Saturday, March 12, 2011

Future Christian Homemakers ~ Lesson 1

Update: Future Christian Homemakers is now charging for their e-book. We will no longer be using this material as our guide, but their lessons are wonderful. The moms in our group will now determine what we cover in each class. I will continue to post about our lessons here. Enjoy!


Lesson one is all about eggs! You can find lesson one here.
Some things we made sure to cover were:

  • Wash your hands before cooking
  • Pull your hair up, nobody likes hair in their food
  • Wear an apron to keep your clothes clean
  • Cracking eggs
  • Beating eggs
  • Egg safety & salmonella
  • Washing dishes and clean up
Beating egg mixture

The girls enjoyed making french toast. We fancied up the recipe a bit by adding vanilla and cinnamon. We also used homemade bread. Yum! They served the french toast with orange wedges.
French toast sprinkled with powdered sugar
Clean up time!

Sunday, March 6, 2011

Teaching girls to become successful homemakers

Update: These lessons are no longer free :(


I have spent this past year looking for a home economics course and was SO happy when I discovered Future Christian Homemakers! Their FREE lesson plans include cooking, cleaning, and sewing. Did I mention they're free? My daughter is working through the lessons with a small group of girls and their mamas. They have had so much fun cooking together and serving their delicious creations to their siblings. Would you like to join us on this journey of teaching our daughters to become successful homemakers? Please meet us here twice a month, starting Saturday, as we follow along this path together. You can find the first lesson, Cooking with Eggs,  here.


"She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness."
                                                                                                                                                                                    Proverbs 31:27



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Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “If anyone wants to be first, he must be the very last, and the servant of all.”
Mark 9:35

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Saturday, March 5, 2011

Book Review: The Dragon and the Turtle

My kids were very excited when this book arrived in the mail. Who doesn't get excited about dragons and turtles and mail? This was a super cute story about a dragon named Padraig who befriends Roger, the turtle. Roger is lost and trying to find his way home. Padraig lays aside his own plans to help his new friend find his home. We loved the discussion questions and Bible verse included in the back of the book, but our favorite part was the recipe for Chocolate Chip Snappers, Rogers favorite cookie. We had fun reading this book together and then enjoying the cookies we read about afterwards.

Making the cookies

Chocolate Chip Snappers

I received this book for free from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group for this review. All opinions are my own.

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Friday, March 4, 2011

FREE Gardening Planner Printables



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