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.
I am so excited for the end of the month. I get to fly to LA to see my sister for 4 days! Four days alone iwth my sister to go to tea and eat out and shop and hang out at the beach. Just me and my sister. My hubby is so good to me! While I am there I am hoping to get a perm from the same lady who did my sister's hair. Hers turned out adorable so I am hoping for the same result, and seeing chickadee's hair convinced me to try something new.
Another thing happening at the end of the month is hubby's birthday. I won't say how old he is but it is a decade marker and I feel like I need to make it a big deal out of it. The problem is I have no idea what to do for his birthday. I am stumped for the first time in 12 years. Throw some ideas at me! I need it!
Spring! I am so ready for it. I feel like my life has been in a winter for far too long and I am looking forward to some spring in it. I am not just talking about the weather either, although a little sunshine and warmer weather will be helpful. I need renewal. I need a spring in my step and a new outlook on life. I need joy. Will you pray for me that the Lord brings me to this place?
An experiment:
I feel like our school days need to look differently. I guess we all get to the place at this time of year where we need to change things up a bit. I have noticed that my children are not behaving as they should. No wonder when their mama isn't either. Today we did something different. Maybe you all do this and I am just figuring it out now. We spent the morning together. Yep- sounds strange huh? You are wondering how that is different from a normal day around here. Well it is and let my tell you how. When the kids got ready for school, we had breakfast and then sat at the table for some discussion of going over the 21 Rules of the House by Josh and Gregg Harris. Then we got to work, with chores, together. One room was worked on together. I needed to monitor their interaction with each other and catch all that needs to change. After we did a fair amount of cleaning we had some read aloud time. We had lunch and then an appointment. The big difference is the together part. This week, while we won't focus on too much of the academics, we will do more chores, more reading together and silently, and games and puzzle activities together. Notice the word "together"? It is the key word in our day. I need to spend time with them, interacting with them. I plan on seeing fruit from this. I pray I can keep it up.
I have also been seeing some attitudes in our home that need changing. I was talking to my best friend abotu thsi and told her that I needed to start fromt he top down.... as I was talking to her it hitme that I was at the top.. so we are all working and I also am expecting fruit fromt his.
Enjoy the time with your sister! It is such a blessing to have that relationship. I have also ben blessed to have a great relationship with my sister.
Maria
Loving Heavenly Father,
I lift Susan up to you and I pray that You will fill her with Your joy and peace. Guide her in her school days with any changes and bless her abundantly with Your wonder and love. In Jesus' name, Amen
How nice that you'll get to see your sister! My sister is moving to New Jersey and I am already planning the trip in my mind. My sister and I aren't close, but she's still family and I'll really enjoy the long airpline ride.
sounds like fun at your house. perms are fun IF (very important word "if") you get a good one. Mine this past summer was a nightmare, horreeeeeeeeble. We're talking major breakage! Couldn't comb through my hair!!! Not trying to scare you b/c your sister must have had a decent perm.
Nice on the together time, yay momma!
Meanwhile my kids had no momma today due to my wonderful IBS kicking in and leaving me for dead on my bed, :( all afternoon. I hate when that happens! I can't parent, can't school, can't anything! Have a great together week!
Love Jen
ps no ideas on presents, my dh just wants the Geneva Bible (Xmas) and Annals of the world (got it) and stuff like that...
It's not too difficult to stick close when the kids are so little (mostly out of neccesity), but I have found that's a bit easier to send 'em off to do chores, read, etc. by themselves as they get older. Thanks for the reminder that doing things "together" is so important! It does build our relationships as a family (AND friends).
Blessings to you this day!
