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When to Discipline and When to Laugh
My children are hard workers, but they’re still children. That means that sometimes chores don’t necessarily get done as quickly as they should. Let’s talk about laundry. For the longest time...
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Watch Your Words
Words are very powerful and yet most of us use them without much thought. I have been the victim of words that were carelessly spoken and have wounded me deeply. I’m sad to say that I’ve been on the...
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Jade’s Favorite Soap
You may be aware that I did a video series where everybody (except me) shared which is their favorite goat milk soap. The problem started when I let Jade be the last person to record her video....
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Spending Time
Our children desperately desire our attention. We can choose to give it to them proactively on our terms. Or we can wait until they misbehave and give them attention then in the form of discipline....
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Believe You Can
As many of you know, Fletcher broke his leg this summer and has been wearing a cast. He has less than two weeks left and I have been very pleased with how well he has done. There has been very little...
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Sleeping Hard
Jim has a saying, “If you have trouble sleeping, you didn’t work hard enough.” Since we teach our children to work hard, sleeping problems are pretty rare around here. A couple of nights ago, I sent...
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Playing at the New Property
Today we went out to the property and let the kids play around in the creek. They love getting muddy and seeing what great treasures they can find! The boys of course wanted to explore further up the...
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Cleaning Up the New Home Site
The site work for our new home is progressing nicely. They’ve started cleaning out the trees on the home site so we can see the “lay of the land” and decide exactly where to place the home. The land...
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Outside Fun
After what has been a brutally hot summer, the past few days have felt like heaven. It’s been sunny, but cooler, with no humidity. We always spend a lot of our time outside, but much of this summer...
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Teamwork
I received a phone call last week from a woman who had just discovered we were building a new soap room in Scottsburg. We had a nice conversation and then she made a comment that stuck with me. She...
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Meet Jade
Jade is the baby of the family, but doesn’t let that stop her. She is very feisty and holds her own amongst all her siblings. Get to know Jade better and what she does at Goat Milk Stuff by watching...
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Happy Birthday, Jade!
Jade is our Fourth of July birthday girl! We start our birthday celebrations at breakfast with breakfast birthday cake. Normally everybody has a special birthday placemat, but they have not been...
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Happy Birthday Indi!!
Yesterday was Indigo’s Birthday! She is 5 now! I cant get it! Got it!! Our Birthday traditions indicate that the birthday child (or adult) must give everyone a hug, so that they can get the money...
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Marshmallows Anyone?
After we went on our sleigh ride, we went to the campfire that was waiting for us! With it were these “Jumbo Roasting Marshmallows” and marshmallow sticks. Hewitt preferred his black and burnt:....
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Having Fun In The Sun
Yesterday was the sunniest day I have seen in a LONG time! It was also a pretty warm day. So the girls played outside with the baby goats almost all day! They were getting a lot of vitamin D, exercise,...
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It’s Time To Go Skating!
On one of the days that we did not have anything planned, Grammy and Gumpy suggested that we go to the skating rink near where they were staying. Everyone wanted to go, so we went! It was a HUGE rink!...
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Pizza!!
No, this post is not about pizza. This post is about… …Skiing. When you start skiing, the first thing you learn, (if you have an instructor) is how to stop! At least, that’s what we were taught. To do...
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Do You…
Do you like to play in the park? My brothers do: Do you like to watch the others, if you are too small to play? Jade does: Do you think that Daddy is a loon for taking pictures instead of playing?...
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The More Things Change…
… the more they stay the same. I was digging around trying to find some old pictures the other day, when I came across these. In August 2008, we were at a friends house for dinner. And since they have...
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Surprise Vacation, Day Two
After our exciting day, most of us slept well. Actually, everyone except me. LOL So when we all woke up, we ate breakfast and unpacked. The night before Mom had promised the boys that she would teach...
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