Oh, the hopes I had for a peaceful few days after Thanksgiving – the sweet happy coma that my children would be in after eating lots and lots of turkey, containing heavy doses of Tyrptophan. You know, the stuff that is supposed to make you calm and sleepy???
NOT SO MUCH AT OUR HOUSE!!!!
Grumpy [...]
I have recently asked for prayer to help me deal with my obsessive need for perfection at home with the kids. I feel like I am always asking them to clean something up, be quiet, or go to bed. I feel as though the kids might only have memories of me NOT enjoying them. Guilt [...]
By potty training, that is.
Today’s conversation with Sam:
I said, “Sam, big boys don’t go potty in their pull-ups.”
Sam, in all seriousness, replied, “Well, this big boy does!”
Sam has not quite taken hold of Psalm 34:13 (Keep you tongue from evil and your lips from speaking lies.) If I don’t see what he’s done, he thinks lying is alright. He got his first taste of vinegar last week, and it is definitely taming the lies. He hated it…
Today, as I went to [...]
What a weekend. The kids and I braved the cold and the rain to spend sometime in Kansas City this weekend. We spent Friday night in Ottawa, watching Daddy coach his team in the conference play-offs. It was great game to watch, but ended terribly – we lost 2-3 with 40 seconds to go in [...]
Sam had an awesome day! It was a warm fall day, and his Spiderman Party at the park was a blast. He thought everyone at the park was there for him! My favorite part of the party was watching Elli and Janie, along with all the other older siblings, take care of Sam and his [...]
So, this is not our family’s shining moment. The carpets throughout the house were cleaned on Tuesday, and member of our family have been dropping like flies with the stomach flu ever since. The house is a wreck (I haven’t even attempted to move furniture back from the cleaning), and meals have been close to [...]
