Posted in Favorite Posts, Homeschooling, Ideas and Encouragement, tagged Homeschooling, phonics, teaching reading on September 16, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Lay the Foundation
Read to your children. A lot. Nothing else will spark their love for books like this will! Even when they are old enough to read for themselves, continue to read great books to them. For some wonderful book recommendations, check out the following lists:
Five in a Row curriculum: This is a fantastic curriculum for [...]
Posted in Encouragement, Favorite Posts, Homeschooling, Ideas and Encouragement, tagged blessings, challenges, Homeschool on September 14, 2009 | 7 Comments »
We are six weeks into our seventh year of homeschooling. Back when we started, we had three children: a five year old, a three year old, and a one year old. Today, with baby number seven on the way and children from ages two to eleven years, our homeschooling days and routines look dramatically different [...]
Posted in Christian living, Encouragement, Family, Favorite Posts, Lots of Kids, Parenting, tagged large family faq on April 8, 2009 | 15 Comments »
In our “a boy for me and a girl for you, then praise the Lord, we’re finally through” culture (to quote Voddie Baucham), our family kind of sticks out in a crowd! From curious strangers at the grocery store to our closest family members, we get a lot of questions and comments on a regular [...]
Posted in Christian living, Encouragement, Family, Favorite Posts, tagged taking thoughts captive on January 12, 2009 | 3 Comments »
This afternoon, as I glanced around my house at the floors that were dreadfully in need of vacuuming, I felt myself becoming discouraged. Looking at the toys on the kitchen floor, in the hallway, and in the dining room, I felt a little worse. Looking at the dust on my baseboards, I felt that frustration [...]
Posted in Favorite Posts, Parenting, tagged discipline, no yelling zone, Parenting on January 6, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I am a mom who has struggled with yelling at my children. I wish I could say that I’ve overcome it all, but that would not be true. The Lord has brought me a long way, but I still have struggles occasionally, and I do still fall into that sin of giving vent to my [...]
Posted in Favorite Posts, Organization, tagged budget software, budgeting, Dave Ramsey, Managing your finances, ynab, you need a budget on December 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
For years, Iron Man and I felt that we were okay financially. Although we did not have a budget, we were heavily funding a 401K and college savings for our children, we had no debt other than the mortgage and the car, and we never spent more than we made. We used credit cards almost [...]
Posted in Favorite Posts, Lots of Kids, Tips, tagged help for growing families, over the door shoe holders, use of space on November 25, 2008 | 14 Comments »
Okay, maybe not 101 uses. More like 3 or 4, actually. “101″ just sounds better…
But the point of this blog post is that part of a growing family means learning how to work with the space you have. In order to accomodate more beds, more clothes, more toys, more books, more food, and all the other “mores” that come [...]
Posted in Family, Favorite Posts, Humor on November 9, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Iron Man detests dolls. They seriously creep him out.
Our daughters know this, and occasionally place the dolls in unexpected places to pick on their father and amuse themselves. They’ve been known to put the dolls along the side of the bed before Iron Man wakes up, or place them on the steps so that they [...]
Posted in Christian living, Encouragement, Family, Favorite Posts, tagged thankfulness on October 30, 2008 | 7 Comments »
1 Thessalonians 5:18 (ESV) Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
After my blog post ranting about our day, I was feeling a little guilty for complaining. As I read back over my post, I realized that I have many things to be thankful for, all which [...]
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