Saturday, June 29, 2013

Book Club

I have been dying to read Siblings Without Rivalry for a long time.  I ordered it on Amazon nearly a year ago and took a peek.  I have to fully confess though; I have not read it.  Mostly due to time (not having enough of it); so when I logged onto Pinterest and saw a pin for an online book club featuring this read, I was elated!!!!

If you'd like to join, please hop on over to childhood101.com and sign up!  If any of you have read it, I'd love to hear your thoughts and comments on this highly talked about book!

Hope to see you all there!


A Prettier Blog



So I woke up this morning thinking that my blog needed more fun buttons; decor, and a more detailed appearance. I then googled sites that I thought would be helpful and was bombarded by a host of online tutorials that seemed very time consuming!




What are some great sites and places that can navigate the elementary mom bloggers in their journey for a more detailed blog??? I'd love to hear!




Happy Saturday!!

Friday, June 28, 2013

Thursday, June 20, 2013

A day in the life...

So basically today as I layed all four kids down to bed, my eyes fell upon a verse that I have read before; however I have not read it in this translation.  

"A wise woman keeps all the people in her household busy and productive." ~The Message

That is a verse from Proverbs and I regret not having the exact address (I'm thinking somewhere in chapter 31); however I will add it as soon as I find it.

I would be lying if I told you that it was a nice verse that I live by, so I will just tell you the truth and tell you how convicting it was for me to read that.  Usually, I do strive to be this woman; however today I was in physical pain.  The day kind of dragged by until I got tired of it "dragging" which turned out to be very fun.  (More about that later).  I shouldn't be too hard on myself; we did start out with a craft and the girls were able to find a decent amount of time to build their fairy houses.

So, after our 2 hour park adventure, I allowed the kids to have about 15 minutes of "quiet time" that I used to transition them into the evening/dinner.  Of course, my 8 year old picked the TV.  I allowed him to watch the Christian station which to my surprise has been teaching him more than I thought.  As I was taking a load of laundry to the laundry room; I heard the character on TV saying that God will give us special abilities at the right time for us to be able to overcome what we are dealing with.  Amazing!  So simply put.  I knew this but had never heard it described in such a "child-like" way.  And I loved it!!!  It was a small little reminder that I needed to remember at the moment.  And I will! :)