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  • Record Keeping

    The end of our school year is quickly approaching.  It’s been a long, drawn out year for us – starting July 1st, taking a huge baby break and then starting up again.  I think we’re down to 12 “official” days.  We’ll continue some light, fun learning through the summer, but more on that in another…

  • Keepers At Home

    What a pleasure this group has been!  This summer, a few moms of girls ages 8-12 got together to organize a Keepers At Home group.  We meet twice a month and use the Keepers At Home Handbook as a loose guide when planning what to teach the girls.  The moms take turns teaching classes – choosing what we feel…

  • Busy Boxes

    (This post contains affiliate links.) Preschoolers Have you ever heard of Preschool Activities in a Bag?  Basically, they are learning activities stored in large ziplock bags which can be given to preschoolers to keep them busily learning while Mom works with other children. I love the idea, but don’t have a preschooler right now. Early…

  • Prayer For Children

    I found this on BlessedBeingMom’s blog and wanted to remember it. Ways to pray for your children (author is unknown to me) Monday~ Pray they will know Christ as Savior early in life. (Ps. 63:1, 2Tim 3:15) PRay they will have a hatred for sin and evil. (Ps. 97:10) Tuesday~ Pray they will have a…

  • My Little Comedian

    Have you ever had one of those children who thinks he’s a comedian?  A child who will be obedient to what you actually say, but you have to cover EVERYTHING in your directions or else he’ll find a loophole? Well, I’ve been blessed with such a child.  He has got to be one of the…

  • Happy Birthday!

    Happy Birthday my sweet, beautiful Mahayla!  We celebrated your BIG 10 year old birthday today – I can’t believe it’s been TEN YEARS already!!  I wouldn’t trade one moment of these ten years for all the money in the world.  You are growing into an amazing young lady and I look forward to all the days…

  • A Little Boy’s Wish

    Yesterday (after an unusually long playtime without arguments), my sweet little rough-and-tumble 6 year old son walks down the stairs fresh from “Mahayla’s Hair and Nail Salon” (located in the bathroom.)  He looks at me with his big blue eye-shadowed eyes, his gelled-to-perfection hair, and his wet-to-the-touch blue fingernails and says, “Mom, can we PLEASE…

  • Strong Baby!

    Wow!  I took these pictures about a week ago when Eli was 3 weeks old.  He has already turned from his side to his belly a couple of times and from his belly to his back a few times.  This was going from belly to back.

  • Book Review: Jotham’s Journey

      Wow.  That’s the best word I can think of to describe this book.  Written as a daily read-aloud for Advent, or the days leading up to Christmas Day, Jotham’s Journey is part historical fiction, part devotional – and all page-turning, spine-tingling adventure pointing the way to the One who was our ultimate gift! The…