Sharing God’s Love with Your Kids this Valentine’s Day
By angelagifford | Category: Pursuing God | Posted Saturday, January 30, 2010
I wanted to share with you a fun idea of how you can celebrate the "love month" with your kids. I wanted to go ahead and tell you about it today, so if you have some extra time this weekend, you can work on putting it together and be ready to go on February 1st!
I've put together 14 verses from the Psalms about God's love for us, one for each of the first 14 days of February. If I had a fancy art program, I would have put them on hearts and such. But you can just cut them apart. You might want to then glue them to paper valentines or just leave them as they are.
Put them in a basket or a box in a place where you will remember to pull one verse out each day and read them together. Make sure you don't put the ones you've read back away. You could hang them up as decorations, if you like, on your wall or on your window.
So, your task for today is to read over the verses and let God's love soak in to your heart. Then make a plan for how you want to do your valentines from God.
You can download the verses right here: Love from the Psalms
When you click on the link, you will be "previewing the text." You will need to click on the blue "Download (11KB)" link to open the Microsoft file.
Reposted from www.Thosewithyoung.com.
Weekly Giveaway – Goober Baby Tote Bag
By Heather Ledeboer | Category: Mom 4 Life News & Giveaways | Posted Friday, January 29, 2010
Congratulations to Allison Sutton who won the Harriet style FreeHand Asian Style Baby Carrier by TogetherBe. All TogetherBe products will be 10% off this week (until next Thursday night).
Yes, you heard right! The Peekaru Original, The Peekaru Ozone, The Peekaru Soft Shell, and the FreeHand Asian Style Baby Carrier are all on sale!
Retail Value: $18.00
One lucky winner will get to pick a Goober Baby Tote Bag in the style of their choice!
This stylish, 8"x10" bag can help you keep all those little odds and ends organized in your diaper bag. Or you can use it to grab some toys to go. Clean-up is a snap, since all its surfaces can be wiped down.
How do you win?
How quickly could you spend $30.00 at Mom 4 Life? Leave a comment here telling us how you would spend $30.00 in our store. Next week, you'll know why we asked. wink. wink.
The winner will be randomly drawn. You have until Tuesday evening, February 2nd, to enter.
Good luck!
Hugga-Bébé® is a Hit!
By Heather Ledeboer | Category: Surprize Me! | Posted Thursday, January 28, 2010
I am finally sending you a picture of Sara using her Hugga-Bébé® in the exersaucer =)
This was taken before Christmas, so she was about 3 1/2 months old. She loves to be upright, so the Hugga-Bébé® has been great to let her have some fun time playing in the exersaucer already! Without the Hugga-Bébé® , she would have to wait much longer, and her posture would not be as great. Thanks for another great product! – Mom 4 Life, DeAnna
It is finished!
By Heather Ledeboer | Category: The Journey of Motherhood | Posted Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Our American Clay project is done!! After the primer/sand was applied and the two coats of clay were troweled on, the walls were sprayed down and “compacted” with a trowel:
Then my friend Selina went over it one more time with a “tea wash” to give it a darker/aged look.
After that dried, I went around and touched up the tea in a few more places, removed the painters tape and drop cloths and scrubbed, scrubbed, scrubbed and cleaned until there was no more signs of clay/sand/dirt on the floors (only on the walls;)!
And I LOVE the final result, it looks so great.
It is difficult to really capture it in a photo but it looks a lot like stucco in texture with the color of a mossy green with the tea wash over that giving it a bit more of an aged brown tone.
I had never heard of American Clay before Selina mentioned it to me. As described on their website, American Clay Earth Plasters are a “natural, environmentally friendly way to finish any interior. Non-toxic and made in the USA, these plasters are an alternative to cement, acrylic and lime plasters, offering superior color, richness, texture and depth not found with other finishes.” Plus they are just plain beautiful.
My friend Selina is a ROCKSTAR for helping me out in this project!! I
want to also mention that is available if you would like to do something like this in your home. (no she didn’t pay me for this little commercial, I just love her that much and want others to know what an amazing job she did! 
You can visit her Creative Juices for Decor blog or contact her by phone below.
Selina Hoit
208-762-1008
Also, as a side note: the painting that you see by our table was done by a local artist. I had it painted in memory of Sawyer, his willow tree that is planted in our back yard and the tree described in my post titled the tree and the secret wish.
Sock Ons – Saving Chilly Toes Everywhere!
By Heather Ledeboer | Category: It Worked 4 Me, Mom 4 Life Product Feedback | Posted Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Here's what Mom 4 Life, Sarah, has to say about Sock Ons:
I just wanted to give a testimony on the “Sock Ons” product that you carry. We are forever putting Piper’s socks back on her. Now that she’s crawling full speed ahead it seems like her socks are left behind her! Or she’ll manage to get one sock off in the middle of the night! Because it’s winter she really does need socks on her feet or they get cold. I had been eyeing the Sock Ons for awhile and decided to order them. I’ve used them every day since receiving them on Saturday and Piper has yet to loose a sock! The material is stretchy and smooth, they are easy to get on and off, and while they keep the sock on, they don’t cut off the circulation to the foot or feel tight! It’s a great product that have saved Piper from getting chilly toes!
