Smockity’s Reel Life

When No One Greets the Visitor

December 5, 2012

Have you ever been a visitor or new person in a group and quickly figured out you are going to be The One No One Greets? This happened to me recently, and because I am a confident and outgoing person, it only bothered me slightly, but I wondered what it would have felt like if [...]

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How To Bottle Feed Orphaned Kittens {Video}

April 16, 2012

Since our mama cat was killed last week, we have been bottle feeding the 4 left behind kittens. They were only a week old when they were orphaned, so we had to feed them every 3 hours. We researched quite a bit and found that “KMR” (kitten milk replacer) is the recommended brand and can [...]

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Leadership Training for Christ

April 9, 2012

We spent the weekend, as we do every year at this time, gathered at a hotel with thousands of others competing in Bible bowl, signing for the deaf, scripture reading, chorus, puppets, drama, art, and other events. LTC, Leadership Training for Christ, is a huge event each year among our fellowship. Children for many congregations [...]

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Favorite Christmas Morning Breakfast ~ Monkey Bread How-To

December 19, 2011

It is our tradition to have monkey bread for breakfast on Christmas morning. The recipe is so yummy and only takes a few minutes to get into the oven. That means the kids AND the mom all love it! Here is a video showing just how simple it is to make monkey bread for your [...]

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Hand Clapping Games

December 9, 2011

This is what we do when we’re bored around here. It’s almost like we’re NUTS. Oh, wait… WE ARE! Do you know any other hand clapping songs?

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Interview With a Missionary and Mother of 12

September 20, 2011

I am so thrilled that I was able to spend some time with The Lockwood Family this week! I actually “met” Jaynee several years ago through blogging. We have prayed for each other through pregnancies, childbirths, job losses, disappointments, and even life threatening illnesses. She has encouraged us many times over the years, so you [...]

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Smockity Rocks the Heelys

September 9, 2011

A few months ago, when my husband was laid off, we made the decision that I would no longer be blogging for free t-shirts and boxes of cereal. Out of necessity, we decided that all future product mentions would require a minimum cash compensation. And then I was asked if I would like a free [...]

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Webisode in Which Smockity Doesn’t Appear Because She Doesn’t Want to Put on Lipstick

September 1, 2011

For the latest edition of Small Talk With Smockity Frocks, I show you my hen house, front yard and porch while I interview my 3 year old. What I don’t show you is that I didn’t feel like putting on lipstick or taming my bumpy hair. In this webisode I stay behind the camera, but [...]

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Interview With 2 Children

August 19, 2011

It’s time for another episode of Small Talk With Smockity Frocks! [Insert awesome graphic here.] This week, I interviewed 2 of my 7 daughters, Katherine and Reagan. If you are reading this from an email feed, you’ll have to click through to the blog to see the video. (Don’t worry. We had a discussion about [...]

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Kids Who Make a Difference

August 12, 2011

Are you teaching your kids that they can make a difference in the world? Here is a girl who has made a positive impact on a very grateful family! She and her mother (who I went to high school with in the 1900′s!) drove 2 hours to deliver these supplies! This go-getter told me that [...]

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