Category Archives: Family Lore
Otters
The other day I made the mistake of saying something about how W goes down the stairs like an otter going down a mud-slide. This of course triggered a round of questions from F and Su and F remembered that … Continue reading
The Faithful Word
This morning I was printing out materials for our next six weeks of school (we use a year round six on/one off school schedule) and one of the things I was working on was preparing memory verse coloring sheets for … Continue reading
Creating:Memories
Today is Creating Thursday again, so please join in with your comments and opinions! It hit me the other day. I need to think about what kinds of memories are being created each day. Not just the specific memories (I … Continue reading
Ten Ways To Help Preschoolers Participate in Church
Although some weeks don’t always go as well as others, the big kinder really do pretty well with sitting in and participating in church. They know that church is important for them too and not just something that we do … Continue reading
Ten Snacks I Might Send to School
One of the things that will be changing in three weeks when F goes to school is our eating habits. Although I sometimes give the children a snack after lunch we normally just eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner. F’s school … Continue reading
Celebrating the Year (Turning of Time)
Last year my mother called on my birthday (late August). “It’s the end of late summer.” she said ” I always think of that line when I think of your birthday.” And it is the end of late summer. Yesterday … Continue reading
Vacations
Maybe I’ve just got vacations on the brain since everyone is going out of town these days… I got to thinking about how much I’ve learned about traveling with children (preschoolers and babies in particular) and thought I post a … Continue reading
Old and Decrepit!
This was the conversation at lunch today: Su: Mom, how many are you? (she means how old am I, one of her favorite questions) Me: 34 Su: Mom, you are old and decrepit! (wild giggling) Me: No I’m not. F … Continue reading
What We Do on The Weekends…
Yesterday we went to Sam’s Club right at lunch time so I got the children hot dogs while S did the shopping. F was particularly pleased by the drink cups…. So today during naps he … Continue reading
Why Create?
The other night I was speaking with a dear friend of mine about some of the the struggles that we have been going through personally and how those struggles are related to some of the things that frustrate us about … Continue reading