Spilled Milk Blog

  • How to turn all this quantity time into quality time…without losing your mind in the process.

    How to turn all this quantity time into quality time…without losing your mind in the process.

    This post is based on a talk we gave to the Moms & More preschool moms group at Christ Presbyterian Church. Week 1 of the quarantine: we’re rearranging our homes to start the new and exciting, if unexpected, process of homeschooling our kids. We’re sitting by the fire and reading books. We created a sourdough… Read more

  • five good things | abundant life + being the fun parent + reality tv

    five good things | abundant life + being the fun parent + reality tv

    Each week we hope to share a few things that have encouraged or inspired us as women, as parents, and as people of faith. We hope they brighten your day too. This post may contain affiliate links that earn us a small commission. More like this: The things that entertained us in 2019. Oh to… Read more

  • Daily quarantine thought: How much quality time do our kids really need?

    Daily quarantine thought: How much quality time do our kids really need?

    Waking up to a whole day without any outings or childcare can be pretty daunting. Especially since we’re going on week 8 — or is it 8,938? — over here. As much as I love my kids, there is a law of diminishing returns when it comes to spending time with them. The longer we’re… Read more

  • Reading the Bible in a Year with kids: May reading plan

    Reading the Bible in a Year with kids: May reading plan

    Hey, mamas. How are you holding up with the quarantine? I hope you’re feeling fed emotionally and spiritually right now. Not normally a morning person, I’ve started a new habit of waking up early (for me, haha, my husband would roll his eyes) and going out to our back porch to do my daily readings… Read more

  • Daily quarantine thought: A Prayer

    Daily quarantine thought: A Prayer

    From Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead : “For me writing has always felt like praying, even when I wasn’t writing prayers, as I was often enough. You feel that you are with someone. I feel I am with you now, whatever that can mean . . . Well, but how deeply I regret any sadness you have… Read more

  • Free biography unit study for every kind of teacher! Thank you for all you’re doing.

    Free biography unit study for every kind of teacher! Thank you for all you’re doing.

    To every teacher out there right now who’s trying to just figure this whole mess out, we see you! We hear you! From classroom teachers trying to navigate Zoom lessons to unexpected homeschool moms trying to fill your days, we know it’s crazy hard right now, and we want to make it easier for you.… Read more