Baby-Surfing
How one adventureous toddler gets his thrills. [...]
Meet Joseph
July 13, 2017 Meet Joseph Jaquline’s favorite series of stories right now is The Devonians. She loves the short, easy to read, stories with “bright colors” (Christina illustrates the covers in bold crayon) and “big words” (the lettering is large print). Each of the Devonians stories follows a different child [...]
Double Break
Once upon a time, the princess had a double break [...]
Chore Candy
July 7, 2017 Chore Candy We have a neat little system with a chore chart on the refrigerator and set amounts for specific chores completed. This has worked well for about twelve years. When a job is done, Mom or Dad (or big sister) checks it and puts the amount [...]
Home School Doggies
June 19, 2017 Home School Doggies Many dogs have lived with us for various amounts of time (we’ve fostered quite a few). Each one leaves their unique pawprints on our hearts. Since dogs tend to single out one person to bond with, each one “belongs” to one of the girls [...]
Question For Inspiration
Why do you say "curiosity killed the cat?" [...]
Cousin Train
June 15, 2017 Cousin Train Some days you just need to laugh! When cousins are over, that laughter is always bouncing off the walls. The big girls raced by each pushing a tomato box across the wooden floor. Mandy squealed from Jaquline’s box (“faster!”). Isaac peered up from behind his [...]
Sooty Makeup
June 2, 2017 Sooty Makeup I’m not really a makeup person. (Okay, I almost never wear makeup.) Someone says “makeup” and I think sweaty post-workout drizzle where my face looked like a tie-dyed T-shirt (which was my teenage inexperience with makeup). Rebeccah, however, is very artistic and does makeup [...]
Building Katy Bear
May 30, 2017 Building Katy Bear “Tell me a story about creation!” Pipes Christina. “Animals!” bubbles Rebeccah. So began a little story about a bear named Katy who wants to see God create something. This story was told for about three years before I wrote it down because Rebeccah wanted [...]