This is so cool!The girls and I were cleaning off the deck this afternoon—making ready for the Minnesota winter, dontcha know—when I flipped over a rug and saw a giant spider.“Kids, come quick!” I was so excited. “It’s a mommy spider and her egg sac!”The girls came over to take a look and just as quickly backed away.“Oh, for heaven’s sake,” I … [Read more...]
The Little Things
“Enjoy the little things in life, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.”Robert Brault … [Read more...]
[Almost] Wordless Wednesday
I love that sometimes they still look newborns...even when they're big boys. … [Read more...]
Freaky Fursday
Often the girls and I will linger over breakfast while I read them a story from this book. We had read Devotional Stories for Little Folks a few years back but I’ll tell ya, it’s a decidedly different experience with an (almost) all-girl audience.If you know what I mean.Today we read about their new little girl Rebecca, who was adopted from foster … [Read more...]
En Garde
So are you liking the French theme I have going with the titles of my posts? It’s just a little service I thought I would provide. (Do you speak a foreign language? I find it can be awkward to try and teach French to my children, especially since I’m the only one who speaks it and they all just sort of blink at me.) (They’re coming along pretty … [Read more...]
Bip it, Bop it, Melt my Heart
So the other day I said that George has a working vocabulary of about five words. Immediately after posting that, I realized that, no, he actually says a whole lot more.I just don't understand most of it.However, for the sake of posterity and accuracy and being--gosh darn it, let's be honest here--anal, I have to share with you some more cute … [Read more...]
Summer Fun, Schedules, and Heart-Stopping Shrieks
Alternatedly Titled: Which is worse?Some—and I repeat—some of our summer obligations are winding to a close. Felicity had her last soccer game of the season on Wednesday…and then I went home, went online and signed her up for the fall session.Crazy, much?Cate wraps up the season this weekend with a tournament—no fall session for her, she didn’t ask … [Read more...]
Food for Thought
“Fully 95 percent of your emotions, positive or negative, are determined by how you talk to yourself on a minute-to-minute basis. It is not what happens to you but the way that you interpret the things that are happening to you that determines how you feel.“To keep yourself motivated, you must resolve to become a complete optimist. You must … [Read more...]
Pretty Happy Funny Real
The Soccer Mom EditionSo the wonderful ladies over at Like Mother, Like Daughter do their {Pretty Happy Funny Real} on Thursday…...and I’m getting mine up on Friday morning.Forgive me? I’ve been a day late and several hours’ of sleep short all week.{pretty}My photos for this week’s edition of {PHFR} were all taken at the local soccer field, where … [Read more...]
Notes from the Nursery
We have a policy in the Bible school nursery: if the child is inconsolable, we bring her/him to her/his momma. It’s a good policy, don’t you think? Because it breaks our heart to see these little ones cry…and plus the momma’s right there on the premises somewhere—in a classroom, or serving snacks, or helping out in the art room.(We do try to calm … [Read more...]
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