{so not the best picture of John but ah, well! Pictures of the weekend Chloe and Chrissa met} Chloe has been saving her money in her bank account forever…or it seems that way anyway. We started giving her an allowance…
Why an Allowance? We have always given our children offering for church; “money for Jesus” they have called it since they could first speak and tottle off to their toddler class. Usually it was a quarter – sometimes two. One…
The tots got a magazine from McDonalds a while back that had a pop bottle birdhouse craft in it. Since moving here last spring and hanging up our first ever feeder, our family has become bird watchers. The tots love,…
Today began with a flurry of excitement; some new birds at the feeder. Immediately Chloe is grabbing our bird book and thrusting it at me. What kind of bird is it mom?!?! Feathery Friends of Our Feeders Chickadees Blue…
This year we didn’t assemble a house at home but signed up for a Gingerbread House Workshop at our local President’s Choice Cooking School. The children really enjoyed themselves though I think it wasn’t as fun as the years we’ve…
Yesterday my husband and I were talking in the evening about the children’s education, goals for the year and past accomplishments. Back in 2010 I admitted to you that Chloe didn’t know the alphabet. Now it is still a fact…
Well, we’re using Sonlight’s Core A with Chloe and P4/5 for John. Isaac is just tagging along enjoying life. We had a fun box day – unpacking all our fun new goodies – then daddy helped the kids cut up…
Our church supports many missionaries around the world. Every Sunday during Sunday school class we read a letter from one of the missionary families, hearing about the work that God is doing through them in their little little corner of…
Tonight was the first night we had a fire in the backyard since moving to the new house. We roasted hotdogs for dinner! We all loved it {though poor daddy’s allergies were going crazy today!} We spent a lot of…
I just transferred a load of laundry from the washer to the dryer. I collected all the rocks from the bottom of the washer and relocated them to the yard. After starting the dryer, I shut it off, rifled through…