Skip to content

Month: July 2010

July 23, 2010
Heather L
Leave a Comment

Review: Counting Stars

Posted in Reviews

Counting Stars by Andrew Peterson Album Description: Andrew’s songs remind us again and again of simple, solid things like love and friendship and hope and redemption and beauty and how our stories were meant to be shared, and how the darkness will not always hold sway, and how we, being human, need to hear those things over and over again, because otherwise we become disconnected from the very stories we’re living in. Andrew Peterson’s new, twelve-song project, Counting Stars (produced by Ben Shive, with Andy Gullahorn) manages to do all that without ever leaving home.  Framed in a largely acoustic…

Continue Reading…Review: Counting Stars

July 22, 2010
Heather L
One Comment

Campfires and Smores

Posted in Family

Campfires and Smores – the two go hand-in-hand don’t you think?  The dark, star-filled sky twinkles overhead.  The flames crackle and hiss as they lick at the slightly damp firewood that we just collected.  The smell of the smoke from the fire wafts over those sitting around the fire. As the fire dies down, Daddy stirs the coals.  Munchkin grins as she knows what’s coming when the coals are ready. Mommy heads to get the marshmellows, chocolate, gluten free graham crackers, and roasting sticks. The embers glow and a hint of excitement fills Munchkin’s eyes.  It’s time for smores.  We…

Continue Reading…Campfires and Smores

July 22, 2010
Heather L
3 Comments

Traveling Made Easier: Travel Kits

Posted in Reviews

Are we there yet? He touched me!!! I’m bored!! She’s staring at me! Are we almost there? I don’t know about you, but I’ve heard those statements more than once on a car trip.  Wouldn’t it be nice if the kids (and parents) looked forward to the car trips instead of dreading them? Travel Kits: A Simple Way to Bless Others by Donna Rees Travel Kits is a wonderful e-book put out by The Old Schoolhouse.  It’s packed with beautiful illustrations and ideas to help you create fun filled travel kits for your family.  In addition to blessing your own…

Continue Reading…Traveling Made Easier: Travel Kits

July 21, 2010
Heather L
83 Comments

Review: The Dot Girl’s First Period Kit

Posted in Reviews

***Male readers may want to skip this post due to topic content.*** Normally, I am not one to talk about feminine matters on my blog, but when I was given the opportunity to review The Dot Girl’s First Period Kit, I knew that I would make an exception for this product.  Menstruation is a fact of life for girls, so I liked the idea of a kit that might make things a little easier for Munchkin. As tweens/teens, many girls enter this part of their lives with a little concern and hesitation.  They may be a bit embarrassed by the…

Continue Reading…Review: The Dot Girl’s First Period Kit