We've been very busy lately, remodeling a house and preparing to move...again. While Will and I both enjoy fixing up run-down houses, I admit that I am feeling quite weary. In the last year and a half, this makes the third house we are fixing, and the second time we are moving! But we are …
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Children and Winter Evenings: Plan of Action
Evenings can be hard--sometimes we parents are so tired and the last thing we feel like doing is coming up with creative fun for the kids. But...our children will only be young once, and why not have some jolly times with them? I find it easier to mix up the evenings of busy, messy projects with evenings that consist of quieter activities. I was inspired …
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I have not forgotten…
The post about Keeping Children Busy is in the works! I received some fantastic input and I'm excited to share it with you! It will take you a winter evening just to read it all. 🙂 I started the work of compiling everything, but...I have been sick all week. So it might be a few …
Where there are oxen
While Will was home for his lunch break, I read to him out of T4T (a book written by Steve Smith with Ying Kai). The book uses a verse from Proverbs to show that a lot of mess is normal for vibrant churches. Here's the verse: Where there are no oxen, the manger is clean, but abundant crops come …
Keeping Children Busy On Winter Evenings
One of my friends asked me, how do you occupy four little children on these long, dark winter evenings? I hardly know myself. I have a few tricks, but not as many as I wish. We live in town, which limits what our kids can do after dark. (Actually, keeping them busy is not a problem. Keeping them …
Snapshots of our Week
Here are a few of the things we've been doing this week. Last Sunday afternoon we went biking. (During the summer, we can bike in the evenings, but now it gets dark too early.) Biking around town does several things: it helps me get exercise, we get more familiar with the houses and streets, and we …
This Family
Our family sat on the porch, taking in the beautiful fall weather while eating our lunch. During a rare lull in the conversation, Elijah said: "You know what I think about this family? It needs improvements." The mother of this family nearly choked on her peanut butter-and-jelly sandwich. (In spite of her laughter, she was painfully aware …
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