Mar

9

Monday Motivation

Posted by Cindy

March 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment

I have been kind of tired all day. I’m sure it is because of the time change and some stress I am carrying around. I wanted to share some Monday motivation with you today. This comes from the book “Nurture” by Lisa Bevere. “God is stirring those whose hearts are longing to see the loose [...]

Mar

7

Random Picture Challenge 7.0

Posted by Cindy

March 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment

I am now participating in the Random Picture Challenge that is hosted over at 4 little men. It is a lot of fun and a great way to get to know other bloggers. Twice a month I’ll be posting my entry here at Mommy Babble. This week’s challenge was to post the 11th picture in [...]

Mar

5

Goal for It

Posted by Cindy

March 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Back in January I did a series of posts on chores. Recently I learned of a great website that fits in great with the topic of chores and has applications for young children all the way up through college age kids. This website is Goal for It. Goal for it is very user friendly, automated [...]

Feb

16

Me Time

Posted by Cindy

February 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment

As women we usually wear many hats-wife, mom, daughter, sister, employee, friend, volunteer just to name a few. We are help-meets, care givers, book club participants, Brownie troop leaders and housekeepers. Each of those things are good and important in and of themselves. Often we can even manage most of them at one time. Unfortunately [...]

Feb

14

Aunt Lynette’s Mostaccioli

Posted by Cindy

February 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment

This is a favorite recipe of my picky eaters. The first time we had this was at a friends wedding rehearsal dinner. My entire family went crazy over it so I asked the bride’s Aunt Lynette for a copy of her recipe. This is the fourth installment in my “Recipes for Picky Eaters” series. Please [...]

Feb

5

Child’s Play

Posted by Cindy

February 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Years ago I worked with a toy company and one of the company’s sayings was “A child’s work is play.” It sounds a little odd until you really think about it. For young children, their “job” in life is to play and learn. Playing and learning go hand-in-hand. Even in the 21st century with all [...]

Jan

24

Parenting Myths Book Review and Giveaway

Posted by Cindy

January 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Leslie Leyland Fields new book “Parenting is Your Highest Calling and 8 Other Myths that Trap Us in Worry and Guilt“, is an insightful look at nine myths most Christian parents believe as fact. Leslie is a writer, professor, wife and mother of six children which range from a college student to a kindergartener who [...]

Jan

17

Busy Weekend

Posted by Cindy

January 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment

We are having a busy wekend here in our house. We are getting ready to head to church in about an hour. My husband and I along with another youth leader are taking 12 youth to Winter Jam in Tampa today. This awesome concert is hosted by NewSong and features TobyMac, Brandon Heath, Francesca Battistelli [...]

Jan

15

Chore Chart Winner

Posted by Cindy

January 15, 2009 | 1 Comment

Congratulations to Lara, MomBizCoach. Her entry was chosen by Random.org as the winner for the Chore Chart Giveaway. Here are your random numbers: 4 Timestamp: 2009-01-15 22:17:39 UTC I want to thank everyone who entred the contest and left wonderful comments here at Mommy Babble.  I love hearing from my readers! Is there a parenting or [...]

Jan

10

Chores To Pay or Not To Pay

Posted by Cindy

January 10, 2009 | 1 Comment

Paying for chores is probably a bigger decision than that of having kids do chores. As in everything, there are 2 sides to this one. We have done it both ways.  We used to pay for chores but we haven’t paid for chores in the last 8-9 years. When trying to decide if you should [...]

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