Today will be a busy day. I have a number of errands to run before we fly out tomorrow, and I still need to finish cleaning my house. I’ve noticed during these fairly high stress times that my own kids can mirror my own tension. I need to remember that sometimes instead of pushing them [...]
Filed under: In the Car and on the Go, Mealtime
She was a mom who had every hair in place, her seven children were immaculately groomed and well behaved, and her house sparkled. She was organized, beautiful, and loved the Lord. One of the older children informed me “I love our home because it is always happy.” But this beautiful woman told us as a [...]
Filed under: Mom Time
We went out hiking yesterday. Of course, the children were just as excited to see the cows as the deer. Driving through big mud puddles was as much fun as seeing the mountain waterfall, and watching Daddy change the flat tire was the biggest excitement of all. On these kinds of trips, Lee and I [...]
Filed under: Discipleship, Introspection
We worked on our Sunday school song all week, so I was eager to see what would happen during the song service. Do you really want to know what happened? It didn’t seem to make a difference. Bethel did sing more words than she typically does, but David was silent as usual. I’m sure it [...]
Filed under: Discipleship
Bethel looks like me. She’s got the same smile, same brown eyes, and the same pigtails my mom put on me (although I think my mom did straighter parts than I do). I don’t know about her personality, but there is one characteristic where we are alike, sad to say. I am, quite bluntly, a [...]
Filed under: Child Development
Early this morning David got up while I was reading my Bible (and not on the computer!). He was still pretty tired and lay in my lap quietly. After a minute or two, when it was clear he was there to stay for awhile, I started again to read. I had been reading about when [...]
Filed under: Discipleship, Uncategorized
I must have picked up the bug that the kids got, and my brain doesn’t seem to be working well. Thankfully this morning I feel much better than yesterday, even though Laurel managed to get stuck in her crib again at 4:30. Why do the childrearing manuals never say anything about this phenomenon? I’ve been [...]
Filed under: Mom Time
Here is Part One of the Heartfelt Discipline Review, in case you missed it. In Chapter 3, Clarkson makes his case for why he believes the Proverbs verses do not apply to young children, and why they don’t apply for in the NT era for older children. Bob Achilles really does an excellent job challenging [...]
Filed under: Book Reviews
I think each personality has certain challenges that come with it. One of the challenges of my quiet (articulate, but quiet) child is keeping him talking. We discovered recently that David is more than willing to talk at night to keep mom or dad in his bedroom. Maybe his reluctance to go to sleep was [...]
Filed under: Using Questions
Here are four passages I printed out this morning in large type. I’ll cut out each one separately. We’ll read one each morning at breakfast, and then tell God thank you for what we find in the Bible. Maybe when I get it all together I’ll print them out on cards, but for now, they’re [...]
Filed under: Discipleship
