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Change Your Thoughts
One of the reminders I find myself repeating to the children over and over again is “Change your thoughts!” The idea comes from Charlotte Mason’s idea that we need to strengthen our wills to take our thoughts captive (2 Corinthians 10:5) because thoughts and attitudes are habitual and if we indulge the wrong ones we (Continue reading...)
1001 Healthy Baby Answers – Review and Giveaway!
******This giveaway is now closed****** The 1001 Healthy Baby Answers: Pediatricians’ Answers to All the Questions You Didn’t Know to Ask would be a helpful reference to own, especially for first time parents. The book contains essays by pediatric specialists on a wide array of childhood conditions, common and uncommon, including what the condition looks (Continue reading...)
How Our Day Goes
I’ve been reading a lot of fascinating blog posts from other moms on how a typical day goes at their house. I think it’s fun to see how other people do things. So for your perusal I offer what happened at our house this Wednesday. It’s fairly typical of our life and the type of (Continue reading...)
Good Thing They Warned Me
Behind our place at the beach was a fantastic pool with a water slide, fountains, curling river-type design and splash area, along with a zero entry for little kids. The zero entry side, as you’d probably guess, starts with pavement and very gently slopes into the pool, so where the water begins is marked “0 (Continue reading...)
Jack Plays a Mean Guitar
While Hannah was enjoying her trip to Virginia, Jack got some good one on one time with us. One day, Josh pulled out our smaller guitar (the “Little Martin”) and gave Jack his very first guitar lesson. You would not BELIEVE how well Jack took to it! He got a good strum going and even (Continue reading...)
Gift Dilemma: WWYD?
Do you have a policy on gift giving? The Bear That Heard Crying is one of Hannah’s favorite books. It’s a beautifully illustrated story (based on a true event) about a little girl in the late 1700s in New Hampshire who got lost in the woods and was protected by a bear. You can get it (Continue reading...)
Yeah, we dress like cows, what?
Every year we have a good time dressing up as cows to get a free dinner at Chick-Fil-A. Yeah, I know, we’re a little weird. I’m happy that Josh is cool with meeting us after work and throwing an old t-shirt I colored cow spots on with a Sharpie. It’s fun to see what costumes (Continue reading...)
Hannah’s First Plane Ride
So much to catch up on after a week of not blogging much! Things have been really busy. Last Thursday Hannah took her first airplane ride to visit her grandparents. My mom flew with her, so she wasn’t by herself, and she loved it. Notice how her outfit matches her doll’s outfit. She picked (Continue reading...)
The Method Must Serve the Goal
Last night I watched a seminar on education with some friends. The woman teaching the seminar took a question from the audience asking about a particular aspect of lesson length for young children. She answered (loosely paraphrased) “Remember that the point is not to have a twenty minute lesson. The point is to engage the (Continue reading...)
Discover your child’s heart: Review and Giveaway!
****This giveaway is now closed**** Family Matters gave me the opportunity to test out their new program for helping parents understand their kids’ unique strengths and building relationships between parents and kids, The Kids Flag Page. The kit is based on the ideas in Grace Based Parenting and is a fun way for parents to (Continue reading...)