Most days counting God’s many blessings in my life just comes naturally. It is a joy. It is easy. But sometimes, the fact that we live in a fallen world becomes so painfully clear that it takes the grace of God and a firm resolve to choose gratitude. Xander has been working on memorizing I […]
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First Lessons
It’s been a season of learning obedience in our home – most specifically with our 2.5 year old. Opportunity to learn obedience arise at every, single nap and bed time. His smiling face emerges from his room – full of giggles, sure that we will make an exception and allow him to forgo a nap or […]
Homeschool Blog Awards – 2010
Tis the season for voting… Every year we get the opportunity to vote for our favorite homeschool blogs! And it is that time of year again. Until October 31st, you have the opportunity to nominate your favorites in a number of different categories! (Info on categories, etc at the bottom of this post) To nominate […]
Cultivating Compassion
I have not been able to stop thinking about the concept of explaining poverty and instilling compassion in our children since my post last week on the topic. Sure it may be a little OCD, but once I’m thinking about something I do so pretty obsessively… Where does it start? What are things I can […]
Family Learning
Some days I just want to pinch myself… We get to learn along-side each other. Yes, in these tender early years, there is a lot of teaching and training that goes on. But we also get to experience the joy of learning together, as a family! I don’t know everything and I certainly don’t want […]
Food and Water
The boys are trying to wrap their minds around the concept of how essential food and water are and how difficult it can be for many people in the world to get these two basic necessities. The first part was easy for them. But the second part? As we talked about how many people don’t […]