I’ve been talking a lot about my hermit problem, and I want you all to know that things are getting so much better around here. The boys are finally opening up a little more at tutoring. I had to practically drag them away from there today! Even John David doesn’t cry when I drop him off for the tutoring childcare! We have all met plenty of people that we truly like, and the fact is that I haven’t met one single […]
» Read moreMy goal for February is to focus more on the positive things that I love about my children. There are SO many, and as parents, I firmly believe we should be praising them way more than we are correcting them. Why does that sometimes seem hard? It’s all in how we think, isn’t it? I do not want my children to remember me as the mom that fussed at them all the time! Kids thrive on positive feedback. I know […]
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When we first moved to California, I was so EXCITED!!! I live within 10 minutes of beaches, swimming pools, hiking, an aquarium, glory, glory, glory!!! This is going to be FUN. We are going to take exciting field trips all the time, I thought. We are going to be pros at this. The boys will get to see how the beach is different every time you go. We went to the store and purchased wet suits. We had BIG plans. […]
» Read moreOccasionally, I think about how bizarro some of my steeped-in-the-Bible thoughts may sound to my non-Christian friends that read this blog. Even more occasionally, I exercise! And today I did both! I went running, something that I used to LOVE, but never do anymore. Don’t you do the best thinking and praying when you are out walking or running? I certainly do. Before I went running, I was reading Matthew 22. That’s all part of my plan to study Jesus […]
» Read moreBOOM!! bounce bounce bounce The school day is done, and I was answering blog comments, and I heard this loud noise. Don’t worry. All is well. I ran to check it out. I scanned the front yard. No one there, but it sounded like someone had hit our house with a basketball! Weird! Just then, Joshua barged in the back door and proudly proclaimed, “I just kicked a soccer ball OVER the roof! I’ll go get it!” Big boys. I […]
» Read moreWe had a surprisingly fun day of school today at Ants in Our Pants Elementary School! 🙂 We introduced all of our new memory work for the week, and then we spent about half an hour on reviewing work from past weeks. I’ve been wanting to do this game that’s been floating in my head for weeks, and we finally did it today! The Review Olympics!! It’s more like a centers relay race, only I had the boys do it […]
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It all started with Caleb’s scooter accident on Sunday…apparently that was an omen of sorts. The next big challenge was that we promoted J.D. to a toddler bed. This has never been a big deal for us. I remember Joshua was so good at sleeping on a toddler mat,
» Read moreLately I’ve felt a little discouraged by the national and international news. Ugh. I hate to think about all the problems we are not dealing with and are instead handing down to our children! How do we keep on going and enjoying life, and not shutting down every social media account that we have in the face of great fear and opposition? How do we resist the urge to lock our children up in their rooms and bolt the doors? […]
» Read moreBy the end of the homeschool day, I have this NEED to zone out. Does herding children all day make you feel as beat as it does me??? Blogging is my version of zoning out, so let me tell ya what’s been going on lately in our School for Wiggly Boys. -Things are going well. Caleb is making a speedy recovery. Yesterday, you could see his lip shrinking all day long. It was quite the wonder. Today he looks […]
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Sometimes I wondered if my life would become less interesting as my children get older and “more mature.”
BAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Nope. When people say that there is never a dull moment in raising four boys, that is a very literal, literal statement.
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