gratitude. It makes such a difference when we realize how richly God has blessed us. It has been a joy to keep my gratitude journal this last year. I’ve found that I’m not as consistent as I’d like to be, so my goal is to post each Monday, along with others, what I am grateful […]
"Getting the bad guys"
Recently, we were reading one of Xander’s current favorite books, Sam the Minuteman. It is about a boy who helps his dad when the redcoats were marching on Lexington and Concord. When they heard the second call to arms, Sam’s mother didn’t want Sam to go out and fight again after a friend of his […]
loving…
A few things I’m loving right now: 1. walks in the rain 2 enjoying creosote – the source of our wonderful ‘desert rain’ smell 3 talking about the crown of thorns while checking out a thorny desert tree 4 drinking warm tea with my boys 5 I love rainy days. It always puts me in […]
Handy Boy!
We made a discovery today. Home Depot Kids workshops are so much fun. Xander was inspired and empowered to try something he had never done before. And we didn’t need to find the idea, gather the supplies, prepare a work area or clean up afterwards! Yup, he wants to go back!
Slowing Down…
Enjoying calm days at home this week doing a little of this: Homemade playdough with green coloring, peppermint extract and glitter in honor of the holidays! Easy on the eyes and smells like Christmas! Still pondering how to make it work with 3 wannabe helpers… Any tips? There was quite a few shed tears and […]
Christmas Reading
Last year we did a Christmas countdown by having books for them to unwrap each night leading up to Christmas. This year, they have been clamoring to do it again, so we are doing a countdown until we leave to visit Mima and Pa on the 22nd. In order to break things up a bit, […]