Pin It Life is good. Okay marriage. Three happy kids. Good jobs. Financial stability. Lovely home. What more could a family ask for? But what happens when you strip it all away? What happens when life is no longer easy and peaceful? No longer is electricity, communication services, and ...
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Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Deuteronomy 6:7
Wisdom from You!: Bringing God into Your Every Day Life
Pin It We are always looking for ways to bring God into the conversations we have at school. Falon shared these two ideas on our SISTERS group on Facebook. We have trained our children to come and ask for prayer whenever they get any sort of owie. Whenever we go somewhere or do an activity I ask, "What is our number one goal?". All ...
Getting a Child to Sit for Story Time
Pin It Kim shared this simple yet wise idea on the ABC Jesus Loves Me Facebook Group: For stories, songs, and poem learning we have "rug time" We lay a 'baby' quilt (since they are smaller) on the floor. Then, each child gets a throw pillow to sit on that is his or her "seat." After just one week of doing this routine, ...
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Book Activities
Pin It Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr. is considered by many to be one of the top 100 preschool age books ever written. Thus while creating the "Book of the Week" objectives for the ABC Jesus Love Me curriculum, I knew it was one that I wanted to ...
Are You a Hidden Woman?
source Pin It What is your prayer for yourself today? Honestly. Take a moment and answer this question. What is my prayer for myself today? Are you asking for wisdom? How about for strength? Are you begging God for forgiveness? Today my prayer is this... God, make me a hidden woman. By this I ...
Because God is Awesome! Family Devo
Have you noticed how child ask the best questions? Honest. Real. Sometime brutal. And after the question, sometimes I am speechless. Surprised by the depth of the question and dumbfounded how I am going to answer it. Oftentimes the hardest questions are about God. Because God Is Awesome!: Discovering How ...
How to Make Homemade Ice Cream in a Bag
Several times in my teenage years, I had the opportunity to make individual servings of homemade ice cream. As an activity at church and youth group a few times. We actually made it at school in a Family Living class I took to provide us with examples of creating traditions in a family. It was fun and memorable experience each time. In creating ...
Guest Post: Sometimes We Need Them More
source Going along with the "Welcome to Our Story" posts from this week, this is a post by a precious friend of mine. She shares so well life with her "Little Man." At the prompting of a dear friend, I'm going to write about a lesson I've recently learned. It seems I've had my thinking a bit backwards... You see, I have a child who has rocked ...
Welcome to Our Story: An Update #2
Yesterday I updated you on Bubs' diagnosis-filled story along with Sweet Pea's. Today I want to fill you in on Little Man and Peanut. Let's start with the "easy" one. Peanut The baby of the family is now 2 1/2. As much as it breaks my heart, we don't have a baby anymore. (When people tell you it goes fast, they aren't kidding.) He is ...
Welcome to Our Story: An Update #1
For the last few weeks on this blog, we have been focused on preparing for the preschool school year. I pray that it has been extremely helpful in guiding your steps. We have also discussed the importance of independent play among other tidbits. And while the blog posts go on, so does our life. So much has happened in the last three months. ...