Today I finished sewing a dress for my oldest daughter and a matching canvass bag. We are blessed to have a dear Christian woman in our neighborhood who has a wonderful in-home preschool and my daughter will be attending next week. The dress is to celebrate her first day! This will be the first time any of my children have attended preschool as before there were no preschools I could afford nor would dare send my child to. This will be a special treat for us all! 

Today, in addition to my regular daily baking, I made two special things. First, some all natural cold medicine to put up for the coming season. Made of all organic and raw ingredients this stuff kicks butt and includes lemon, raw honey, Apple cider vinegar, and onions. It tastes really great too. I love it. 

Our family Friday treat – banana split pie! Oh my gosh, it’s seriously too good. We ate until we were sick. I love the look of it. It just looks like a party on a platter! 😀

Had an anatomy check at my midwife’s office yesterday. Little David is growing healthy and perfect. He was lying in my belly upside down, with his butt sticking up and doing the splits! 😀 The ultrasound tech couldn’t stop laughing, she had never seen such a funny pose! 

His head 

Striking a pose, showing the world what he’s got! LOL!

My husband is really into Amish and Mennonite culture lately (which is fine by me, I did half of my graduate thesis on the Amish). Our oldest daughter likes to dress as “Daddy’s little Amlete” to get maximum “you’re so cute” attention from daddy. It’s amazing how little girls pick up on those things and delight in pleasing their daddies. I love watching their relationship grow and I am daily reminded of the incredible power and influence that having a father brings to the life of a child and my heart weeps for the generations in our nation who have grown up without fathers because of feminism’s “I don’t need a man” mentality. 

It may sound odd but new research has shown that the unique properties in the dust found in Amish homes helps prevent childhood asthma. Essentially the microbes in the air that accompany farm life help boost the immune system and reduce inflammation. I’m betting that Amish dust helps promote health overall and not just prevent allergic asthma, that’s my personal theory. Living close to nature, as God intended has wonderful blessings. You can read more here.

For all those out there catching Pokemons and pretending it’s exercise, check out this guy from Arizona. Weighing a whopping 605 lbs due to the excessive hedonism of our current culture, he decided to take his health back and walk a mile to his local Walmart every time he got hungry. He also quit junk food and ate a natural (read: God’s) diet of whole grains, lean meats and vegetables. He has now lost 300 lbs! Hard work is good for the body and the soul! 

Milwaukee wasn’t always like this. Rioters weren’t targeting whites in the street for beat downs. Thugs weren’t burning down their own, local businesses to protest the shooting of a career criminal who pointed a loaded gun at a police officer. 
Milwaukee used to be a thriving metropolis of hard working German, French and Polish Catholics. They settled and built up  a beautiful, industrialized city -the crown jewel of Wisconsin’s industrious Christian, European, population. 

But decades of unchecked democratic, globalist, politics, and truck loads of big government welfare enabled those with the lowest work ethic, the lowest IQs and the most violent behavior to thrive over those earning and planning their way and it has created the city we now see on the nightly news. A city burning itself to the ground. 
Many of us are too young to remember when towns like Chicago and Milwaukee were dominated by family-focused, Christians who didn’t shy away from a day of hard work and took pride in their community but they once WERE those cities and a wonder to behold. 
Don’t forget what they were and know that they can rise again if we fight to retake our culture and make our cities great again. 

On a recent family vacation we were delighted to discover by accident (God’s plan I’m sure of it!) an Amish market! 
The Amish are a near perfect example of what makes Western nations the best on earth. German, God fearing, humble, hard working, family focused, with HUGE families and strictly Biblical gender roles, the Amish have seen a population explosion that has them birthing and retaining their children at tremendous rates. The Amish population has gone from 200,000 about ten years ago, to around 300,000 today! 

My youngest daughter had never seen so much cheese in one place! I had never been anywhere that had cranberry horseradish sauce as a sandwich topping option! We were both in heaven! 

My youngest girl shows off her church head covering 

My oldest girl DELIGHTS in kneading the bread for dinner. Notice how she hugs it LOL! 

Allowing my girls to take part in the great tradition of Christian womanhood, as you can see, brings forth pure joy for everyone. Sunday blessings!