Rubik’s Cube
Is life like a Rubik's Cube? [...]
Okra & “Fire Lilies”
May 28, 2020 Okra & “Fire Lilies” Today we planted okra. Three long rows of okra plants just far enough apart to walk through the rows with the mower for easy weeding, pruning, and harvesting. Yesterday and Tuesday were the 6 by 4 corn patch. The 5 by 4 corn [...]
Big Building Blocks
April 24, 2020 Big Building Blocks On our shop day last week when we were building the bird cage stand, Lucas and Jillian discovered some big building blocks! Lucas made some boats with tall sails. Jillian hopped out and made more boats! Lucas made the tiny ones sneak up on [...]
My Little Learner
March 29, 2020 My Little Learner Our gym has an after-school program where our comfy vans pick up from several area schools and bring little athletes back to gym. They do gymnastics, crafts, eat snacks, and do homework. Thea and her other gym baby friend sometimes hang out there. Thea [...]
Read Me A Story
Read Me A Story! February 21, 2020 One of the things I like best in the whole world is to read books. Aloud. To children. Don’t get me wrong, I love reading personally too, but there is just something so amazing about getting to play all characters in a book [...]
Time To Do Their Hair
Time to Do Their Hair February 9, 2020 With my crazy biology, a little cold turns into a huge respiratory thing and what should last like 2 or 3 days turns into lingering cough and weakness for 2 to 4 weeks. I’m not impressed with my odd biology. And I [...]
Memories
February 7, 2020 Memories My Daddy always said the internet was just another tool. I’ve chosen to look at all social media platforms in the same way. They are just tools. Use them but don’t allow them to steal time and energy from you. One of my favorite things about [...]
The Story of Sheba
December 28, 2019 The Story of Sheba Once there was a little girl who loved dogs and prayed for a little black dog. Her mom had already agreed to take the least wanted puppy from a litter about to happen. Her mom prayed the puppy was black. A few weeks [...]
Sister-Cousin Outing
December 22, 2019 Sister-Cousin Outing You often read that cousins are usually your first friends. They know all about you, love you regardless of your differences, and enjoy life with you from start to finish… I always dreamed of how close my siblings and I would be as adults and [...]
Sixteen Sweet Years
October 3, 2019 Sixteen Sweet Years The one who first called me mother is sixteen years old. Thank you, Jesus. I am so grateful for being blessed with Christina! I can’t imagine life without her. I truly understand that God entrusts us with raising his children. There is such a [...]