Today is Good Friday. Has my mental detox been successful? Well, I know for sure that shining the light of the Word up there in my head has illuminated a lot of junk. I’m reminded of a Bible study I attended years ago with a fun-loving group of ladies in various stages of life. We were tackling a booklet on…
There isn’t any white cheese left and my four year old wants the white cheese. The Bob the Builder DVD from the library is the wrong Bob the Builder, the old claymation affair from 15 years ago, not the jazzed up new version. (Yes, we still get DVD’s from the library, which, according to my younger sister, is “sooo quaint!”)…
It is 9:08 PM and I am ignoring the voices, footsteps, thumps and loud crashes from the direction of the “big girls’” room. Yikes. Bedtime is pretty hairy yet, two weeks into our new sleeping arrangements. I’ll start with the good news: once they are both asleep, they stay in their room until morning. Also, our six month old sweetie…
It is yet another example of God’s great timing that this exciting parenting resource has fallen into my lap. With three little ones, often my only goal is survival! At times, it does have to be that way. But as they grow, and I see how very different they are from each other (and from me!), I am finding that…
When it comes to anger and losing our temper with our kids, we have two factors working against us: winter and sleep deprivation. We can’t do anything about the winter. As I write this, the snow is falling. Again. Winter just shortens everyone’s fuse. And, 99% of the time, we really can’t do anything about the sleep deprivation, either. I…