Read Phil 1:6 Click on this link to read the passage. You may select your preferred version of the Bible after the link opens. Children are prone to mess up over and over on one thing or another. It’s just a part of growing up. Messy rooms, messy eating, telling stories… Young moms can probably name these faster than I can think of them now that my daughter has children of her own. How critical should we be with
These boats were made with homemade play dough. The bird bath served as our puddle and the wend blew the boats around. I ate a half of an avocado out of it’s shell with a spoon. When I was finished eating it, the shell made me think of a little toy sailboat. Some clay, purchased or homemade**, (or maybe just some chewed bubblegum) could be pressed into the bottom of the shell to weight it so it wouldn’t tip over
I had to throw in an unplanned post for my No TV Week series. I just discovered this great blog post about making spring cleaning fun and games with kids. Can’t think of a better alternative for TV watching if you can pull it off! Good luck… Spring Cleaning: 12 Fun Ways to Get Your Kids Involved
How easy it is to take weather for granted. Haven’t we all been caught off-guard on occasion when we opened the door to leave for work and discovered we should have dressed warmer… or cooler… or planned time to defrost the car’s windshield? Our children can get caught off-guard in the same way. In this day of easy access to information parents can create some meaningful and mutually useful family time by making a weekly weather calendar with their children. A
It’s been many years ago, but I still smile when I recall some of our first shopping trips with my baby. One early purchase was a yellow Baby Beans doll. We held it up to her and she reached out and said “baby.” Even before she could talk it was obvious that she had caught on that you could go to a store and get things. One day we were walking through a store and she noticed a huge stuffed bear. When