Family Portraits
Tidbits with Timmy
Timmy, my six year old, is wise beyond his years. Though very small in stature, he thinks rather profound thoughts and asks insightful questions. Here’s a snippet of some of our recent conversations. Me: “And God was very sad because all the people were very bad so he told Noah to build an Ark.” Timmy:…
I’m All About Organization
I may be all about organization, but that doesn’t mean I’m organized. My desk is cluttered with papers, as is almost every corner of my home. It’s not that I don’t clean and I try to declutter every so often, it’s just that there’s so much stuff with 4 kids, many hobbies and not enough…
Moments Like These…
Sweets sounds from Gracie, my four year old, echo through the darkened room where she and my hubby share a snuggle moment. He’s just finished telling her a princess story he made up. “Come on dad. Sing with me. Tale with old as time. Ah ah ah. True as his cam be (some very mumbled…
Let Freedom Ring part 2
America: Return to God We’ve been studying the American Revolution and the celebration on Sunday was a great way to wrap up our unit. The church dramatized the founding father’s and their discussion of freedom. It was fun to see Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams come to life before our eyes. We had…
The Great Outdoors?
Just got back from a weekend of camping? So, I ask all you nature lovers. What’s so great about camping in the great outdoors? It takes half a day to pack and load the pop up camper and then two hours to set up when we get there. Factor in the ticks we have to…
AWOL Mom: Day 4
The kids were pretty good this morning and did their chores. Chris even did Joey’s chores without complaining. For me, things have gotten progressively worse. I couldn’t stand not cleaning so I decided to clean out the pantry/craft closet. Good thing I did because I found a couple of rotten/maggot infested onions on the bottom…
Just Add Water
I almost didn’t post a WFMW because I couldn’t think of any brilliant ideas. Then I thought, sometimes simple is best, and a couple of photos are worth a thousand words. So here’s my WFMW. Instead of going to the pool or water park today, I got to relax a little with a book while…
AWOL Mom: Day 3
We all slept in this morning and since we didn’t have a car, I decided to do a little baking. I made blueberry cobbler, granola bars and peanut butter balls. Not too difficult, but there were a lot of dishes. The boys didn’t complain about doing them and my oldest even said, “Yes, mom” after…
AWOL Mom: Day 2
We rushed out the door to go blueberry picking this morning and we all had a great time. Of course, yesterday we read Blueberries for Sal. It was 9:30 am by the time we got there and most of the bushes were picked over. We still managed to pick 5 lbs. of blueberries. Afterwards we…
Operation AWOL Mom: Day 1
I’ve had a rather peaceful morning. I don’t know whether it’s because we weren’t running out the door somewhere or if it’s because of my children’s new found responsibility. I was greatly impressed with my oldest child. He usually yells at his little sister for everything she does wrong. In fact, earlier he came up…