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Kitchen Duties for Children After Mealtime
No Weekly Review today since not much happened around here last week and therefore, not too many pictures were taken. I was busy getting some Christmas gifts together that I can’t even tell about because I have to keep them secret. shhh… So, in lieu of my Weekly Review that I usually do on Monday’s, I thought I would tell you how our family does kitchen chores after each meal. It works quite well with our family of 6 children. First off I wrote down a list of jobs that needed to be done when each meal was over… clear table put food away wipe off counters sweep floor load dishwasher put food preparatory…
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Week in Review 11/14 – 12/4 Part II
Continuing on with our PA trip… Part I can be found here. Hope you enjoy. Valley Forge was our first stop. Valley Forge is where Washington stayed for the winter of 1777-1778. The American army was in bad shape with many having no shoes and very little food. Washington wrote of the Army saying that if things did no change they must, “Starve, dissolve, or disperse, in order to obtain subsistence in the best manner they can.” For the lack of nourishment and proper clothing and because of the crowded and damp conditions, disease swept through the troops with 2,000 men dying that winter. Valley Forge was so named because there was a forge there…
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Working on a Winter Mantle
Over the weekend I started working on decorating my mantle for winter. Until a few months ago I had not changed my mantle decor for years. Yep, you read that right. Years. But I liked how it looked and wasn’t thinking about changing it seasonally. So decorating my mantle for the winter season is new territory to me. I got the idea for this gate from Funky Junk Interiors. Here is her gate here. We had this old fencing we picked up several years ago for a homeschool co-op day we had. I wanted to save it but it has slowly been being used for firewood. Fortunately, we still had…
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Week in Review 11/14 – 12/4 Part I
Russ and the boys were elk hunting the week before we went to Pennsylvania. He managed to get this bull elk the last day of the hunt with his muzzleloader. It’s not a trophy but still a decent sized one. Then it was off to Pennsylvania for 10 days… Audrey and Justus were quite excited to fly in an airplane. This wasn’t their first time but the first time they could remember actually doing it. Upon our arrival my sister had goody bags for each of us… So organized to get that all together and very very thoughtful. Of course there was an abundance of food… Truly. 🙂 Music almost…
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Home from the Keystone State – Pennsylvania
Hellllooo. After being gone 10 days to see my sister and her family over the Thanksgiving holidays we’re back in the sunny state of Arizona …with big head colds. The Kleenex box is my best friend right now. 🙂 Monday I’ll do catch-up on our trip photos but today I’ll share with you some of the food we had on Thanksgiving that I thought was creative. This is the most beautiful jello I have ever seen. I’m not even a fan of jello but I still thought this was outstanding in its presentation. Agree? The same lady who made the jello also made this outstanding bread. Not only did it…
