Family News

So, here they are. I have a detailed version of this on my fridge as a reminder. (I also have this on my fridge.) I included the details under #1 to explain why my list from yesterday was so encouraging to me.

Short-term: Create more structure to the children’s and my day. [...]

If I get around to posting the goals I drew-up last night, you’ll understand better why these were so significant to me. Either way I enjoy going back over my morning and creating a “done” list:
Today (and it’s just naptime) I

Did an involved (messy, new) craft with the girls
Had an extended reading time

Both while [...]

Tonight I asked Melody, “What do you want for dinner?”
Without hesitation she answered, “Hot boiled beans!”
Grin.
It took me a minute to translate and make the connection (this is not a phrase she’s used before).
“And very good butter?” I asked.
*Big* grin. “Yeah!”
It’s Mother Goose.
This was a kick because she made the jump between dinner and [...]

I’ve prayed for my children since before they were born. But I don’t think I’ve ever been as impressed with the complete need of it until tonight, as I worked on massaging their names into a passage of scripture where Paul is describing his prayer for the church at Colosse.
Natasha’s version (I have all [...]

Thank God for yummy medicine!
Elisha’s been teething and is now having pressure in his ears. But he’s taking his “symptom managers” without a blink and they’re doing their jobs (Aw man– has it been 6-hours already???).
He’s so good at it I can give him the “children’s” strength instead of the infants’ drops. He [...]

N: I don’t like dreams. Make it so I don’t have dreams tonight.
M: I like dreams.
Interesting how the girls seem to think they can’t feel differently. They have to fight over it.
And they have to assert their individuality by giving their own answer (even if it’s the same), and asking the same question, [...]

The girls went to the hockey game tonight with Mom and Dad. It made quite an impression.
Jay says says that when Natasha sees something she wants to do that’s she’s not big enough for, she’ll pick an age at which to do it.
For example, tonight after we picked her up she was talking about [...]

(Initially published at Untangling Tales)
I think the reason Kendra’s post meant so much to me was wrapped up in #5, and the rest were about understanding and surviving in that universe.
5. For many of us, homeschooling isn’t an option. Many believe it is not only the best way for their family, it is the only [...]

You can’t feel them yet, but when he’s crying, wide-mouthed, there they are: two on the bottom.

Our living room has returned to its proper place (sans bookcase). And we’re still trying to figure out where the tape deck, etc. will go in our new arrangement, but the girls room is back to its normal level of stuff, and I’m suddenly energized.
Lara (from church) says her coping mechanism is just to [...]