Elizabeth Peterson, Author at Minding My Peas

Blitz to a Clean(Ish) House

February 16, 2017 Daily Life: Celebrating Motherhood's Moments No Comments

Blitzkrieg or “lightening war” is a term first used by the Germans in 1935 to describe a series of powerful, but brief, attacks meant to thoroughly discombobulate the enemy while surrounding them, and ultimately bring a swift victory. I’ve come to use this term to describe the way I approach house cleaning.…

Healthy Groceries on a Budget #10

February 8, 2017 Daily Life: Celebrating Motherhood's Moments 2 Comments

Another Wednesday, another shopping trip, another quest for groceries on a budget. This time with three kids in tow. My total cost was $100.34 which peeved me for two reasons. 1st) because I had one more $1 off coupon that I could have used if I had taken two…

Homemaker Monday 2.6.2017

February 6, 2017 Daily Life: Celebrating Motherhood's Moments 2 Comments

Happy Monday! Our week is off to a good start and I’m starting the blogweek by linking up to Diary of a Stay At Home Mom for Homemaker Monday. We’re working our way back into somewhat normal routines this week, as we readjust to my Superman being gone to work…

5 Tips for Early Reading At Home

February 3, 2017 Daily Life: Celebrating Motherhood's Moments No Comments

Over the past few months, Sophiapea has blossomed into a bookworm. We’ll sit down and read a few lessons out of the McGuffey Primer, and when she starts to get tired of that we put it away. Then she moves on to the library books. I sit beside her in…

Tips For a Cheaper Menu Plan

February 2, 2017 Daily Life: Celebrating Motherhood's Moments No Comments

If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you’ll have probably seen my Grocery Haul Posts (You can see a couple of them here, here, and here). I haven’t continued doing them because there is usually a lot of similarity week to week, and I was feeling a bit…

Homemaker Monday 1.23.3017

January 23, 2017 Daily Life: Celebrating Motherhood's Moments No Comments

Since I’m trying to get back to regular(ish) blogging this year, I thought I would jump back in on Homemaker Mondays with Diary of a Stay at Home Mom. So here we are–I love blog linkups! The weather: Dreary and rainy all day today. It was pretty warm this morning–in…

Treading Water

January 19, 2017 Daily Life: Celebrating Motherhood's Moments No Comments

I’m choosing to take pleasure in the little things this morning–like a clean kitchen, and red primroses, and a candle–because the kids are sick again and I kind of want to just crawl into bed and stay there until life gets easier. But life doesn’t get easier unless you work…

Weekly Wrap-up

January 8, 2017 Daily Life: Celebrating Motherhood's Moments No Comments

I love the tidy feeling of conclusion and beginning anew each Sunday. I know I’m not alone in Sunday being a big planning day. In fact, as I’m getting into the years of home education, I fully expect my Sunday plans to become even more vital. For now, though it’s…

5 Best Things – Having Three Kids Under 5 Edition

January 4, 2017 Daily Life: Celebrating Motherhood's Moments 1 Comment

Thanks to the availability of that repost button, and the inevitably harried scrolling through social media of parents everywhere at odd hours, there is a steady flow of the somewhat sarcastic, depressing memes about parenthood. This one popped up in my newsfeed again this week. “You know what the best…

17 Goals For 2017

January 2, 2017 Daily Life: Celebrating Motherhood's Moments No Comments

Happy New Year! This time of planning and goal setting is one of my very favorite times of year. Even though our plans fail, and each new day is full of the unexpected challenges that make up life, there is something satisfying about laying out on paper my best goals…