How sad is it that I’m elated to go to the grocery store alone?! It’s almost as if someone has told me I won a vacation. Despite having to go at 7 a.m., I was still thrilled.
No one asked, “Why can’t we get that, mommy?” No one said, “He’s hitting.” Then again, no one got [...]
I just wanted to apologize for being scarce this week. We’ve been hitting it hard with Vacation Bible School around here. For those of you out of the loop, doing VBS for the first time with a three-year-old and a four-year-old (not to mention two younger in tow) is equivalent to preparing to send your [...]
Once again, it’s Wednesday, which means Shannon over at Rocks in My Dryer is hosting her weekly “Works for Me Wednesday.”
Here’s my profound thought this week:
When you go into a public place with lots of little ones, you quickly have to be organized about where everyone walks and whatnot. Basically, you have to come [...]
My kids are in the midst of enjoying Vacation Bible School at church this week. It’s actually geared toward kids 5-11, but they’re allowing church family to bring their 3 & 4 year olds. Monday night, they passed out the following memory verse:
“I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall [...]
Since before we were married, my husband and I have planned on homeschooling our children. There are numerous reasons for this, all of which I won’t get into now. The boys think this is sort of neat. Many of their friends and cousins are homeschooled. They actually ask “to do school,” which for now is [...]
We took a family trip to Meijer today to do some grocery shopping. It had to be done and it’s one way to get the kids out of the house for a bit and get something checked off of our endless to-do list. (You know I’m all about the multi-tasking.)
As we’re leaving, we’re walking across [...]
We’ve had quite a bit of rain here this past week. When Brady asked a couple of days ago to go outside and play, I knew it could be disasterous.
My clear instructions to him were: “Stay on the grass or on your playground. Do not play in the mud.”
This is what I found three minutes [...]
Our beautiful, delicate daughter Evan has developed a rude habit. She sticks out her tongue constantly. (See photo above.) It’s not quite as disgusting as Gene Simmons, but still… I mean, come on! How disrespectful can a girl be? What’s next? Stomping her foot and rolling her eyes?!
Any advice on how to curb this behavior before [...]
They catch on to things quicker than we think… like when we tell them we don’t have money for that. See tonight’s conversation with Brady:
I was in the kitchen making dinner and he came in, bouncing change in his pocket, and in a very braggadocios tone, said:
Brady: “Mom, I have pennies in my pocket.”
Me: “Oh, [...]