Pin It Hopefully the Christmas season is coming to a nice conclusion for your family. The Christmas decorations are getting put away, gifts have found a home, and life is returning to a normalcy. One of the activities that should conclude your Christmas season is sending out "Thank You" cards. I can hear the moaning ...
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Training Your Child to Sleep In
Most of us realize the importance of having a quality quiet time with God. But because the enemy knows that it will change our lives, he does his best to make it not happen. Shelley left this question on our blog: How did you go about training your children to stay in their room til you come get them? I have a almost 3yr old ...
Review: 1001 Bible Questions Kids Ask
Pin It As our kiddos have gotten older, the questions have gotten tougher. This is especially true of biblical topics. It has caused us to dive a little deeper into the Word as we search for answers to their challenging topics. Zondervan has helped parents answer and kids come up with questions in their new book 1001 Bible ...
Thanksgiving Traditions: The Power of Gratitude
Our pastor shared this quote at a Thanksgiving service. Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for ...
17 Tips to Prepare Your Child for Holiday Gatherings
Having sensory sensitive, ADHD children has taught me to prepare for every scenario; at least every scenario that I can possibly conceive. Though Bubs is doing so much better about handling the environment around him, there is still need for us to prepare him for new and different situations. And Little Man continues to struggle staying ...
Thanksgiving Traditions: Kernels of Thanks
While the holidays are filled with anticipation and fun, there is so much more than food, football, and parades to each of them. In our blog series, Thanksgiving Traditions, I am sharing ideas of my own and from the ABCJLM family that will help you leave a legacy while keeping Jesus the focus of the holiday ...
Thanksgiving Traditions: 8 Fun Thanksgiving Treats from Pinterest
Have you seen all of the fun Thanksgiving treats on Pinterest? Super cute and several are easy to make. I wanted to combine these ideas and provide you with links to the directions. Thanksgiving Teepee Cupcakes Using a cake mix, sugar cones, pretzels, melted chocolate, and sprinkles, you too can create these adorable teepees. This idea ...
Another Diagnosis Added to Our Plate: How Many More?
Yesterday, I began sharing Our Story of diagnoses and therapy. If you missed yesterday's post, I encourage you to read it first to understand the full story. Kindergarten was a big change. First, I drove into town at least once a day and Bubs was not at home seven hours out of the day. I was amazed at how the breaks each day allowed me to have ...
But the Priorities and Hours Don’t Add Up?
Pin It Did you enjoy our Scheduling Success series? I pray that it opened your eyes to areas that need attention and showed you how to make the most of your time. It was revealing to me! Let's review. Using the scriptures we decided the following list of priorities: God Husbands Children Along with these three ...
Scheduling Success: “Me” Replenishing Time
In our Scheduling Success series, we have discussed the need for God to be first, followed by our husbands. Our children should come next but often get the shaft by the amount of activities and mommy responsibilities that we hold. Returning to my "biblical answer" from the beginning of this series, next would be my friends and work. Because, as ...