Day 3 of Creation: Flowers, Plants, & Trees
We had so much fun learning about Day 3 of God’s Creation! Here is the text to read with your child today: “And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground…
A Lesson Learned: Delayed Gratification
I remember learning about delayed gratification in my educational psychology classes in college and how most young children are simply unable to delay gratification because of their natural stage of development. I decided to do a little experiment with Big…
A Lesson Learned: Pride
I’ve never really considered myself a prideful person. But as I was listening to the sermon at our church two Sundays ago, I was suddenly convicted that for most of my life…I have really struggled with pride. I grew up in a…
Day 2 of Creation: Sky
This day of creation is intriguing to me. I had never really thought of the “sky” as what separates the two bodies of water (water in the oceans and water in the clouds) until Big Brother and I read the text…
Day 1 of Creation: Light
Our next thematic unit will be on the days of creation. My mom gave me of the ideas in this unit from when she used to teach Sunday school years ago. Teaching our children to grow in their love and knowledge of…
A Lesson Learned: "For such a time as this…"
I’m knee-deep in my study of Esther. I am loving every minute of it! If you are at all familiar with the story of Esther, you have most likely heard these famous words spoken to her by her cousin, “Perhaps you…
A Lesson Learned: Winter Blues
Since Christmas I have just felt yucky. Not sick (though I have had the stomach flu twice), just really down, irritable and extremely exhausted. So much so that I just had blood work done to see if I was anemic…
A Lesson Learned: Positive Reinforcement
Sometimes in the throes of disciplining a young child, it is easy to fall into the pattern of simply “punishing” instead of offering positive reinforcement…or at least it is for me. I concentrate so much on getting Big Brother to “obey”…
A Lesson Learned: Repeated Truths
I’ve been giddy about God’s word lately. I know it sounds weird and I never pictured myself using those words in the same sentence…and don’t get me wrong, I ALWAYS benefit when I open up my Bible. But this…
Journal of Letters
I didn’t intend to start a journal for each of the boys. It actually came about on whim (as with many things in my life). When I found out I was pregnant with Big Brother, I was in shock. We hadn’t…
A Lesson Learned: NEVER say never
I think one of God’s purposes in parenting is to humble us. Though we love our kids to pieces and take so much pride in them, there are also some moments where we feel about 2 inches tall because of…
A Lesson Learned: New Again
Sometimes I’m afraid to feel too much. I’m afraid my feelings will lead to drastic changes in my life that take me out of my comfort zone. For this reason, I have decided not to watch The Passion of the…
A Lesson Learned: Stress and Disorganization
I’m not the most organized person. I used to be. While teaching, my classroom was always very organized. Everything had a place. Even the kids knew where things went. But now that I am at home, I feel like I…
A Lesson (Still) Learning: Anger
I know this isn’t the time of year to be angry, but I am. It’s been almost 14 years since we lost my oldest brother in a car accident. I just can’t help but wonder how different things would be…
A Lesson Learned: Simplicity
We ventured out on Friday night, sick kids and all. Two weeks of being quarantined from the rest of the world was taking its toll on everyone. We enjoyed a nice dinner at Outback (our favorite restaurant) and then went…
12 Days of Christmas Giving
We’ve been on a quest this year to instill family traditions that reflect the true meaning of Christmas…a celebration of the birth of our Savior and a reminder of our calling to be a light in this world because of Christ’s gift. So…
A Lesson Learned: Memorization
I’ve never really been one to memorize scripture. I guess I never saw the value in it…if I wanted to know a certain verse I could just look it up! That is, until this past year. I participated in a…
Advent Boxes
A few weeks ago, my mom and I were talking about some Christmas traditions we did as a family growing up. As we were talking, she remembered a special gift that a dear friend had made her when all of…