by Jaimi Erickson | Apr 29, 2013 | parenting
Often posts about chores for children discuss the very important way chores/jobs help children develop a sense of responsibility and purpose within the family. There are many reasons why children should help around the house and one of them is learning money lessons....
by Jaimi Erickson | Apr 12, 2013 | activities
How can one activity spring off into multiple others? It happens a lot in our house! It’s exciting to follow the interests of our children to expand their learning. First, we had dyed eggshells when were did the dying eggshells activity. When I was...
by Jaimi Erickson | Apr 5, 2013 | motherhood
The past month has been a whirlwind of emotions in our household. My youngest son was a late walker-16 months and a few days. He has the cutest little toddler walk; he looks like he’s just got a bounce to his step. That bounce, however, is caused by a...
by Jaimi Erickson | Apr 3, 2013 | motherhood, motivation, parenting
Are our children going to turn out fine no matter what? Is it all out of our control? I have read comments stating that being a stay-at-home mom does not matter. The choices we make as moms has no effect on our...
by Jaimi Erickson | Mar 24, 2013 | motherhood, motivation
{Guest Post by Heather Von St. James} I never set out to be a stay-at-home mom. I was going to be a working mom, the main breadwinner, and let my husband be the one who took care of things when I had to work. It is what we agreed on and we were happy with...