put Salem to bed and thought he had poison ivy all over his forearms.  Todd realized that it wasn’t poison ivy, but it was [...]

Emasculate:  To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness.
(1913 Webster)
That sounds familiar.
Does it to you?
This day in age so many American boys are emasculated from the moment they are born until the moment they die.  Their masculinity has been robbed of them.  I would even go [...]

Have you ever heard of cross-fit? It’s the workout that the guys from the movie “300″ did when they were getting ready to film. Wait, I’ve just been corrected. They did Gym Jones that is LIKE cross fit. Sorry…
Yeah, that’s why they could fight like they did, and why Leonidus (actor [...]

First of all, I just want to thank those of you who come out here to post a comment or to write your own post and link back here…it really blesses me that you participate in this each week.  Friday’s Homemaker Moments is for you…the wonderful readers.  My vision is for F.H.M. to go viral [...]

Me:  Alright, alright, you can dress up and play Halloween this year.
Kids: Really?  Yessss!
Me:  But we’re all going to be Native American Indians…and no arguing.
Simultaneously-
Titan:  But I want to be a ninja.
Caleb:  Why can’t I be Venom?
Regan:  Sweet!  Can I wear feathers and a dress?
Adia:  I’m cute
Me:  I respect all your good ideas and they [...]

I don’t consider myself a parenting expert, but these are some things that have worked for our five children…so take it or leave it!!
Advice for parents of children that are any age:  Basically, turn your “do not”s into “do”s.
Instead of making rules using the word “don’t”, trying exchanging that for things they can do.  [...]

You know your boys have watched too much Star Wars when everything in our natural lives reminds them of Jango Fett.  Even paper towel packages…

Mr. Fett was a bounty hunter in the popular movies, and my boys are just a little bit in love with said films…actually there love is for the Wii game- [...]

Today was the annual Fair Parade, which precedes the County Fair, here in central Arkansas. This parade is a big deal in our town (wouldn’t you agree friends?) I can’t say that I go every year, but I was feeling frisky today and decided to take our 5 kids, along with my niece, [...]

My dad used to always ask my brother and I, “Do you know what I learned in Sunday school?
Of course we would answer, “What?”.
Then he’d always reply, “Shaaaaring!”.
There were two reasons for his asking this:  1)  we had something he wanted, like candy  and 2)  he’s weird…in a good way!  Nevertheless, we always shared whatever [...]

I’ve spent the past two days trying to figure out a way to make my parents more comfortable with our kids being around their pool this summer.  Of course it’s horrible to think of what could happen if one of them were to fall in and couldn’t swim to the edge.
So far we have padlocks [...]

Anybody out there have a 15-24 month old?  Anybody have trouble getting your 15-24 month old to do what you say?  (Pssst…this is where I am going to offer a nugget of free advice on training that sweet delinquent!)
Well, look no further.  I have a wonderful training tip for you!  (By the way, I have [...]

This verse in the bible, “Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it” sometimes puzzles me.  What is the way a child should go?  Which way?  Is the way different for each child?  Each family?  Is it specific?  Does God ordain such [...]

…keep your elbows OFF the table…and sit down…and be quiet…and don’t throw food at your sister!!
Remembering table manners has always been a battle at our house.  Actually, more like a war!
Seriously.
Either everyone is in a good mood so they act like raving lunatics, or everyone is at each other’s throat because it’s the end of [...]