Still no baby, BUT who could resist this recipe for edible slime - slime they can play with AND eat! Just one more thing to keep the kids occupied while I rest with baby (once he decides to arrive).
Also, if anyone knows a dairy free version of this recipe (or how to make it dairy free) please email me! Thanks!
Sunday, April 30, 2006
Monday, April 24, 2006
MOM! So-and-so did this and that...
I wish I could take credit for this idea (I mean it seems so simple! After all it is IN Scripture!), but I cannot. So I will direct you over to What Is Your Sin?
If you have tattletales in your house, it is a must read (and so short! --- I love how deep she is in the time I actually have to READ a blog). :D You busy moms know how it is. ;)
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Update on me:
I am sorry I have not been posting much lately (or been reading all your wonderful blogs all my friends). With pre-term labor, Passover, Easter, false labor and big time nesting I have been BUSY! :) I have finally gone through and added all those friends who added me as a friend to their blog. Baby is not due till May 3, so I am supposed to have time, but you know how it is. Only God truly knows when the baby will be born and I am so anxious for this baby to arrive!!
If you have tattletales in your house, it is a must read (and so short! --- I love how deep she is in the time I actually have to READ a blog). :D You busy moms know how it is. ;)
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Update on me:
I am sorry I have not been posting much lately (or been reading all your wonderful blogs all my friends). With pre-term labor, Passover, Easter, false labor and big time nesting I have been BUSY! :) I have finally gone through and added all those friends who added me as a friend to their blog. Baby is not due till May 3, so I am supposed to have time, but you know how it is. Only God truly knows when the baby will be born and I am so anxious for this baby to arrive!!
The Little Things
I am sorry I have not been posting lately. I am not even sure this blog has a following (or anyone really interested in reading). With pre-term labor, Easter, Passover, false labor and big time nesting I have been busy.
But this article about the little things truly blessed me. I hope it will bless you too.
But this article about the little things truly blessed me. I hope it will bless you too.
Friday, April 14, 2006
Fun, Beautiful, Inexpensive craft for girls
WOW! I could not believe it when I saw it.
http://www.dltk-bible.com/mpapercross.html
Those beads look so beautiful and so real! WHat a GREAT way to eat up some time while preparing/cooking Easter Dinner! And what a wonderful way to remember the reason for the season!
http://www.dltk-bible.com/mpapercross.html
Those beads look so beautiful and so real! WHat a GREAT way to eat up some time while preparing/cooking Easter Dinner! And what a wonderful way to remember the reason for the season!
Saturday, April 8, 2006
Precious PRECIOUS Moments
There are some moments that a camera just cannot capture.
My 2 1/2 yr old is almost 3 (next month). She is in pigtales right now and singing Jesus Loves Me. She smiles and ask me if I love Jesus. I say yes, and her smile gets bigger. Then she puts a piece of watermellon in her mouth that takes up her entire mouth and chews with a smile and a giggle. OH I love this age and will miss it when we no longer have children.
My 6yr has been making her own books (does anyone know of a goood INEXPENSIVE source for blank books that she can use) by cutting paper just the right size and folding over 1 inch on the left side. Then gluing (is she smart or what?) the pages together using that folded inch on the left hand side. Of course it is all pictures in her book, and there are no orginal stories yet (only her interpretations of stories we have already read her). But I am so proud of her! I never told her to make a book. Almost as good as narration! LOL!!
And my 4yr uses her Lincoln Logs to build bird houses. She recently built a three room birdhouse and begged me to take it outside and hang it up for the birds. I tried my best to explain that the birds couldn't QUITE fit into that birdhouse, but that she is coming up with some wonderful desgins for bird houses. I think we are going to have to go get some sort of kit (anyone know of a good place to get a good ENXEPENSIVE kit to build birdhouses??)
All these moments aer so short lived! I wish that a camera could capture the true beauty of these moments.
My 2 1/2 yr old is almost 3 (next month). She is in pigtales right now and singing Jesus Loves Me. She smiles and ask me if I love Jesus. I say yes, and her smile gets bigger. Then she puts a piece of watermellon in her mouth that takes up her entire mouth and chews with a smile and a giggle. OH I love this age and will miss it when we no longer have children.
My 6yr has been making her own books (does anyone know of a goood INEXPENSIVE source for blank books that she can use) by cutting paper just the right size and folding over 1 inch on the left side. Then gluing (is she smart or what?) the pages together using that folded inch on the left hand side. Of course it is all pictures in her book, and there are no orginal stories yet (only her interpretations of stories we have already read her). But I am so proud of her! I never told her to make a book. Almost as good as narration! LOL!!
And my 4yr uses her Lincoln Logs to build bird houses. She recently built a three room birdhouse and begged me to take it outside and hang it up for the birds. I tried my best to explain that the birds couldn't QUITE fit into that birdhouse, but that she is coming up with some wonderful desgins for bird houses. I think we are going to have to go get some sort of kit (anyone know of a good place to get a good ENXEPENSIVE kit to build birdhouses??)
All these moments aer so short lived! I wish that a camera could capture the true beauty of these moments.
A Mother's Love
I love this quote that Laine (from Lanie's Letters) wrote and just HAD to scrap it with these pictures my husband took of me during this last pregnancy.
Wednesday, April 5, 2006
TV and Sesame Street
Last night on the news, they were talking about the new Sesame Street DVD's and the controversy surrounding them. I have always disliked Seasme Street (read the book Endangered Minds to find out why - it is a MUST read for every parent whether they homeschool or not).
So anyways, the news says that the new DVD's are aimed at chidlren 6 MONTHS (not years MONTHS) and older. They go on to say that the American Academy of Pediatrics advises against TV viewing for children under 2.
After they announce that, the spokesperson for Seasme Street gets 1 1/2 minutes of news air time to talk about how unrealistic it is for children under 2 to not watch TV, and that all their studies show that children under two years are watching at least 2 hours of TV a day and that Seasme Street is just trying to provide something educational for those ages. And how important it is for caregivers and parents to watch the DVD's with the children.
Now how realistic is THAT? I am sure most parents (and especially caregivers) put on those DVD's to babysit the children rather than to spend wholesome time together.
It saddens me that an association as important as the AAP gets 2 seconds worth of mentioned airtime (they did not even get interviewed), while Sesame Street gets almost 2 minutes worth of air time including an interview to convience parents to let their children watch not only their DVD's but TV in general.
It's no wonder that I get flamed from other parents who allow their children to watch TV, or from family who sees nothing wrong with allowing children to watch lots of hours of TV ("after all" Mom says "we let you watch lots of TV and look how well you turend out"). The media is pushing it as something that is not only normal but GOOD.
If only Mom knew of my addiction to TV and how difficult it is to break. Having kids makes it easier, but after they are down, I must admit, the TV comes on - especially if hubby is working late. And I learned a lot of things at such an early age that I just shouldn't have known at the age I knew them.
We went to Yellowstone a few years back. My then 2 1/2yr daughter was FASCINATED with the gysers and EVERYTHING. She had not been desensitized to that by all the fakeness and special effects that are on TV today. But I had a difficult time grasping that this was REAL and not just some special effect. I knew that it was real, but there wasn't the AWE that my daughter had.
Here is a great article that I encourage you to read.
The Ugly Babysitters.
And in case you are wondering, what do my kids do while I am blogging? Well, right now my 6YR is working on her art (she loves to look at pictures and try to copy them, right now she is trying to draw Snoopy). My 4YR is builing a bird house with her Lincoln Logs (I cannot tell you how many birdhouses she has made and unmade and made and unmade LOL!). My 2YR is sitting with a library book and "reading" it. She also has paper and crayons near her (and she knows NOT to color in the book - we have always torn pages out of coloring books for them to color so they do not get the idea that they can color in books).
So anyways, the news says that the new DVD's are aimed at chidlren 6 MONTHS (not years MONTHS) and older. They go on to say that the American Academy of Pediatrics advises against TV viewing for children under 2.
After they announce that, the spokesperson for Seasme Street gets 1 1/2 minutes of news air time to talk about how unrealistic it is for children under 2 to not watch TV, and that all their studies show that children under two years are watching at least 2 hours of TV a day and that Seasme Street is just trying to provide something educational for those ages. And how important it is for caregivers and parents to watch the DVD's with the children.
Now how realistic is THAT? I am sure most parents (and especially caregivers) put on those DVD's to babysit the children rather than to spend wholesome time together.
It saddens me that an association as important as the AAP gets 2 seconds worth of mentioned airtime (they did not even get interviewed), while Sesame Street gets almost 2 minutes worth of air time including an interview to convience parents to let their children watch not only their DVD's but TV in general.
It's no wonder that I get flamed from other parents who allow their children to watch TV, or from family who sees nothing wrong with allowing children to watch lots of hours of TV ("after all" Mom says "we let you watch lots of TV and look how well you turend out"). The media is pushing it as something that is not only normal but GOOD.
If only Mom knew of my addiction to TV and how difficult it is to break. Having kids makes it easier, but after they are down, I must admit, the TV comes on - especially if hubby is working late. And I learned a lot of things at such an early age that I just shouldn't have known at the age I knew them.
We went to Yellowstone a few years back. My then 2 1/2yr daughter was FASCINATED with the gysers and EVERYTHING. She had not been desensitized to that by all the fakeness and special effects that are on TV today. But I had a difficult time grasping that this was REAL and not just some special effect. I knew that it was real, but there wasn't the AWE that my daughter had.
Here is a great article that I encourage you to read.
The Ugly Babysitters.
And in case you are wondering, what do my kids do while I am blogging? Well, right now my 6YR is working on her art (she loves to look at pictures and try to copy them, right now she is trying to draw Snoopy). My 4YR is builing a bird house with her Lincoln Logs (I cannot tell you how many birdhouses she has made and unmade and made and unmade LOL!). My 2YR is sitting with a library book and "reading" it. She also has paper and crayons near her (and she knows NOT to color in the book - we have always torn pages out of coloring books for them to color so they do not get the idea that they can color in books).
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
TV Free Time
In response to Crystal's contest, I thought I would share what we do for TV free fun. PLEASE share your ideas in the comments section of my blog as well as enter the contest!
We actually have a week long of TV free activities (Sat is our only TV night)!!
Monday: Reading Night --- We all gather around and Daddy reads from a book while we do things like handiwork (sewing by hand, beading, etc.).
Tuesday: Family Fun/Date Night --- Sometimes we head out for putt-putt golf, or dress up and head out to a restaurant, or out to the backyard for some fun (you can buy so many backyard outdoor activities like soccer, volleyball, badmitton, balls just for fun!).
Wednesday: Family Devotions/Church --- Sometimes we goto church, sometimes we stay home and have our own family devotions.
Thursday: Arts and Crafts/Hobbies night --- beading, sewing, woodworking, pom-poms, origami, scrapbooking, photography, painting, working with clay, the possibilities are endless (these are just a few of what we do).
Friday: Game Night --- we usually pull out a board/card game and play play PLAY! Sometimes we learn a new card game.
Saturday: Saturday Night Sundaes --- we pull out all the toppings and make our own ice cream and watch a DVD
Sunday: Family Night at church --- we attend service on Sunday evening.
We actually have a week long of TV free activities (Sat is our only TV night)!!
Monday: Reading Night --- We all gather around and Daddy reads from a book while we do things like handiwork (sewing by hand, beading, etc.).
Tuesday: Family Fun/Date Night --- Sometimes we head out for putt-putt golf, or dress up and head out to a restaurant, or out to the backyard for some fun (you can buy so many backyard outdoor activities like soccer, volleyball, badmitton, balls just for fun!).
Wednesday: Family Devotions/Church --- Sometimes we goto church, sometimes we stay home and have our own family devotions.
Thursday: Arts and Crafts/Hobbies night --- beading, sewing, woodworking, pom-poms, origami, scrapbooking, photography, painting, working with clay, the possibilities are endless (these are just a few of what we do).
Friday: Game Night --- we usually pull out a board/card game and play play PLAY! Sometimes we learn a new card game.
Saturday: Saturday Night Sundaes --- we pull out all the toppings and make our own ice cream and watch a DVD
Sunday: Family Night at church --- we attend service on Sunday evening.
Spring Cleaning Plan
I know that this cleaning plan starts at the beginning of the year, but you can really jump in and start at anytime. And they have it following a link called SPRING CLEANING, so I find it a bit funny that it starts in January. LOL!!
I have printed out a copy and put it in my home management notebook.
I also want to let you know about the CLEAN HEART CLEAN HOME challenge that Amy is doing. Looks VERY interesting. Unfortunately baby is due during the challenge, so I prolly won't be able to complete it. It doesn't start until April 1, so there is still time to get on board before it starts!
I have printed out a copy and put it in my home management notebook.
I also want to let you know about the CLEAN HEART CLEAN HOME challenge that Amy is doing. Looks VERY interesting. Unfortunately baby is due during the challenge, so I prolly won't be able to complete it. It doesn't start until April 1, so there is still time to get on board before it starts!
Saturday, March 25, 2006
Girls and College
I wrote this in response to a recent comment left on my last entry, and wanted to get other's opinions on it. So I am posting it an an entry.
Thanks so much for visiting my blog! To answer your question, no I do not want my girls to go to college OR do college work. I still need to do a lot of praying on this issue (especially since hubby and I are in disagreement and he wants them to get a college degree from home), but I believe that since I am training up my daughters to be keepers at home (Titus2), that their time can be better spent learning skills to make them a loving and godly wife and mother. And even if the Lord does not have marriage in mind for them, I still believe that their time can be spent better elsewhere (like helping new moms and such). I know this is not a very popular view. I am only just recently learning about this myself (from Susan Bradrick, Crystal Paine and Lady Lydia). Sites like:
http://www.biblicalwomanhoodonline.com/blog.htm
http://www.homeliving.blogspot.com/
http://www.ladiesagainstfeminsm.com
I hope that this answers your question.
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To add to this I want to say that we will be teaching our girls K-12 grade, making sure they do have a high school education. It is only AFTER they finish school and at the time that it is considered appropriate for someone to goto college, THAT is the time I feel can be better spent learning and improving their skills as a wife, mother and keeper at home.
I have been reading some articles lately that might be of interest to you if you are having the same type of feelings I am. They are under the Training Daughters Works of Heart.
SO, what are YOUR thoughts/feelings on the issue??
Thanks so much for visiting my blog! To answer your question, no I do not want my girls to go to college OR do college work. I still need to do a lot of praying on this issue (especially since hubby and I are in disagreement and he wants them to get a college degree from home), but I believe that since I am training up my daughters to be keepers at home (Titus2), that their time can be better spent learning skills to make them a loving and godly wife and mother. And even if the Lord does not have marriage in mind for them, I still believe that their time can be spent better elsewhere (like helping new moms and such). I know this is not a very popular view. I am only just recently learning about this myself (from Susan Bradrick, Crystal Paine and Lady Lydia). Sites like:
http://www.biblicalwomanhoodonline.com/blog.htm
http://www.homeliving.blogspot.com/
http://www.ladiesagainstfeminsm.com
I hope that this answers your question.
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To add to this I want to say that we will be teaching our girls K-12 grade, making sure they do have a high school education. It is only AFTER they finish school and at the time that it is considered appropriate for someone to goto college, THAT is the time I feel can be better spent learning and improving their skills as a wife, mother and keeper at home.
I have been reading some articles lately that might be of interest to you if you are having the same type of feelings I am. They are under the Training Daughters Works of Heart.
SO, what are YOUR thoughts/feelings on the issue??
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