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Month: July 2011

Family Activities, Play, Relationships

Delightful and Serene

The sun spills brilliant colors on my laughing children as they swing, dance about, and play in the sand. What dreams they make with their…

Create, Games, Parenting, Play

Kitchen Tool or Toy? Both!

The kids played with these wire racks from the kitchen and turned them into toys — spinning tops. I just love seeing the boys invent…

Homeschooling - Baby to Toddler, Play, Reading

Freely Play, Freely Learn

Tuesdays give me alot of time with my youngest kids, Titus and Tiana, because Edric takes Elijah and Edan with him. While they attend their…

Uncategorized

“How Does The Baby Get Into The Mommy’s Tummy?”

I came across an interesting article that connected the rise in better contraception with the decline in parent’s indoctrination about the hazards of premarital sex,…

Homeschooling - Baby to Toddler, Parenting, Reading, Relationships

Ah, the Classics

Titus is loving this book. Last Christmas Edric’s uncle (fondly called Tito Jojo by all of us) packed this very heavy book in his suitcase…

Family Activities, Games, Parenting & Homeschooling, Uncategorized

Screen Media: The Modern Day Pacifier of Our Children

I must confess that today I didn’t really homeschool. Okay, the kids did a little bit of work here and there, but I was so…

Create, Family Activities, Parenting, Play

What Children Do When They Don’t Watch TV

We dropped by Hobbes and Landes this afternoon and the kids picked out a 3-D puzzle set of famous architectural structures. They spent several hours…

Family Activities, Parenting, Reading, Relationships

Can You Read A Story?

As often as possible, I try to read stories to the kids before they go to bed at night. We were pretty busy over the…

Bible, Character Building, Homeschool, Parenting, Relationships, Uncategorized

How Are Your Generation iY Children?

I am reading an incredibly enlightening book called Generation iY by Tim Elmore. He defines Generation iY as people who were born between the years…

Family Activities, Play, Relationships

Cookies!

Sunday night bonding while baking 🙂

Character Building, Parenting, Relationships

The Big Mistake

I made a big mistake with one of my kids when we were at the beach. After an entire day of dealing with his negative…

Bible, Character Building, Parenting, Play

Truth Be Told

Edan and Elijah really enjoy the board game we play called 7 Wonders. It has been one of our recent bonding activities and they get…

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