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Monthly Archives: June 2011

Someday, I Want to Be An Architect

At the age of four, our eldest son, Elijah, expressed that he wanted to be an architect. Since then we have encouraged the pursuit this dream by being intentional about the activities he invests his time doing. I downloaded an app that features all the architectural masterpieces of the world, which also helps his geography. … Continue reading »

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A Day in the Life of Homeschooling

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Bible Verse Art

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Happy Father’s Day, Hon!

I married a most amazing man who became a most amazing father to our children. Thank you for being a Malachi dad to our sons and daughter. I want to honor you for letting our God turn your heart to the hearts of our children. Malachi 4:6 He will turn the hearts of the fathers … Continue reading »

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Easy Read-a-loud Book

Titus is enjoying this book now.We read a story a day and he is able to sit through it and pay attention. It’s called Stories Jesus Told by Nick Butterworth and Mick Inkpen and it is based on the parables of Jesus. I bought it at OMF Bookstore sometime ago for my older kids who … Continue reading »

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A Father’s Prayer

One of the best things a father can do is teach his son the way he should go, but a greater father knows that this an impossible task without God’s intervention and help. On Saturday morning, January 17,2004, Papa (Edric’s father), emailed this prayer to Edric. Since then Edric has kept the print out of … Continue reading »

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Gatekeepers

As we celebrated my brother’s birthday last week, we spent time honoring him and sharing what we appreciated about him. Honoring people on their birthdays was a tradition that we picked up from my husband, Edric, who used to do the same thing growing up. We have practiced this over the years and it is … Continue reading »

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Bible Devotion for the Week

The boys recite their memory verse for the week and “interpret” them on their own. Edan recites Proverbs 17:22 Titus recites Proverbs 17:22 Elijah recites Proverbs 17:22   Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on FacebookShare on Linkedinshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet about itSubscribe to the comments on this postPrint for laterBookmark in BrowserTell a friend

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Opportunities to Shine

A couple weeks ago Elijah and Edan participated in the Homeschool Association of the Philippines (Hapi) Homeschool Fair at Valle Verde 5. Homeschool kids displayed their art projects or science projects, and performed music and dance numbers. It was a good experience for my boys. They got to explain their projects to people who stopped … Continue reading »

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Museum and Lunch

We had a yummy discovery this week — a delicious restaurant to take the family to that won’t burn holes in our pockets. Along Katipunan, near White Plains, and a few meters after Lapid’s Chicharon, is a new restaurant called Silya at Sili. In my opinion, they serve some of the best Filipino food! It’s … Continue reading »

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