Category Archives: Everyday Fun
Love 15 and a month of Love
one full month of Love 15… I decided that we needed to make the special price on Love 15 last for the entire month of Love. So until February 29th you’ll be able to subscribe for $7.50/month. Love 15 Monthly Subscription $7.50/month Love 15 is a monthly subscription where you receive a daily email with [...]
The 5 Love Languages and Kids
a surprise. I had my kids take the 5 Love Languages test. I thought I would know automatically what each of my kids’ languages would be. A couple of them I was close (that’s how good I am at guessing what sex each of them would be before they were born…I’m not a good [...]
Everyday fun: Lunch Notes
a little something. When I was growing up my mom would get up long before the rest of us and make us a warm breakfast before school (and in high school, before early morning seminary). I remember her with oatmeal cooking on the stove, pancakes going, and homemade maple syrup bubbling on the burner. Spread [...]
Some days…
feel like I’m walking through tar… and the tar is up to my chin. I’m wading and I’m wading. I think…am I in a dream? What the heck am I doing in tar? Where am I? How do I get out? I need someone to pull me out but it’s just me. I’m the only [...]
Just for Fun: Contest Winner
Winner: Yay! That means Mara is the winner! Contact me at davina @ davinafear (dot) com so that I can get all of your information to send out your homemade gift from our home to yours! To everyone else who took a minute to participate in the poll and who visit here at [...]
Kid Dates
super fun. Since Emmett was little we’ve tried to have kid dates with each one of our 4 children. It gets complicated sometimes and I wish I could say we were ultra consistent. We aren’t. But we’re getting better. A kid date is an hour to 90 minutes of uninterrupted fun time with only one [...]
What do you want to see more of on A Year At The Yellow House?
Just for fun!!! This is a little poll and contest all wrapped up in one. Fill out this poll (you can check as many answers as you’d like) and then tell me in the comments that you did it! You’ll automatically be entered into a random number drawing for a handmade gift from my house [...]
The Everyday Stuff: Hairbrushing
The girls are starting to seem awake now. They are dressed for school…everything is ready. The bowl of cereal drowned in cold milk has been gobbled up in the midst of questions and reminders. “Will you pick me up from school today?” “Don’t forget your lunch.” “Is everything in your backpack?” Except… for the blonde [...]
Family Night Fun: DEAR
drop everything and read. D.E.A.R. For family night tonight: read! We love reading at our house and almost everyday there is someone, somewhere in a nook or on a couch reading a book. To make it a family activity you could: *have everyone grab their own book they would like to read, put a fire [...]
