From this on Friday night… (courtesy of my camera phone) …to this on Monday night. (courtesy of my camera phone) From a 2 day hospital stay for Xander due to pneumonia… to my younger boys needing to catch up on some mommy time. From a home that, while not a disaster (thanks to my mom’s intervention), still desperately needs […]
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Painting Joy
Joy to the World… …the Lord is come. We’ve been learning Christmas carols this month. There is so much rich truth tucked away in those familiar songs. And with all of our world geography explorations over the last several months, it only seemed appropriate to put this easy craft together! You can really use any […]
Thankful to be low again…
There are never dull moments when children are around. But some weeks are more unpredictable than others. Last week, my youngest woke up on Tuesday morning (3am) with a fever. He fevered off and on for several days. He has such a high pain tolerance that he just went from his usual running around like […]
By Candlelight…
Rich is delayed because of unusually dense evening traffic. I’m pulling together a simple dinner. My usual tactic is to send the boys outdoors while I’m cooking, but with the later hour it is too dark for that… It is certainly not always this way (they call this the arsenic hour for a reason), but my […]
Quiet Moments
We’ve been slipping into a relaxed rhythm of slower days and peaceful evenings. Of course having a little one with a fever for the last two days has helped insure more home time. Last night, I finally pulled out my nativity sets. The boys were thrilled. We spent a quiet evening with the hubby and […]
A Way Out
I don’t think I could ever tire of Anne of Green Gables. I saw it in play form last week NINE times and still love it. I probably love this story so much because growing up in a family of 3 girls, there was plenty of “Anne” types of emotions, imagination and adventures going on between […]