Archive for March 2011 | Monthly archive page
Pin It Pin It We took the kids out for ice cream Friday night as a special treat – McDonalds soft serve ice cream is a favorite of Paul and mine and so that is where we headed. The boys, of course, loved every minute of it. Wesley made his cone last close to 40 [...]
Pin It Pin It This weeks idea for encouraging others came from a similar project my friend Tracie made – her blog is full of incredible projects and photographs and is refreshing to read about her love for the Lord and her daughters. You can read her blog here. Pin It I started with a [...]
Pin It Pin It Those frozen grapes on a stick have been so incredibly popular here. It’s only March and yet it is so hot outside – frozen fruit on a stick will be consumed with gusto over the next many months. And for the fruits that don’t work so well frozen on a stick [...]
Pin It Pin It Frozen fruit a refreshing and favorite treat in our house. We found an incredible deal on grapes this past week – on managers special for .70 cents a pound! We picked up 18 lbs to wash and freeze for snacks and smoothies. While laying out the grapes on trays to freeze [...]
Pin It Pin It Since Paul started back at school full time early this year we have worked on maintaining a regular schedule; while we are still a long ways off from orderly routine across the board we have managed to make our weekly at-home dates happen, well, weekly. We have happily spent the last [...]
Pin It Pin It Yesterday I lingered over their boyishness. Encouraged the silly and daring. Laughed with them. And lived in the moment. Yesterday was a beautiful day of special moments. We spent a few hours at a local bookstore – the boys dividing their time between the train set and exploring the new books [...]
Pin It Pin It {Dear Mothers} Be completely humble and gentle, be patient, bearing with {your children} in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace… Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and [...]
Pin It Pin It I adore their imaginations. They have this incredible ability to entertain themselves for hours on end with little more than a kitchen spoon to inspire them. Or to spend an entire morning rolling around on the living room floor and chasing each other from room to room. Pin It Pin It [...]
Pin It Pin It Memory System Several months ago I was on the hunt for a system to use when it comes to memory work – we have spent the last year working on memorizing Bible verses, but never with a specific method. I read a couple of ideas I liked {no links to the [...]
