“Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.” James 1:2-4As I interact with baby #3, now two weeks old, it keeps striking me what a different mommy I am than when I had my first baby. No, I haven’t morphed into super-mommy or “arrived” by any means (Philippians 3:12), but God has changed...
Well, baby brother has finally arrived and we are loving him! Silas James was born last week and we are all in the throes of adjusting to life with five, each in our own way. We are keeping a newborn’s sleeping schedule and spending lots of time staring at this sweet face. It’s noon andI’m still in jammies as I write and nurse this guy. The girls are watching Wild Kratts, their current favorite, My now-middle child has a...
For art these past few weeks we’ve worked on making some polar bears for homeschool, so I made a polar bear facts printable for you to download for your kiddos! I realize it’s not a very exciting coloring page since polar bears are white and penguins are white and black. Ha ha. At least the coloring-averse child will be happy! Feel free to add some light blue and gray to your polar bear’s fur. If you want to make...
I’ve felt needy for a long time now. Not on my spiritual A-game. On my last nerve with my children for months. Tired. And right now–very pregnant and waiting. I was thinking this morning that feeling needy is actually closer to the truth of who we are than other feeling. Pride, feeling like we have it together, independence–these are the things that led to our fall as humans in the first place.What is the truth about us? “‘In him we live...
We’ve wrapped up our first semester of homeschool kindergarten, so I thought I’d share our curriculum, schedule & a few things that we’ve enjoyed in the homeschool room . . . if you’re interested in that sort of thing! 🙂 On a side note, we are still waiting for baby boy to arrive!! 1. Curriculum we used: Long Story Short for Bible reading. We just follow the reading schedule, which is what she’s also doing in Sunday School. Sonlight...
I’m waiting, not so patiently. Thirty-seven week pregnant and three weeks (or less) seem so far away. I realize when I’m forced to wait that my faith is often small, my hope short, and my patience untested. I am waiting for a baby that will most definitely come at some point. Small potatoes. Others in my life are waiting too:One for a foster child to fill a beautifully decorated room in her home.One on a chaotic government to come...
