Treasures of April

I didn't do much blogging this month, but thankfully, many others did!  These are some excellent posts from around the web this month.  I didn't get a chance to list all that I had found!  It was a good month for encouragement and food for thought!

Counting the Hours at Five in Tow

A Cheer for Small Things at Mom Heart

How to Live a Life that Matters at Women Living Well

For When You Think You're Failing Motherhood at gypsymama

Stay at Home Moms "Don't Work a Day in Their Lives".  Really? at ...to Love, Honor, and Vacuum

We've Shown Them the Proof at Vactruth.com

Protecting Boys from Pornography at The MOB Society

Your Children Want YOU! at The Power of Moms

The Clean Air of Gospel Mothering at Grace Full Mama

Be Holy Because God is Holy at A Christian Worldview of Fiction

Spirit-Led Parenting: How Motherhood Calls Us to Lay Down Our Lives at Keeper of the Home

The Everyday Question of Motherhood at Desiring God Blog

Home Apprenticeship at Small Town Simplicity

A Tangled Web - {When You Feel Like You Have to Do it All} at The Better Mom

Ready to Fight the Real "War Against Women"? at lifesitenews.com

The Bad News about Homeschooling at Encouraging Beautiful Motherhood

Ten Days of Intentional Parenting at finding joy

Treasures of March

From The Better Mom:

•  Earning His Love 
•  Giving Your Children Purpose, Part 1 

From finding joy:

•  urgent replaced with the real
•  how to find joy - in motherhood
•  and yes, i said "you make things complicated"

Teach Children the Bible Is Not About Them at The Gospel Coalition

Who's In Charge Here, Anyway? at The Finer Things in Life

R-E-S-P-E-C-T at Good Morning Girls

I Need the Mundane at Stretching Into the Blue

Perhaps You Should Sue God at Everything and Nothing From Essex

Baby, Interrupted - 7 Ways to Build Your Child's Focus and Attention Span at janet lansbury

3 Common Traits of Youth who Don't Leave the Church at ChurchLeaders.com 

Why I'm Not Cut Out to be a Homeschooling Mom at Growing Home 

From The MOB Society:

•  Love Makes it All OK
• It Matters

From Raising Arrows:

• Seriously?
• Not Just Surviving Motherhood

Cultivating a Heart for Motherhood at Grace Fulled Mama (it's an entire series - very well worth the time!)

Treasures of February

10 Essential Supplies for Homeschooling Boys at The Homeschool Classroom

The Day I Quit Homeschooling at Heart of the Matter Online

When Daddy Clears the Land at Lambs in His Arms

Mad About Babies - What's Sex Got to Do With It? at Salvo

Top 10 Reasons to Birth at Home at FastTopTen

20 Ways to "Reset" When the Kids are Having a Hard Day at The Pennington Point

Inside-Out Approach to Parenting our Challenging Child at The MOB Society

The Return of Motherhood Glam at finding joy

Digging Out of the Pit of Guilty Motherhood at Passionate Homemaking

100 Ways to Encourage a New Mom at the gypsy mama

The Mommy Truth at Family Matters

10 Things to Remember When your Child is Disobedient at Raising Godly Children

Treasures of January

The "Inconvenience" of Motherhood at Baptist Press

Why I Never Should Have Had Eight Children at Lifesitenews.com

Do Not be Conformed, but Be Transformed at I Take Joy

Don't Baby Proof the House at Raising Arrows

How to Raise Eight Children Without Even Trying at Little Catholic Bubble

2011 Lesson #2: Don't Carpe Diem at Momastery

Maybe I've Ruined my Kids at Inspired to Action

When the Red Light District is in the Living Room at MOB Society

A Kind Wife at Time-Warp Wife

From The Better Mom:

•  I Want to Remember
• When You're Not Good Enough {and the Right Things Don't Work} 

I Believe in Tim Tebow at ESPN.com

From Women Living Well:

• Anger Management
• Michelle Duggar - A Role Model for Gentleness

The 4 Minute Marriage Habit:  How to Make 2012 the Year You Fall Madly in Love All Over Again at holy experience

Grace and Gobs of Toothpaste at Purposeful Homemaker

12 Things Moms of Big Families May Want you to Know at Imperfect Homemaking

15 Ways to Show Disrespect to Your Husband... at The Respect Dare

10 Lessons I've Learned from 30 Years of Homeschooling at HSLDA.com

The Heavenly Work Before Me at Passionate Homemaking

Whose Rights, Anyway? at Meditations of My Heart

Treasures of November and December

Because November was a pretty busy month for me, I never got around to posting my favorite blog posts from that month!  So this month's treasures will include posts I found over the months of November and December combined.  Enjoy and be blessed!

Why Does the World Hate the Duggars? at Get Along Home

From Raising Homemakers:

•  Raising Daughters that will Raise the Next Generation
• The Beauty of Imperfection 

From Raising Arrows:

• How to Keep a Clean House and Homeschool, Too
• Help Children Learn to Listen in Church

When You Wonder if You Disappoint at holy experience

What I'm Never Going to Tell You at In the Heart of My Home

10 Ways NOT to Raise Your Toddler at Shine

When White Turns into Gold at home & harmony

Congratulations, You Married Mr. Right at pursuing titus 2

The 5 Best Toys of All Time at Wired

At What Cost?:  Social Media, Behave! Day 3 at Like a Warm Cup of Coffee

Preschoolers, List of Must-Haves at Educating Laytons

From The Better Mom:

• When Social Media Hurts Parenting
• Life-Giving Thoughts {What are we thinking?}
• Where God Meets You in Your Mess 

How to Break Your Child's Heart in Five Easy Steps at Jezamama

The Return of the Washerwoman at Traditional Christianity

Exchanging the Natural for the Unnatural at challies.com

How to Be an Amazing Mom Today in 3 Simple Steps at Inspired to Action

The Tyranny of Advice-Column Christianity at The Resurgance

10 Ways to Encourage Your Children at The Homeschool Classroom

To Mary... or To Martha?  The Pendulum Series Continues at Visionary Womanhood

Loving My Large Family at Large Family Mothering

Enjoying the Simplicity of Staying Home at passionate homemaking

It's All a Lie at A Wise Woman Builds Her Home

Motherhood & Work:  The Vocation of Motherhood at canonwired.com

An Open Letter to Suze Orman at Smockity Frocks

31 Days {Day 5}: It's OK at Bits and Pieces from My Life

Treasures of October

I haven't had much time this month for blog-browsing, so I know I've probably missed a bunch of really great posts!  However, here's a few that I've enjoyed!

Good Mom, Good Kids? at Owlhaven -if you only read one post in this list, this needs to be it!

Living By Whose Standards? at Preschoolers and Peace

Imperfectly Perfect at No Greater Joy Mom

Why I {still} Homeschool at lifeingrace

From Steady Mom:

• Do This Today and Change Everything
• What Choosing Peace Does NOT Mean

The Do Not Forget Things at BOOKS and BAIRNS

When the Milkshake Runs Low at Femina

Ask Auntie Leila:  Six Strategies for Sibling Rivalry at Like Mother, Like Daughter

Three Things I've Learned About Homeschooling for Kindergarten at The Homeschool Classroom

From The Happy Housewife:

• Debunking a Few Myths of Homeschooling
• Five Minute Pick-Up

Toddlers, Tiaras, and Fig Leaves at Give Them Grace

15 Ways to Affirm Your Kids at Encouraging Words

An Honest Look at the Postpartum Period at Lambs In His Arms

All Work and No Play:  Why Your Kids are More Anxious, Depressed at The Atlantic

From Passionate Homemaking:

• 24 Ways and Reasons to Keep a Family Journal
• Time is of the Essence
• Impacting Your Child's Blueprint

From Better Mom:

• A Child's 10 Commandments
• Grace in The Moment

Treasures of September

Freedom at Sonlight Blog

When the Gentle Words Won't Come {Hope for the Weary Mom} at MOB Society

What Our Husband Needs More than Sex at Ordinary Inspirations

Raising Kids is Heart Work at Family Matters Blog

From The Better Mom:

• There Are Rats In My Cellar 
• Battling Toxic Perfectionism
• The Stranger in my Living Room

Abundant Grace and Teaching Moments at Preschoolers and Peace

Heart Talk at (in)courage

The Tunnel of Parenthood at One More Soul

Taking the Fear Out of Your Year at Heart of the Matter Online

10 Things to Do Every Day to Stay Organized at Organizing Your Way

Homeschool Blindspots at JoshHarris.com (I have loved Reb Bradely's ministry, Family Ministries, forever - he and his wife have blessed me tremendously through their teachings!)

From Smockity Frocks:

• How to Stay Married 25+ Years
• Do You Have 5 Loaves and 2 Fish?

Clarfying our Ministry as Moms at Encouraging Moms who Homeschool

Calm in a Storm:  How to Stay Peaceful while Childrearing at Ladies Against Feminism

A Few Introductions at Parenting Post (Parenting.com)

Ask Auntie Leila:  How Do I Tell People We're Having Another Baby? at Like Mother, Like Daughter

Does Peeling an Orange Exhaust You? at Wizzley

The Ripple Effect of One Grumpy Woman at True Woman

From Raising Arrows:

• Do You Like Your Children?  Do They Know It?
• Homeschooling with Joy 

Ungraceful Parenting at Femina


Magnifying God's Glory through My Weakness at Doorposts of Your Home

Are You Raising Warriors or Refugees? at I Take Joy

Treasures of August

August was a treasure trove of excellent blog posts! There's a lot listed here, I hope you can make the time to check out them all - you will be blessed!

Motherhood is Application at Desiring God - if you only read one of these links, read this one!

Three Under Three with a Newborn at Large Family Logistics

Are Moms Adequate for the Task of Raising Sons? at thatmom.com

25 Ways to Provoke Our Children to Anger at Counseling One Another - Ouch!  I have failed this test many, many times! :(

Impacting Eternity at Making Home - beautiful!

As a Mom at Graceful Abandon

A + B ≠ C {a parenting equation} at Brooke McGlothlin

Trust Your Body? or Control Your Birth? at Birth Sense

Consolation at Thoughts from an Overthinker - SO good.  Read it!

Gossip at The Gospel Coalition

From At the Well:

• We're All Bad Moms (and What the Gospel Can Do
• Be an At-Home Momma 

Don't Forget Your Purpose at Large Family Mothering

Guest Post:  7 Keys to a Successful Homeschool at Charlotte Mason Home Education

The Mission Field in My Yard at Lambs in His Arms

The Not Really Kindergarten Post at In the Heart of My Home - Yes, yes!  Love this!

Do You Have Time to Home School? at Heavenly Homemakers 

Is It Worth It? at The Better Mom 

Dangerous at Books and Bairns 

From Raising Arrows:

• Tips for Homeschooling a Large Family 
• Weekends in the Word - Over and Over and Over Again

Fitting it In at A Family Revised

What My Pre-K Student Needs to Know at Christian Homeschoolers Taking a Stand

If Feeling Inadequate Was an Olympic Event... at True Woman

You Can Never Afford Them at The National Catholic Register

From Passionate Homemaking:

•  Good Things Come in Squirmy Packages
• What Man Can Relate to a Stay-at-Home Mom? 

A "Jump Start" to a Joyful School Year at Crosswalk.com

God Will Never Give You More... at Femina

What Kids Really Need at God Made... Home Grown

Not a Kid Person? at Get Along Home

From Like Mother, Like Daughter:

•  Self-Control and Where to Get It
• What Can Children Do?  A Guide 

Uncertainly Certain at (in)Courage

Preparing our Daughters for Real Life (Hazaq V'Amatz!) at Raising Homemakers

5 Highly Effective Habits Homemakers Have to Keep a Clean House at Joyful Mothering

a harvest in my lap at For Kith and Kingdom

Treasures of July

The Truth About Preschool at Simple Homeschool - this gets a hearty amen! of agreement from me!

To All the Mamas:  It Gets Better at Small Town Simplicity - this is so, so true!  I was really apprehensive about the newborn stage for my first few kiddos, but the next few have barely rocked the boat.

Why Homebirth? at in other words...

Relaxing in Our Homeschooling at Angela's Analysis - the video shared spoke right to my heart!

Tips for Having a Successful Homeschool at A Wise Woman Builds Her Home

to break the circle at To Love - Oh, have I been there.  On the giving and receiving end - both equally as painful.

Happiness and Holiness at A Christian Worldview of Fiction

Another Reason to Homeschool:  So You Can Treat Your Boys Like Boys and Your Girls Like Girls at Why Homeschool

Motherhood Is a Calling (and Where Your Children Rank) at Desiring God Blog - I LOVE this!!

The Hardest Part of All at Small Town Simplicity - This is an absolute jem - so, so true!

Time Saving Ideas at Doorposts - great tips!!

5 Dangerous Things You Should Let Your Kids Do at TED - I liked this video and the points he made.  I'm happy to say that we've let (most of) the kids do all 5 things (actually, there's 6)!

From Encouraging Hearts at Home:

• The Bad News About Homeschooling
• What's One More... again???

 From Raising Arrows:

• Weekends in the Word:  Why Won't Somebody Help Me
• The Perfect Mess {guest post}
• Conversations of a Husband and Wife
• Bible Based Homeschooling Resources for Toddlers and Preschoolers

One on One at Preschoolers and Peace

laundry devotions (on approval seeking) at Biblical Homemaking - this is exactly what the Lord has been speaking into my heart as of late!! Convicting, and confirming!

What I Didn't Know:  Reflections on Motherhood at Clean.

HOW to Read to Your Child - Valuing Interruptions at Real Child Development

5 Secrets to Being a Super Fun Mom at Motherhood Your Way 

From Passionate Homemaking:

• Scripture Memory with Toddlers
• 3 Mission-Minded Family Dynamics 

From Making Home:

• Thinking About Legacy
• Stripping Away Self-Confidence and Building God-Confidence

From Getting Down with Jesus:

• How to Let Go of the Guilt and Really Live Again
• What Kind of Nice are You?

What I Learned About Motherhood from Watching Millionaire Matchmaker at Faith Barista

In Which Life Gets Messy at Divine Calling 

Hands-On Projects from A-Z at Heart of the Matter Online

Listen to Them or Lose Them at True Woman

From Large Family Mothering:

• What They Forgot to Tell Me
• Decided Love  

How Do We Become Readers? at The Happy Housewife - great points!  Some of my fondest memories are of my parents reading to me, and I'm sure that plays a part in how avid a reader I am today, as well as how much I love reading aloud to the kiddos!

You Are Not Managing an Inconvenience... at Homeschool Jungle

Children Will Remember at Backwoods Mom - very good!

Spiritual Maturity at ~Around Here...

Treasures of June

From Books and Bairns:

• Dear Sister
• A Great Many Things

Learn to Love the Child you Don't Like at The Homeschool Post

The Pitfall of Perfectionism at The Gospel Coalition

Summer Activity Jars and Grab Bags {Free Printables} at The Crafting Chicks

From Raising Homemakers:

• The Thing We Cannot Give and What We Can 
• Striving for Excellence

Moms, Do You Take Your Own Advice? at Bring Birth Home

What You Don't Know About Your Cervix can Ruin Your Birth at Birthologie

I Can't Do This Homeschooling Life at Preschoolers and Peace

Not So Quiet Time for Moms at Confessions of a Homeschooler

Words of Wisdom (?) Whether Running or Breastfeeding at Dr. Jen 4 Kids

From Heart of the Matter Online:

• How I Got Over Myself
• The Mistakes I Have Made

Raising Sons: Shaping Their Masculine Identity at The Male Domain

From At the Well:

• Be Patient
• Am I a Working Mother?
• Give Them What They Really Need

From Raising Arrows:

• Weekends in the Word - Submit & Worship
• Weekends in the Word - Enlightenment

6 Points I Would Have to Believe Before Resuming Vaccinations at Life on the Franco Farm

Why My Husband Deserves Father's Day at Amber Dusick

Dear Mr. Atheist, Please Know That All Christian Homeschoolers aren't Alike at thatmom.com

Wifey Wednesday - In Need of Conversation at ...to Love, Honor, and Vacuum

Motherhood as a Mission Field at Desiring God

The Word, Godly Counsel and Personal Discernment at Making Home

Make Your Own Wrap Carrier at Barefoot Buttercup

Perfect Mothers vs. Balanced Mothers at Inspired to Action (I believe this made it to Treasures when it was originally posted, but it's worth repeating!)

From The Feminist Breeder:

• Is Having Multiple Children "Greedy"?
• When it Comes to Breastfeeding, We Can't Handle the Truth

From God Made... Home Grown:

• Are You a Runaway? 
• Are You Forgetting Someone?

How to Spiritually Survive Morning Sickness in Pregnancy at The Modest Mom

Tips to Planning Your Homeschool Day at The Happy Housewife

Life with Littles at Life in a Shoe

But the Part About You and Me is Still Beautiful at Pursuing Titus 2

Treasures of May

Re-Thinking Mother's Day at True Woman

From Raising Arrows:

• Training Minds Away from Twaddle
• Homeschooling with a Purpose - A Purposeful You
• Weekends in the Word - Rewarding
  

Raising Girls who Long to be Keepers at Home at Raising Olives

Five Reasons You Should Read to Your Kids at The Happy Housewife

If You Had Known Me Then... at Storing Up Treasures - I could have written this post!

How to Love Your Kids (When You Don't Really Like Them) at Steady Mom

From holy experience:

• For the Mother of Teenagers who Aches but a Bit (OK, I'm not yet a mom to a teen but this post made me sob, seriously! I'm not ashamed to admit it!)
• 3 Guideposts That Can Radically Change Parenting (Free Printables for Mother's Day)
• For the Mother Who Fears Failure
• Dear Husband {Love for the Middle Years}
• How Do We Really Treat Jesus?
• Why Would Anyone be Crazy Enough to Homeschool?

From Passionate Homemaking:

• Why Mothers Need to Pick Their Priorities
• Q & A's for Mission-Minded Families: Motherhood
• Embracing the Pain and Letting Go of Fear in Childbirth
• Little Souls Entrusted to Our Care
• Favorite Reads on Motherhood
  

minimalist influence: homeschooling at thatmom

Oh, if I Could Only Do it All Over Again! Homeschooling, That Is... at Mommy, Esquire

Five Manners Your Preschooler Should Master at Heart of the Matter

"I'm Never Inviting You to MY House!" at Hooked on Houses

Parenting 001 at The Gospel Coalition

Snappy Answers for Stupid Questions About Your Big Family at National Catholic Register

If you Nurse Your Baby... at peaceful parenting

Advice for Young (& Old) Wives at life as a mom

25 Manners Every Child Should Know by Age 9 at Shine

On Motherhood and Profanity at Ladies Against Feminism - excellent words from Elisabeth Elliot!

3-Year Old and 4-Year Old Boys at Preschoolers and Peace

The Contempt Shown to Parents of Large Families at World Net Daily

"Tell Her Mama!" at Raising Homemakers

The New Mommy's Guide to Managing the House at Pursuing Titus 2

Those "Socially Challenged" Homeschoolers! at PJs All Day

Throwing the Baby Out Instead of the Foreskin at A Christian Worldview of Fiction

A Welcoming Haven for Your Man at Parenting Miracles

10 Questions to Ask When Choosing a Curriculum at Acorns and Oaks

Treasures of April

Babywearing Through the Ages at Nine Davids

On Reading at Homeschool Musings

At the Feet of Jesus at Large Family Mothering

The Colicky Baby at Raising Arrows

Just Kiss Him! at Heart to Heart with Diane

There is no Rewind Button in Life at The Cathy Family

The Best Homeschool Curriculum at Grateful for Grace

How to Braid 6-Strand Challah Bread at Tammy's Kitchen

How to Make Homemade Bread Dough at Faithful Provisions

Is God Good? at Rosecommon Acres (warning - be prepared to cry)

Softened by Love at Large Family Mothering

The 7 Habits of People Who Place Radical Trust in God at Conversion Diary

We are Tested by Our Falls and Failings at David Wilkerson Today (Rev. Wikerson passed away this month. His book, "The Cross and the Switchblade" affected my walk with God tremendously. I know he has now heard the words "Well done, thou good and faithful servant"! Please pray for his wife as she recovers from the car accident that took his life and left her in critical condition, as well as his family as they mourn their loss.)

Treasures of March

From Raising Arrows:

• Three Attributes of a Happy Family
• Costly Mistakes
• Front and Center
  

From ...to Love, Honor and Vacuum:

• Treating Motherhood as a Job
• How to Get More Hours in the Day
• Why I'm at Home
  

Godly Resources for Raising Sons - Part 1 at A Wise Woman Builds her Home

From holy experience:

• Lamb Mothers and Amazing Grace
• What Happy Homemakers Know
• 10+ Helps for Really Busy Moms
  

This Recipe is Saving my Menu Plan at The Kitchen Revised

From I Take Joy:

• It All Starts with Your View of God
• The Sacrifice of Love
• Secret to Miracles in Your Family
  

From Passionate Homemaking:

• Naturally Battling Depression
• Communing Daily with the Lord as a Mother

Small Steps: Nature Study Help for Moms at Simply Charlotte Mason

From Heart to Heart with Diane:

• A Child's Self-Confidence: Handle with Care
• Secret Formula to Delight, Personal Growth, Love, and Fun!

There's no Such Thing as Perfect People at Getting Down with Jesus

Expectations and Broken People at Amy's Humble Musings

From Raising Olives:

• The Power of Praise
• Practicing Praise

From Preschoolers and Peace:

• Troubleshooting: Very Busy Boys
• Troubleshooting: How Do I Keep Them All Busy?

Relationships and Sacrifice at In the Heart of My Home

Treasures of February

Is it True, Kind, Necessary? at catholicherald.com

The Truth: Lora Lynn's Homeschool Day in the Life (With a 2-, 3-, 5-, and Two 6-year Olds) at simplehomeschool.com

Value at Books and Bairns

Ask Auntie Leila: 10 Rules for Mothering a 13-Year-Old Boy at Like Mother, Like Daughter

From Raising Olives:

• Musing on A-Musing
• Today I Pray
  

LOOK at Him at girltalk

From Raising Arrows:

• When Did Marriage Stop Being Forever?
• Are You an Angry Mom?
• How to be the Perfect Wife and Mother - A Guest Post
  

From Passionate Homemaking:

• Keeping your Marriage Strong
• Affirming Your Man
  

My Wood-Carved Valentine at Getting Down with Jesus

Opening Your Heart to Life: Why Having Many Children is a Radical Act of Hope at a deeper story

Older Siblings Helping With Baby: How Much is Too Much? at babble

For the Love of the Self at Lambs in His Arms

The Thoughtful Parent's Guide to Thinking Through Vaccinations at Keeper of the Home

The Truth Behind Common Breastfeeding Myths at Nurtured Child

The Boy's List at Preschoolers and Peace

How to Stop Temper Tantrums Before They Start at ...to Love, Honor, and Vacuum

Treasures of January

A Homeschooler's New Year's Resolutions at The Homeschool Mom

From ...to Love, Honor and Vacuum:

• Have We Forgotten How to be a Mommy?
• Demography and Destiny
• How to Support your Husband
• 50 Most Important Verses to Memorize
  

From Raising Arrows:

• Enough of Me to Go Around
• Practical Ideas for Having Enough of Me to Go Around
• Potty Training My Way
• Praying Deep with Our Children
  

From Inspired to Action:

• Jesus Wasn't Radical
• Sometimes "Lame" is Better than "Best"
  

Choose the Better Things, Part 2 at Raising Homemakers

From A Wise Woman Builds Her Home:

• When We Fail
• The Thief Comes to Steal
• The Homemaker's Heart
  

How to Find Real Food at the Supermarket at Summer Tomato

Why You SHOULD Cater to Your Husband at Breathing Grace, A Life in Bloom

From At the Well:

• Prayer for a Tired Mom
• Can I Follow Christ's Example?
  

Simple Solutions at Preschoolers and Peace

Thankful at The Family Revised

Are You Sure You Want a Husband Who... at Pyromaniacs

Little Feet at Storing Up Treasures

Q and A's for Mission-Minded Families: Simplicity at Passionate Homemaking

The Life I Deserve at The Making of M.O.M - this month's "must read"!

The Pregnant Prizefighter at The Nervous Breakdown

A Mother's Comfort at Pursuing Titus 2

How to Make a Marriage Bed at a holy experience

Help! at Large Family Mothering

Treasures of December

Happy New Year!! I hope that 2010 was a blessed year for everyone, and pray that 2011 will be even moreso!

From Inspired to Action:

• 128 Simple Family Activities: Be a Rockstar Today!
• 12 Words on Selecting Goals for the New Year
  

If I Show the Real Me, Won't that Be Unedifying? at Preschoolers and Peace

From At the Well:

• The Glory of Marriage God's Way
• The Obedience of Scripture vs. the Obedience of Selfish Desires
• Are You a "Joyful Mother of Children"?
• Restoring the Atmosphere of Your Home
• Parenting on our Knees
  

Score One for Feminism at Get Along Home

Homeschool Hint #3 - Read-Aloud Tips at Our Busy Homeschool

Neglect at The Family Revised

The Six-Second Kiss at True Woman

Newborns and Homeschooling - How Do You Do It? at The Homeschool Classroom

In Response at Life on the True Vine

He's Very Active at Mothers of Boys

From Just a Family:

• The Art of Being Beautiful
• Teach them Well

The Secret to a Happy Home Life at A Wise Woman Builds Her Home

From pfamilygal:

• Undignified
• Part Two

Like a Newborn Baby at Making Home

When Jesus Isn't Enough at We are THAT Family

4 Moms Teach Children to Work at Raising Olives

Treasures of November

From Money Saving Mom:

• Time Management 101: Stop Trying to "Do It All"
• Time Management 101: Create a Time Budget
  

Motherhood: The Great Honor at A Wise Woman Builds Her Home

From True Woman:

• Creating a Loving Environment for your Husband
• A Bit More on Encouraging His Leadership
  

Is Your Infant Evil? at Now I Know in Part

From A Holy Experience:

• Why You've Run from Real Love all Your Life
• 10 Point Manifesto of Joyful Parenting
  

Keeping Our Homes by God's Grace - Not By Works at At the Well

I'm Not Supermom at pfamilygal

From Books and Bairns:

• Doctored
• Stretch Marks
  

From Raising Arrows:

• Thanksgiving Dinner and Children: How to Avoid Eating Both
• Raising Manly Men in the City
• Tweaking Curriculum to Fit Your Homeschool
  

Be You at Amy's Humble Musings (be sure to read the linked-to article "Just Whose Wife am I Anyway" at Beauty for Ashes as well!)

Common Misconceptions About Large Families at Smockity Frocks

I Am Not Over Protective at A Family Revised

You Can't HANDLE the Homeschooling! at The Pioneer Woman

"I Don't Own Goats" and Other Benchmarking Don'ts at A Spirited Mind

From ...to Love, Honor, and Vacuum:

• Wifey Wednesday: Why Women Need to Talk to Warm Up
• Will My Child Grow up to Be a Christian?

Let Nothing Stand Between You at Passionate Homemaking

Xmas! (Also Known As the Blog Post that Loses Me Subscribers because I'm UnChristlike aka Irony) at Thoughts of THAT Mom

Dogs Don't Understand Basic Concepts Like Moving at Hyperbole and a Half (disclaimer - this post is hilarious, especially if you own or have ever owned a dog or more than one - however, the content of the rest of the blog may be iffy for some readers' taste, so be forewarned!)

I Try Not to Let Schooling Get in the Way of Learning at Life on Sylvan Drive

Research Finds No Advantage in Learning to Read From Age Five at Voxy News

Dying to Self at A Quiet, Gracious Life

Real Life Journal of a Mom of Six: How Did I Get Here? at Roscommon Acres

Treasures of October

From Raising Arrows:

• Parenting by the Book, Part 1
• Parenting by the Book, Part 2
• Parenting by the Book, Part 3
• They Are Not My Slaves
  

How to Provoke Your Children at Grace to You Blog

Amazing Photo at Youth Defence

The Tender-Hearted Mom at A Wise Woman Builds Her Home

From True Woman:

• Being "All There" for Your Kids
• A True Woman Chooses Joy
  

From ...to Love, Honor and Vacuum:

• Are You Called or Are You Driven?
• Do Not Despise the Day of Small Things
• Allowing Kids to Fail
  

Why I Went from Pro-Choice to Pro-Life at Conversion Diary - this is such an important audio - I think everyone needs to listen to this (perhaps not children) - but be prepared for frank discussion of the issue.

C.S. Lewis on Pride at Mandy Mom . com

From Passionate Homemaking:

• What Every Mom Needs to Know After a Bad Day
• Christian Literature for Kids Ages 0-8

A collection of excellent posts on discipline from Like Mother, Like Daughter:

• The One Method of So-Called Discipline that Doesn't Work
• Dear Aristotle, He's So Clever
• Six-to-Eleven Year Olds Need Less Patience from You
• Try This Little Secret of Mine, Instead of "Because I Said So"
  

Church and State, Part 2: Freedom, Idolatry, and Hypocrisy at Breathing Grace, a Life in Bloom

Missional Mothering at The Resurgence

Cookies or Christlikeness? at At the Well

5 Hospital Procedures that Ruin your Birth at The Stir

Let Me Submit to You at Mars Hill Blog

Balancing Academics with the Rest of Life at In the Heart of My Home

Treasures of September

From Breathing Grace, a Life in Bloom:

• Blurring the Lines Between Religion and Politics - I don't post very often about politics, but that doesn't mean I don't have an opinion ;-) I just never feel quite versed enough to express myself as well as others, such as Terry, does.
• A Complaint-Free Day
• The All-Encompassing Beauty of Motherhood
• Save the Males, Part 1
  

From Miscellaneous Musings of a 5x Mom:

• What is Biblical Homeschooling?
  
• What is Biblical Homeschooling? Part 2 - Teaching God's Word

Love is the Answer at Raising Olives

From ...to Love, Honor and Vacuum:

• Getting My Eyes Off of the Prize
• Don't Let Media Steal Your Children
  

Homeschooling with Littles at At the Well

Exposing the Lies at LAF/Beautiful Womanhood

Pride and Humility at A Family Revised

A Very Important Word on Parenting Books, etc. at Inspired to Action

Real, Lasting Rest at Desiring God Blog

When to Call it a Day at The Pioneer Woman - oh, I've had these moments, yes indeed!

Why African Babies Don't Cry at Blacktating - In the movie "Babies", I thought it was very interesting that the happiest baby was the one in Africa, which also happened to be the one whose mother was with her constantly, and was free to breastfeed whenever she wanted. I agree wholeheartedly with the point of this post - if the baby's crying - nurse it! It makes no difference if the baby's just been fed, and it certainly won't spoil the baby - breastfeeding is God's perfect design, not only for food, but comfort, as well!

What I Learned from Survivor Man at Around Here... - Tonya makes some good points regarding struggling with discontentment and apathy!

Worms and a Can Opener at Yarn Harlot - this is a MUST READ!

Large Family Dynamics - A Look Inside at A Wise Woman Builds Her Home

[Tell Me] A True Thing at A Path Made Straight

Patriarchy, Meet Matriarchy at Homeschool World

The Disease of Perfection at Single Dad Laughing (some mature issues are discussed)

How to Raise Boys that Read at The Wall Street Journal - very, very true!

forgiveness...beginnings at Christa Wells

Treasures of August

These should keep you busy! Great posts this month, hopefully you can find time to read most of them :-)

Some Thoughts on Legalism at Chats with an "Old Lady"

From Getting Down with Jesus:

• Why I'm Marking Things in Green
• Ancient Words
  

Breastfeeding - 10 Years and Counting at Raising Olives - great pointers!

Should I Just Stuff it and Smile? by Lysa TerKeurst - this was an excellent post for me, as I have often wondered about how to balance "turning the other cheek" with "boundaries" in this Christian walk

From Raising Arrows:

• Removing the Unnecessary
• Looking Back on a Sonlight School Year
• The Hand that Rocks the Cradle Ain't Mama
• Difficult Words - Discipline
  

Why Do We Want to Homeschool? at Passionate Homemaking - great reasons, ours include the same!

Do You Hear What I Hear? at The High Calling Blogs - what a good, good reminder

Some Thoughts on a Pauline View of the Church at Voice of Revolution

How I Raise My Kids is Not Just MY Business at Breathing Grace, a Life In Bloom

What Kind of Fruit? at A Mom's Thoughts and Random Writings

From Divine Calling:

• Loving our Children - An Excellent Message
• Parenting and Weakness
  

Why Moms Need to Say, "Swiper! No Swiping!" to the Infomercial Mentality at Inspired to Action - permission to take baby steps and not be perfect?! I need that!

Gentleness of Voice at A Wise Woman Builds Her Home

Christianity: a Faith, not a Culture at The Truth Shall Set you Free

Do Working Women Blaspheme God's Name? at Your Sacred Calling

From I Take Joy:

• How to Raise Excellent Children - such beautiful truth and encouragement in this post!!
• God's Ways of Dealing with Conflict
  

10 Reasons I (Don't) Homeschool at 5 Kids and a Dog - cute!

When You're Trying to Get Your Priorities Straight at holy experience - wonderful reminder!

Know Your Place! at The Church of No People - witty and true :-)

A New Baby at Sunshine in Our Hearts - I think any mom of 3 or more can relate!

A Mother's Life: The Profoundest of Classrooms at LAF/Beautiful Womanhood

I'm Gonna Miss This (Revised) at My Charming Kids - have tissues ready - I'm just sayin'. Don't tell me I didn't warn you if you don't!

SGW: A Homeschooling Rant at Rants From Mommyland - This post cracked me up! I never voice things like this, but I'll admit, sometimes the same sarcasm runs through my brain.

What Should a 4 Year Old Know? at A Magical Childhood - this hits the nail on the head so perfectly!