Tag: parenting

Mom’s Night Out: Movie Review

about, movies

  Last night Alan and I booked a babysitter and went to see the new movie “Mom’s Night Out.” Thankfully, MY night out was a lot less eventful/stressful than the one you will watch in the movie. This was a seriously cute, wholesome, sometimes funny, sometimes tear-jerker movie. It was produced by a Christian film company, and stars several unknown actors, but also has Patricia Heaton and Trace Atkins, which is also awesome. Actually, some of the other actors looked […]

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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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Why I LOVE the Proverbs 31 Woman

Bible, New Year's goals, Proverbs 31, Romans 7

~sweet moments~   Have you ever noticed that when you vow to do something or to not do something, it suddenly becomes harder than ever to do/not do that thing??   It reminds me of a Bible passage that we discussed in our Sunday School class last week: 15 I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. And if I do what I do not want to do, I […]

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My Favorite Parenting Book: “Growing Kids God’s Way”

books, parenting

***This post contains affiliate links. If you purchase through ads on this page, I earn a small fee from Amazon.***   Life is full of different seasons.  Last year was a really happy, exciting season for me.  Sure, I had two elementary boys and a toddler to take care of, but Dan is an excellent napper and quite mature for his age (all 3rd children must be), and the boys were happy and humming along nicely, so it wasn’t so […]

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I Have Four Small Children and a little trouble getting to Solla Sollew!!!!!!!!

books, hard times, little boys, parenting, potty training

I guess toddlers are kind of like cats.  Put a box down, and in they go.  Today little John David turns 3 months old. I have no adorable new photo to post.  Check out Tuesday’s post for that.  He still looks the same.  ; )  I have no exciting new milestone news to share, and  I have no energy.  I DO have a horrible case of hay fever.       Do you know what’s harder than taking care of […]

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Beat Down Momma with 4 Under 7

baby, little boys, parenting
beat down mama

None of us would make it as parents if it weren’t for moments like these. There are days in the great game of parenting where you just feel beat down.  That’s me today. I am the beat down momma. I’m just so tired of hearing myself say things like: -“No, get back in bed.” -“Joshua–Caleb–Daniel!”   ….because for some reason both Alan and I seem to have to always go through all the wrong names before we find the right […]

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I Love Being a Boy Mom and This is Why

boy mom, little boys, parenting
I love being a boy mom and this is why.

I mean really there are a billion reasons why I LOVE being a boy mom, and I cannot list them all. But I am going to do my best to paint a picture of this life and how fun it can be. People often laugh when I tell them that I have four boys. Actually, I laugh when I really think about it!  And still people constantly ask me if I’m going to “try for that girl”.  Well, the answer […]

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Pre-Birth Jitters: Too Excited to Sleep at Night!

art, Caleb, parenting, pictures, pregnancy, third trimester
pre-birth jitters

***Too Excited to Sleep*** I have the worse pre-birth jitters ever!!! This is so crazy and ridiculous, but for about a week now I have been too excited to go to sleep at night!! I’ve been having to take naps when Dan does in order to finish out my day, but then when it’s time to go to bed, forget it.  I’m not uncomfortable.  I’m not one of these that makes constant trips to the facilities. I just lie there […]

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The Importance of The Day of Rest

boat, Caleb, faith

Sunday is the Lord’s Day here at our house. This is the day that we go to church, and ideally this is also the day we finally get some quiet rest at home.  Isn’t it annoying when organizations try to take that restful day away from you with ideas of work you can do instead??  Bleh.  I was afraid this was going to be one of those kind of Sundays, as both Alan and I had meetings to attend at church, […]

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Epilepsy Update

Caleb, epilepsy, Joshua, parenting, pregnancy

Most of you already know that Caleb was diagnosed with epilepsy (a person who has had two or more seizures with unknown cause) a year ago. All but one of his seizures has been full-on convulsions in his sleep.  The one exception was an absence seizure, which he had a year and a half ago, in the swimming pool. He was standing there, and then his eyes crossed as he stared off into space, and he couldn’t hear or respond […]

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