Our lives are a bit crazy this week with rehearsals every morning and a performance every night (Tues-Fri) this week. Xander enjoyed his experience in Cheaper by the Dozen last year so much, that we decided to give it another try! This year, he plays a young orphan boy in Anne of Green Gables. Not […]
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Growing in Gratitude!
I formally started my online gratitude list last year. Wow. I love the habit that it has formed. When I’m struggling with discontentment, envy, selfishness, exhaustion or whatever the problem of the day is, it is amazing to see what happens when I turn my thoughts to the Lord and then start thanking Him for what […]
Advent Thoughts…
Christmas is just around the corner. It’s been on my mind for a while now. For us, Christmas is a wonderful time of remembering back to the anticipation of the coming Messiah and then the events leading up to God coming to earth and being born as a baby. I’ve found is that in order to […]
Gift of Seasons
I’ve seen this floating around the internet for a while. It always makes me chuckle and yes, I usually cry at the ending. Life with toddlers and preschoolers can be stressful at times. Motherhood is most certainly of the 24 hour, labor-intensive variety. But as I was showing my mom the original music video that […]
Mapping the Mayflower
Since we have been exploring world geography for the last several months, we decided to pull out our Global Twister map and chart the path the Mayflower took. There is something magical about getting to ‘experience’ that trip for themselves. As they grabbed their walnut Mayflower ships, we talked about how the pilgrims left England […]
Mayflower Nut – a tutorial
I’ll be the first to admit that we are a little nutty over here! But that’s just how we roll… In preparation and anticipation of the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, I always love to review a little history. We’ve pulled a few of our favorite Thanksgiving books together and I couldn’t help squeezing in a few fun […]