Category: parenting

The Just-Moved-In Phase

homeschool, military life, moving, parenting

Life kicked me around a little bit this week. A lot of things happened:  not unpacking. Not much of that happened at all. First, there was the whole beginning home-schooling thing–which I did before I even finished unpacking my house. (Maybe that wasn’t my BEST idea.) Then there was the energy problem. As in, I just don’t have enough–especially after 1pm. What is that? Second, we’re in that whole just-moved-in phase. We are still learning our area and even our […]

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Breaking into the Home-School World

family, homeschool, military life, moving, parenting, prayer, school, stay-at-home mom

I just spent an hour typing out a blog post that I was unusually happy with. I thought my computer was plugged in and all was well. It wasn’t. I thought, “No big deal. It automatically saves…..” It didn’t. You will be happy to know that I did not panic. I felt sad, but I internalized all of my bad feelings rather than annoy anyone by “venting” my frustration. That’s right. You can look for an April explosion from this […]

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What I Really Needed to Know About Motherhood, I Learned from My Mom

grandparents, military life, parenting

I’m here visiting my parents and hanging out with my children. We’ve all been trying to catch up on our rest–my parents from their 2 weeks of 4 small grandchildren–and me from all the traveling. I am just so thankful for my parents. As many women are poring over parenting books, trying to figure out how to “be a good mom”, I haven’t bothered to do that much of that. Yes, I realize I’m far from perfect, but I don’t […]

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Military Kids and Moving

friends, grandparents, hard times, military life, moving, parenting

  My kids are the classic military kids. They have weathered years of deployments. They have said good-bye to so many friends, and they have moved several times in their short lives. This particular move is bigger for the boys, though. This is the first move that Joshua and Caleb will remember for the rest of their lives. Saying good-bye to people that you are close to, people that are like family, is hard. It’s also hard to watch your […]

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The 11th Park Tribe: The Archaeologists

friends, funny stories, Joshua, kid quotes, little boys, parenting

“Bring on the summer,” they say. This group of boys is so adorable, and this is just a few. There’s really a whole slew of them, ranging in age from 3 (Dan included) to 10. They gather at our local park after school, and yes, there are girls in the group as well. A few of the kids have recently begun migrating into the backyard of a friend of ours, that happens to have this hammock and a really cool […]

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Living Everywhere, We Have Learned that the People Make the Place

attitude, friends, God, military life, moving, parenting, washington dc

I thought this picture was perfect for that nervous, excited but sad, feeling that you get, just as you are about to move. We are four weeks out from the longest distance, most emotional move we’ve ever made.   This will be our eighth move. However, this is the very first move where our little boys are old enough to understand it.  We’ve been in the area for five years and in this house for three.  We have never lived […]

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Why Daniel Will Never Be “in Charge” Again

Daniel, funny stories, parenting, three year old, toddlers

  We found this the other day.  Hey, he fully understands what to do with shaving cream, I will say that for him. Just for the record:  I was out walking, and I left Alan in charge, so this one wasn’t my fault. Speaking of ‘in charge’, I will never, ever leave Daniel “in charge” again. I often tell Joshua or Caleb they are ‘in charge’ of the others while I take a shower or run outside to check the […]

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Keppra Caleb: Dealing with Childhood Epilepsy

brothers, Caleb, epilepsy, parenting

 I firmly believe that God often prepares us for future events.  Ever since college, I have witnessed lots of different kinds of seizures in many different people.  There are so many different kinds of seizures that a person can have!! The full-body convulsions that most of us think of are just one of the many ways that people can experience seizures.    I have seen those, but I’ve also known a couple of people that just passed out. I’ve even […]

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The Mid-Day Slump

babies, baby, baby milestones, breastfeeding, John David, parenting

I tend to start my days off really, really slowly.  I drag myself downstairs, or usually one of the boys drags me down the stairs.  I feed people.  I make myself coffee. An hour later, I’m fully awake and ready to tackle the day.  I make a list and have GREAT BIG, HUGE plans to save the world and solve all of my problems that day.  I begin crossing things off my list. Mishaps happen along the way, and by […]

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“Doctor say JUICE.” Funny Moments from Raising Four Boys

baby milestones, big family life, Caleb, cub scouts, Daniel, juice, little boys, pajamas, parenting, toddlers
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If you read my last post, Our Vacation Nightmare, then you know that this wasn’t our best week.  Now it’s Friday night, and as I sit here, with Alan beside me, and all of our children sleeping soundly, none of that even matters anymore. I love it when we sit and talk about all the cute and funny things our children have done lately.  And whose heart wouldn’t melt from having little almost-three-years old Dan keep visiting my room, after […]

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