Tag: Christmas

The Christmas Miracle, Followed by My Great Christmas Crash

4 kids, Christmas, parenting, vacation

Almost two weeks ago, I set out with my four boys to fly from California to Georgia for Christmas. We managed to arrive in one piece, with all of our luggage, but that was not the miracle. Or maybe that was also a miracle. ha! As I shepherded the four of them, plus myself, our five back-packs, and countless electronic gadgets through the security machines, we followed the rules very nicely, and I counted the heads of my children 300 […]

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I believe in humility, in acknowledging that I don’t have all the answers.

books, Christmas, God, poetry

Is the Christmas stress beginning to set in for any of you? I can feel it. Christmas is more of a Mega-Urgent Task for me this year. I’m spending next week away at Science Camp with my kids. I’m afraid it’s going to be one of those no t.v./no internet sort of deals, since it’s a retreat center. That bums me out. How’s a girl supposed to entertain two pre-schoolers all day and night and do any Christmas shopping, without […]

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My Pinterest Fail and other funny stories. Bring it, Christmas!

Christmas, family, food, funny stories, holidays

I am excited about the holidays! So excited! Mostly because it means I don’t have to teach as much. Is that wrong? I was at the chiropractor’s office today, when lo and behold, Daniel’s new preschool teacher walked in. I admitted to her that her job was much too hard on the back for me. Just the one day of volunteering had me running home to my hot pack. But you know what? She loves teaching. It’s her calling! I’m […]

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“Handcuffs, A Balloon, and A Car” Let the shopping begin!

Christmas, holidays

It’s the week before Thanksgiving. At our house that means that Alan’s entire family is doing their Christmas shopping. They will be completely finished before the rest of us even start. I just wanted to pass that info on. Maybe it will help motivate other Christmas slackers, like myself. I asked Daniel today, “What do you want for Christmas, sweetie?” “Um…handcuffs..” “Handcuffs?” “Yup. And a balloon!” “Oh, good,” I mused to myself, “I can do all of this boy’s shopping […]

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Just the Funny Paper: Hilarious Toddler Stories

family, funny stories, John David
Just the Funny Paper: Hilarious Toddler Stories

JD is obsessed with three things: dirt, Lightning McQueen, and Mom. After all, he’s two. He inherited at least one Lightning McQueen car from his big bros, but he has also been given several as gifts. He got at least one for Christmas, he got three or more for his birthday, plus he got one when Nonna visited. All total, I’m thinking there should be a pile of 10 Lightning McQueens somewhere in this house, yet we can never find […]

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This Year

Bible verses, blessings, Christmas, goals

Christmas vacation was exactly what I think I needed. It was so refreshing to spend time with our families. I was horribly selfish. I slept late every single morning. No, really. One day, I actually slept until 1:00pm. No kidding! I did almost no work at all. None. I sat on sofas, opened presents galore, drank copious amounts of flavored coffee and let other people chase J.D. around. You can’t pour sweet tea from a broken pitcher, and this Momma […]

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Thank you. Merry Christmas. Excuse Me. I’m sorry.

4 kids, Christmas, parenting, vacation

When you travel cross-country for Christmas with four squirmy little boys, there are lots of opportunities to rub elbows with the general public. I’m a little different than some parents, because I TRULY enjoy these opportunities to be out, even with my children in tow.  I love people! I miss people! We’ve all read a whole lot of internet articles of parents complaining about things people say to them and their children in public!   They complain about comments like […]

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Of course, Mom ends up packing everybody’s suitcase.

4 kids, big family life, Christmas, funny stories, vacation

We are packing for a nine day trip. Don’t worry. No one can rob us. While we are gone, we have a house sitter, so I feel bold enough to share this. Who do you think does the packing in a house of five males and one woman?  Call me sexist, I don’t care. The answer is Me. I will naturally be handling this. Don’t short change Alan, though. If you haven’t figured this out yet, he does MOST of […]

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“See it how I see it.”

4 kids, attitude, big family life, homeschool, housekeeping, stay-at-home mom

Do you ever get messed up in how you see things? You work, and you work, and you work, but you are never done, and after awhile the sky seems to be falling, you’ve forgotten to take time for fun, and suddenly all of the joy that should be in your heart is snuffed out like a candle on a birthday cake. Well, that’s been me for…well, since we moved, I guess. I just keep telling myself that if I […]

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The #1 Best Gift You Can Give This Christmas

blessings, Christmas

Christmas is about giving, right? It’s the way we remember what God gave to us: love, forgiveness, Jesus. With Compassion International you can give directly to the kids who are in the most need, all over the world. I have never lived at the level of poverty that we will be discussing today. However, I have lived in several different financial levels throughout my life. The low point was my college years, when I lived on granola bars and very […]

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