A Mom After God's Own Heart

Revisiting an old book I read @ the end of my pregnancy with Lily. It's amazing how much more of an impact it is having on me, the second time around. After all, I have two little ones now. The Author Elizabeth George shares the importance of filling the hearts of our children as well as ourselves with the Word of God throughout the day. Not only in reading, but in talking with them and sharing his love in our actions and incorporating it into our everyday tasks, just as the Hebrews did. It has been an encouragement as well as a challenge. I truly want to be the Mom my children need, the Mom God made me to be. But I can't do it alone, or in my own strength. It is only by the Grace of God, that I shall succeed.

Call Me Old Fashioned

Call me Miss Molly. or Mrs. C. But I think the prefix is very important. Why have we lost this? And why doesn't anyone say "Yes Mam" or Yes Sir" etc. I think it's important for children to respect their elders and to respect authority. Always with respect to God first. I never want my children to compromise their faith because they were obeying a ridiculous request by a bad person. But the authority I am talking about here is the kind they encounter everyday, their parents, their Sunday school teachers, pastors, dance teachers, coaches, neighbors and their friends parents. I remember being a kid and calling everyone by their proper names. I had a great respect and love for my elders. I am still learning from the "wise and well seasoned" people in my life.

I feel children today have a terrible lack of respect and appreciation for adults.

I will be 30 this year and still to this day feel awkward calling my best friend's mom by her first name. I have known her since I was in second grade. I still respect her very much.

I think names do affect how you treat people. Names are important. If it didn't matter, doctors wouldn't put MD. @ the end of their names. Or Captains or Presidents or PHD's. It doesn't mean they are better than anyone else, but they do deserve respect and kindness, for the place that God has put them. You get what I'm saying.

We all need love and respect :) I would love to hear your thoughts on this one.

Cloth Diapers

Kevin and I decided to do cloth diapers for many reasons. To save money, They are good for the Environment, and most importantly because both our children had a sensitivity to paper diapers and developed a nasty scary rash that never occured when using cloth.
So here is what we learned from our experience.
We found that "Fuzzi Bunz" were the best. They have snaps. And the sizes were very adjustable. Other diapers used velcro. Although velcro was a cool invention, I hate it. It is annoying, sticks to everything, creates runs and pulls in fabric, and collects hair and lint, eventually making it not very sticky. Also The polar fleece lining of the "Fuzzi Bunz" is so soft against the skin. My daughters both prefered cloth over the crunchy paper anyday.
The downside of cloth is they are definately more work & I found that they tend to be a little bulky. So some of the girls pants didn't fit as well. (mostly just the trendy style pants) But dresses fixed that, and who doesn't love to see little girls sporting dresses. Stretchy pants/leggings or balloon pants & overalls worked fine.
For care of cloth diapers and other questions I liked this site. Baking soda and vinegar come to the rescue once again!
http://www.simplewondersdiapers.com/Diaper-care.htm
No one likes a smelly diaper bag. For Diapering on the go I really liked these "Wet Bags" by "Happy Tushies." They have some great fabric options, and they work great.
http://www.wildflowerdiapers.com/store/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=442&idproduct=2480
I haven't sewn our own cloth diapers yet, but if we have another little peanut, I would like to give it a shot.
http://littlefornow.com/pages/diaper-patterns.php
If you find any other great patterns or other ideas online be sure to let me know.

She's Super Fly!

Okay so I'm a mom and I'm totally ADD. No seriously I am. So when I got Married and started this whole "Domestic Diva" thing I found it a little overwhelming, keeping the house in order,trying to keep everyones schedules straight, doctors appointments, planning meals, grocery shopping, laundry, dishes, blah blah blah. Don't get me wrong being a housewife and SAHM is awesome. And I am blessed. I love it when I've got a handle on it. But it took a while to get into the groove. So about 3 yrs ago I googled "Organized Moms" and found this web site. http://www.flylady.net/ It is an amazing resource for anyone, not just moms or wives. I wish I had found her back in college. And the best part it's free. So check it out. She's Super Fly! And another great tip is http://allrecipes.com/ if you join it's free and you can pick recipes for the week and it will print out a catagorized grocery list for you. pretty sweet. I love my internet.