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Victories: Moments Large and Small Which Define Christian Parenthood

Although my husband works at Vision Forum and we have access to most or all of the messages published in-house, I rarely hear Doug Phillips give a message live.  Over the weekend, at hubby’s urging, I slipped out of the booth at the Plano homeschool convention to listen to his session on Victories.
I was wowed.  [...]

We have a winner!

Thanks to everyone who participated in this week’s giveaway.  Your Developing Baby is an amazing book, isn’t it?
Out of the 71 comments received on the post, we were only able to choose one winner, so our winner is:

Angela H., who said:
This looks like an awesome book. The pictures are really neat and very detailed. I [...]

Shhh…

I’m at the homeschool convention in Plano, TX, looking very busy behind the checkout table.  Don’t tell on me for blogging, ok?
I’ll try to pop in later to choose and announce a winner of Monday’s giveaway for a copy of Your Developing Baby, so hurry and enter if you didn’t already!

Crying babies

I received this question and was hoping that somebody out there can share some insights for this mother:
Hi,
I am writing b/c I need some advice from the mothers I know. [Baby's name] has been a very difficult baby and we can’t seem to figure out why. I thought maybe one of you have experienced [...]

Lemorade for sale

by Natalie Rose (8yo)

Today my sisters and I have been pretending to run a lemonade (or lemorade) stand.  Here is the recipe.
one squeezed  orange
half a coffee mug  of water
2 tsp of sugar
2 tsp lemon juice
stir and enjoy

10 Things To Try after a visit to the dentist

The right side of my face is numb.  You know me - why keep all the fun to myself?  I’m sharing my ideas so you’ll know what to do next time you need a filling.  If you’ve never had the side of your face anesthetized for a filling, just look at all the fun you’re [...]

Birthday

Today is “Little Red’s” (Rachael’s) fourth birthday.  This kind of post is sort of becoming a tradition:
Her name means Ewe or Mother Sheep.  Here are seven of her many qualities:
Ready to help
Adorable
Cute
Helpful
Agreeable
Even cuter than you can imagine
Lovable
Some of this stuff is repeated because it’a soooo true.  I love my little sister.

Tag I’m it

Two names I go by:
1.  Megan.
2.  Meggi noodle.
Two things I’m wearing right now:
1.  Dirty socks.
2. a brown,white & blue shirt.
Two of my favorite things today:
1.  umm Oranges?
2. I have to agree with mom here, chocolate.
Two things I want at the moment:
1.  a Zen.
2. a Bike.
Two favorite pets I have had:
1.  Fred (our turtle that got [...]

Suggestions?

I have been having trouble figuring out what to use my birthday money for. I have received $40.00 ($20.00 from my great grandparents & $20.00 from my mom& dad ) And I have saved $40.00 of my own accord. I spent $5.00, so in all I have $75.00. I like to read a lot but [...]

MORE AND MORE PICTURES…

Of Bethany (of course).
I took these last Tuesday.
She is wearing a dress that Mom made for Natalie when she was only about 2 or 3 months old.

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Just checking in

Remember last year’s talent show/Christian Community Conference hosted by our church?  If you’ve been wondering where we are, well, that’s where.
We’re spending a few days with a dear friend in town to make it easier for us to attend.  We should have a plethora of fun photos to share when it’s done, but we can’t [...]

Happy Birthday, Deanna

Today is our oldest daughter’s birthday.  I can hardly believe it has been 15 years since we first met Deanna.  She was born just a month before our first anniversary, back when we were still newlyweds.  It had taken all of 2 months for me to get pregnant, and we couldn’t wait to be parents!
The [...]

WFMW: Emergency nursing pads

Gentlemen, turn your heads.  If I have any male readers, you don’t need or want to know about this, so just click on to the next blog in your reader.
Really.
Ready?
OK, then.  Last Sunday we left the house in a big hurry and I forgot to put nursing pads in my bra.  That also happened to [...]

FREEDOM!!!!

Finally, after an excruciating weekend and an exhausting day, WE HAVE OUR HOUSE BACK!!! Lydia and I finished the tiling this morning and this afternoon, after a lot of visualizing, and speculating, we all put the house back together! I LIKE IT.

Prenatal checkup

I’m just back from my prenatal checkup, and I have NO NEWS.  I’m measuring just one centimeter larger than last time, which is why I feel remarkably un-awkward.  The baby is growing and responsive, with a good strong heartbeat, but my belly just isn’t any more ungainly than it was 3 weeks ago.
My midwife agreed [...]