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They’re Buds

May 25, 2010

As colds kept the kids and I home from church on Sunday morning, I couldn’t resist taking this picture of Will and EA sitting in the chair together.

And then I had to do a double-take when I realized that the very last picture stored in my camera was almost an exact duplicate….taken several days before.

I [...]

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Each week in homeschool EA and MC have a memory verse to hopefully commit to memory by the end of the week.
I have to say that I was thankful for this week’s verse as it would give me an opportunity to discuss discipline with the girls and how it is necessary and for their good.
This [...]

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Grocery Shopping with My Children

February 12, 2010

In Germany it was necessary that I took all three of my children grocery shopping with me.
My husband had to work and the commissary had limited hours, so we just did what we had to do.
It was not a task that I enjoyed or appreciated.
Not because they were terribly behaved, it was just more work [...]

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Being Unselfish

January 19, 2010

Last week during our Bible time in homeschool we read the story of Ruth and Naomi. I talked to the girls about how Ruth was very unselfish.
Then I asked them to think of some things that they could do to be unselfish as well.
They struggled a bit with this.
So we talked about how being unselfish [...]

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Hearts at Home University

May 16, 2009

Motherhood is a valid profession.
It is that belief that inspired Jill Savage and a group of women to plan the first Hearts at Home conference 16 years ago. Today these conferences are a place where moms can go to find the encouragement and education they need to do this mothering thing right!
The problem is, not [...]

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The Bowling is Fierce

April 21, 2009

I thought by signing the girls up for Bowlopolis, we would avoid the competitiveness of team sports. I mean, how competitive can four-year-old bowling be?
I thought I would not come in contact with “sport parents” who are sterotyped as overbearing and demanding.
I was wrong.
Last week I told you all about how the coach asked me [...]

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5 Things I Love About Being a Mom

April 7, 2009

Grace at Sandier Pastures has tagged me in this meme cicrling around to share five things I love about being a mom. This meme was started by Catherine of Her Bad Mother and David of It’s Not Lecture.
This has turned out to be harder than I thought it would be.
Not that I don’t love being [...]