I'm a homeschool mom of 3 daughters. My aim in life is to glorify God by loving and serving my family, grow personally in my walk with Him, and being a Titus 2 woman to those younger than me. This blog is to share what God is doing in my life and in the life of our homeschool.
Princess is 9 years old . She was born a princess and continues to hold the title. She loves all things girlie and is talented in all things crafty.
Pixie is 7 and a half. She has a passion for truth, loves rocks and shells and has a huge collection of them.
Peanut is 5. She is fun loving, happy all the time and can make anybody laugh.
Tonight was my HOPE meeting and we had a guest speaker. She has graduated her two girls from homeschool. She spoke with us about teaching our children manners. It was such a good reminder to focus on some issues that keep cropping up in my own children. I think the most important point was that we teach our children manners in order for them to honor others. I loved that. Everything we do that is polite is for the other person. I can't wait to start using that lingo with the kids.
In talking with my husband tonight about how the evening went with the girls, he explained his difficulty with our spoiled youngest. Basically it didn't go too well. She doesn't like to clean up. It's my fault. I have babied her too much and let her get away with not following through. I need to change the way I parent her. So I came up with an idea for this week. She is going to practice cleaning up. Believe me there is always somethings that needs picking up. Here's the catch. While she is picking up, she will need to say the object and it's beginning sound. She is learning her letter sounds and we will just combine two activities into one!! She is also very kinistetic, so this ought to work out well.
Today the girls had a craft party with our friends with two girls. We always look forward to our craft times with this family. Tomorrow I will post pictures!
It must be the baby of the family syndrome or something. I realized a few months ago that I had not done a good job training my youngest, thinking he was so young. Then one day I realized that he is BIG and how did I let things slide for so long? It takes work, but she'll learn and her hear will soften, and your family will grow and benefit because of it. Bless you on this area of your parenting!
Sounds like it was good- I had very intention of coming and completely forgot! We were gone over the weekend and yesterday felt all out of whack, so it was probably best that I stayed home, but I was looking forward to it.
Hope you have a great day with your three!
Rebeca
I always enjoy reading what you have to say! You sound like such a wise woman! I am glad for the reminder to focus on manners. There are so many teaching moments that I pass up.
