Waiting until you're almost out of diapers and then ordering overnight delivery is a risk Changing dirty pull-ups is not easy (should...

Now that we've talked about tidying up, let's talk about the harder job: cleaning. What works for one doesn't work for the other...

Children are not born knowing how to tidy up a room. Don't laugh; that was a revelation for me when I only had littles! I noticed someth...

Kyle and I have been watching this Food Network show that teaches the worst home cooks how to be fabulous home cooks. As it turns out, their...

I don't generally publish anonymous comments, but this one was so tactful, I thought it deserved a response. This comment was a response...

Part 1 here . Here's how I "micro-manage" my kids: I don't wait around for them to forget to do something. In the beginnin...

Children aren't born knowing how to think. I used to think: Hey, they have a brain. Why don't they use the thing? We clean our dishe...

Every morning after breakfast, we wash our breakfast dishes clear the table take the placemats outside and shake crumbs off sweep off the ta...

It took me way too long to realize this, but I have finally come to the conclusion that we can't get all (and by all, I mean "any...

Laundry seems to be a hot topic when it comes to big families, but we don't do a ton of laundry and I don't spend a bunch of money o...

Once a week, I get an email reminder telling me to have the kids do a 5-10 fling. They each get two grocery bags, one in each hand. One ba...

As you know, all the kids do chores . We've had to change up the chore system since Pedro left, so I recently sat the kids down and told...

A common issue among big families is how to deal with all the STUFF! It starts with this: And quickly leads to this: A friend, who also has ...

Women multi-task. Men compartmentalize. There's a book I've heard good things about but never read called Men are Waffles, Women are...

I took the kids to a Homeschool Park Day a few days ago with a friend of mine and her kids. I met several other moms that are in the same ho...

My friend Beth was kind enough to remind me that I never did follow through on Part Two of " Getting It All Done ". I do that a l...

Somebody asked how I get it all done: homeschooling, homemaking, cooking, scrapbooking, and blogging. The simple answer is: I don't. I h...

A good friend wrote this encouraging article, which was recently published on the Ladies Against Feminism website. "Me Time" is a...

In a chapter titled, "So Show Me What a Keeper at Home Really Looks Like!", author Jennie Chancey tells this great story about her...

Chloe is usually my Sous Chef when it comes to baking, but lately Lydia has shown a real interest in helping me in the kitchen. Tonight, we...