For now, just some photos … (Edited to add: some more explanation!)
I recycled this tub from the garage. 🙂 DH wasn’t really using it. Each side has notebooks and writing tools for each of my 2nd grade students.
Some of the items I’ve included in the tub: notebook with blank lined paper, small notepad for list-making, envelopes to actually mail hand-written letters, erasers, scrap papers for rough drafts, notes, etc. Continue reading
Who needs to dye eggs when you have a basket full of these?
Looks like our young hens (yes we have been a bit busy with 7 baby chicks and 2 young hens) are now layers! Which made this guy a very happy boy! He has wanted blue eggs for a long time!
I found one Beautiful blue egg in the henhouse today!
The baby chicks are growing and FAST!
They love to eat and drink lots of water.
They stay close to one another and are still a bit skittish of us.
They are now 6 inches tall head to feet, and their feet are 2 inches long. Continue reading
Do you ever read about the Proverbs 31 woman and think, Why can’t I be like her?
I don’t know about anyone else, but I’ve found life to feel quite defeating lately. If I were to judge or evaluate my worth purely on circumstances regarding our family—relationships, choices, words spoken, and so much more … I would surely not find my value or worth to be worth much at all. Anyone else able to relate?
I am even told on a regular basis things that devalue who I am, what I pour my heart into everyday, and what I perceive to be one of my God-given purposes in this life. Continue reading
If only it were Spring Break, but the break today was definitely one we could use again!
It was too beautiful to stay inside, so we took a walk down to the creek for a little Spring Break! 😀 Continue reading
It is finished.
Case closed.
The Prez never wanted them. But he agreed finally.
15 months was enough.
One is broken. Two are strangely missing (actually this happens a lot). One is tucked away at the moment.
I’m certain and the Prez will be thrilled with my certainty.
They aren’t coming back.
If you have a child or have had a child who has basically disengaged with everyone and everything and is desperate for his iPod at all costs, then you understand.
If you don’t understand, be very grateful.
We have three children who are not addicted to games like mine craft and roblox and clash of clans.
Then we have another who is addicted. It has changed him. In a bad way.
The Lord has repeatedly brought a particular Scripture to my mind in recent days. It wasn’t just for me, though I desperately needed the Word too.
But I am certain it was the voice of The Lord for our son too, one of the ones whose actions and attitudes have brought the Prez and I to a place of desperate, face-to-the-floor prayers.
“LORD, bring them back to You. You say You never let go. Why does it seem like You have?”
And then this over and over again:
“Finally,brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.”
Philippians 4:8
The iPod as it was here just doesn’t line up with this Word. It is the opposite.
I don’t know what tomorrow holds, but I know the iPod isn’t going to a part of our home anymore.
They aren’t welcome in our home anymore.
With sunny skies and temperatures in the mid-60s, we were busy today with spring cleaning at our little farm! Flowers are blooming … and we are ready for SPRING!
In an earlier post, I referenced the fact that two of our children will be going back to public school next year. One of my readers asked if I might share how we came to that decision.
I definitely can’t go into the nitty-gritty details of why, but I know it must be a question for others. I am literally asking the Lord to show me HOW to do this because homeschooling has been what we do for nearly 5 years now.
I am not sure how to start and where to stop.
I have alluded to the fact that we’ve been dealing with some issues here in our home, and I have shared before about the difficult journey we’ve found ourselves upon as parents to children from hard places and/or with problematic behaviors.
I just can’t go into a lot of details, but I will say in general that lack of respect is a major sticking point. I remember a seasoned homeschool Momma telling me years ago that it is impossible if not extremely difficult to teach your own children if they have a general lack of respect for you and/or don’t respect home rules in general. That is definitely a place we’ve found ourselves camped out for quite some time with some of our children, despite what I think are our best efforts (if exhaustion is any indication) to try and redirect them. Continue reading
Please allow me a blog post to BRAG on our youngest little man. He is 8 1/2 and has been home with his forever family for 45 months now. He spent his first 60 months of life on earth in China in a rural orphanage. Statistics show that most institutionalized children will exhibit one month of delay for every 3 months spent in an institution. For our little dude, that translates to 20 months of delay or him being roughly 3 /12 years developmentally when he came home. He was far from it, testing at around 2 years developmentally that first summer home.
He is such a little love. Actually, he is becoming a big little love, and I predict will be taller than his Momma by the time he reaches double digits.
But back to this boy, who does happen to be deaf in one ear. If you’d like to read more about unilateral deafness, ASHA has a great page that sums it up and helps others to know what to look for in a young child who might be unilaterally deaf.
It was supposed to be a dusting at our house. It is still snowing. I realize it isn’t much compared to some, but this has been a long, cold winter.
