Those of you who know us IRL know that we are facing a serious health issue with one of our children. I don’t blog much about it because he has asked that I respect his privacy. And I’m fine with that. Granted, for a words oriented, people girl like me, it’s hard to keep this out [...]
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Ever want to just scream?
Posted in Parenting, general musings/writings on September 3, 2009 | 2 Comments »
My Kindergartner
Posted in Parenting, general musings/writings, life with my children on August 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Mr 5 is attending Kindergarten.
It’s a big step.
For him and for me.
We are in year-round schools and so his first week is this week. He has had a BALL ! Absolutely loves it. Which makes it much easier on this mama. This mama who held tightly while at the same time trying to let go [...]
Oh the weather outside
Posted in Parenting, general musings/writings, large family, life with my children on January 20, 2009 | 3 Comments »
It’s snowing! Here..in the South! My children, who are born midwesterners, are SO excited!
We have a full day of no school, sledding, trying to dig out from the closet snow boots that fit, mittens, snow angels, snowmen, and hot chocolate ahead of us. I love these times when we’re playing [...]
Managers of their Chores
Posted in Managers of their Chores, Parenting, Works for Me!, tagged Managers of Their Chroes, special needs parenting, Works for Me! on January 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I ordered Managers of their Chores from Titus 2 ministries. It arrived on Saturday and I have been plowing my way through it. What a terrific book! It is a hands-on way to develop a chore system with your family. At the end, you will have prayerfully put together a chore [...]
Duggar Family: 20 and Counting
Posted in Parenting, Works for Me!, large family on January 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I spoke about this book in an earlier post and decided I wanted to go a bit more in depth on it in this post. I was going to make it my Works for Me Wednesday for yesterday, but I missed the link deadline~
I received the book “Duggar Family: 20 and Counting” (www.duggarfamily.com) [...]
Parenting with Intention: Tone of Voice
Posted in Parenting, Parenting with Intention, Works for Me!, autism, special needs on December 9, 2008 | 4 Comments »
*Update: I’m using this for Works for Me Wednesday. The entire series can be found by selecting the Parenting with Intention category. I plan to write on this topic through at least January)
My children (all boys ages 4-13) are generally respectful and speak kindly to one another and to us as parents. [...]
Parenting with Intention: Table Manners
Posted in Parenting, Parenting with Intention, Works for Me!, special needs on December 6, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I’ve been thinking about doing a Parenting with Intention series for a while now. I decided to post some drafts I’ve had typed up for a bit. I’ve wanted to talk about parenting special needs and typical children for awhile. I don’t have it all together by any means. But by typing, I think things [...]
Proud mama
Posted in Parenting, autism, life with my children, special needs on November 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I meant to write this up last week when it occured and then got busy and didn’t get it done.
My three older boys have a “friend” who lives in the house behind us. This boy just started middle school this year and it’s been an interesting transition. Instead of playing first with my children (particulary [...]
Chores with Children…a great system
Posted in Parenting, large family, life with my children on November 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I may have found just about the best system for organizing children’s chores ever! I didn’t think of it and can’t take credit for it. But I will definately post the link here so you can check it out. It’s posted on a blog called “Loved already” which I love. Melissa is doing [...]
Family Bible Time
Posted in Parenting, Works for Me!, large family on November 12, 2008 | 3 Comments »
It’s Works for Me Wednesday again at Rocks in My Dryer . If you’d like to see a lot of wonderful tips on a lot of topics, visit her site and play along with us!
My tip this week is for Family Bible Time. I’ve struggled for years to come up with a Bible time that [...]
