The Happy Homemaker

I know a lot of people store cocoa, flour and honey in their food storage. Here is a good recipe that uses those ingredients.
German Dark Rye Bread
3 cups white flour
1/4 cup cocoa
1 Tbsp caraway seeds
2 packages of yeast
2 tsp salt
2 cups water
1/2 cup honey
2 Tbsp butter or margarine
3 1/2 cups of rye flour
8 tsp wheat […]

Last night I was on my exercise ball showing Jon Jon how to do stomach crunches. I was on the ball next to the couch. Somehow sat wrong and I fell off of the exercise ball and got stuck between the ball and the couch. It was difficult to pull myself up. In doing so, […]

There is a report says that over praising your can set them up for failure.
I had to laugh when I read this article because it made me think of this lady I saw a McDonald’s the other day. She had her two small children with her and she did everything by the book. Her kids […]

September 1982. I was excited about Kindergarten. As soon as I got into my classroom, I ran straight for toy kitchen set that was in the back. The teacher called for me and had me sit at my table. My teacher was Mrs. Lloyd. She was a black lady with dyed blond flybacks and a […]

This week there has been a lot of changes. Victoria started Kindergarten this week. Because of that I am forced into a routine. I needed a routine anyways so that is fine. I am still getting used to it. I take naps when my youngest two do and spend most of my day in a […]

Today was a really rough day. As you may know, I am alone with my three angels while my husband is away doing Army training for three weeks. I have never missed him as much as I did today!
Today was rough! Aron kept me up until 7 AM because I think he was teething. […]

Nursing a baby is not only beneficial to the infants development, but to the mother’s emotional and intellectual development as well. Nursing forces a woman to pause, rest, and think. Some women use that time unwisely and worry about what needs to get done, or what they could be doing instead of nursing. I used […]