Hello & welcome to Happy Little Homemaker! I’m so glad that you stopped by! I would love for you to subscribe to my RSS Feed. You can also find me on Pinterest and Twitter. Thanks for visiting! I’m so excited to be joining 22 other ladies in writing about cleaning & organizing this week! Yesterday, […] Read more…
First Day of Kindergarten & Getting Ready for School {with Review}
Several weeks ago, I took this picture as we started (back) to school with Kindergarten curriculum. We haven’t been getting 4 days a week in as I pencil into the calendar, but we do get through most of the work and we’ve already tweaked reading to slow it down a bit and let her […] Read more…
5 Days of Favorite Cleaning Tools – Carpeting
I’m so excited to be working with Sarah @ Sidetracked Sarah in the 5 Days of Cleaning Series this week. There are 22 bloggers participating, sharing their tips for cleaning and organizing this week! This week, I am going to share my favorite cleaning tools for every type of cleaning. Today, I am […] Read more…
Artists & Authors {Gabby Mom Review}
Several months ago, I was lamenting that I couldn’t find anything I liked to teach my children about character in a proactive, sequential way. When Lorrie said she was going to send us Artists and Authors this month, I was intrigued. And then when it came in, I was surprised. It’s much smaller than I […] Read more…
My Pop-Up Bible Stories {Children’s Book Review}
My youngest daughter is about 22 months old and she is FASCINATED with pop-up books so when My Pop-Up Bible Stories came in, I knew it would be a hit. We have lots of books of children’s bible stories, but this is the first pop-up book. My Pop-Up Bible Stories is a hardcover book about […] Read more…
A Tea Party with God…in Under an Hour!
A few months ago, I did a review of Catholic Family Fun and I had been wanting to do the Tea Party with God activity in the last chapter. One morning, we all got a super late start and instead of making breakfast, I decided we would have a brunch tea party with God. Clothing […] Read more…
New Post @ Homemakers Challenge: Everything I Know About Cleaning I Learned in a Camper
My newest post went up at Homemakers Challenge today, Everything I Know About Cleaning I Learned in a Camper. No joke! There was a time where we decided to move and we were temporarily living in a 20-ft camper in the Keys for 2-1/2 months with a 1 year old. More recently, we drove to […] Read more…
Catholic Christmas Countdown 2012 {August 2012} – Build a Christmas Planner & A Simpler Season Review
In last month’s Catholic Christmas Countdown post, I suggested that you start thinking of what you were going to buy or make as Christmas gifts. I even suggested that you start purchasing now, if you haven’t already. After you have your gift list, projects, supplies and other brainstorming done you need a place to […] Read more…
Minute Meditation with St. Francis de Sales – The Nature and Excellence of Devotion
Welcome to Minute Meditation with St Francis de Sales! Each Sunday, I go through the book Introduction to the Devout Life and share a small piece to meditate on for the week. From Chapter 2 – The Nature and Excellence of Devotion Even in the bible, naysayers ran down devotion. When God was […] Read more…
To-Do: Do Something Better for Him {Serve Your Spouse Saturday #13}
One of the things that I like to do for my husband, is to do something that really bugs him just a little better than normal. My husband, for instance, really likes the kitchen to be CLEAN. Like house showing clean — nothing on counters, all wiped and sparkling with not a dish or pan […] Read more…