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Wordless Wednesday: First Taste of Ice Cream

Wordless Wednesday: First Taste of Ice Cream


A New Kind of Time Out

A New Kind of Time Out

The girls have been fighting more and more lately, and beyond simple bickering, I think it’s because they’re taking each other for granted. I have a great relationship with my little sister (even though she’s 9 years younger than me!), and it’s very, very important to us that our girls value their relationships with one [...]

Week in the Life: Day 7

Week in the Life: Day 7

Friday, April 23:
**phew, we’re done!

Creative genius at work.

One of my favorite “parenting” books. Rereading it again.

On a call in my office. The bottom shelf is going to be a picture shelf as soon as I get frames. Yes, my Keurig coffee maker is under my desk.

Not the best picture quality, but I love it!

My Snap [...]

Week in the Life: Day 6

Week in the Life: Day 6

Thursday, April 22:
**last day of swim lessons!

Baby girl woke up early and played in her crib for a little bit before joining Daddy in bed. I realized after an hour that it was extremely quiet, so I went to check on them, and this is what I found!

Deer on the hill.

Our home. We’re hoping this [...]

Week in the Life: Day 5

Week in the Life: Day 5

Wednesday, 4/21:
**not nearly as many pictures yesterday (but making up for it today!)

This is not really where we keep our school books, but after the weight of them came crashing down off the first shelf we put up, we’re reevaluating where to put them!

You can’t tell, but Pumpkin Doodle got her “habit reminder” appliance to [...]

Week in the Life: Day 4

Week in the Life: Day 4

Tuesday, April 20th:
**it was just me and the two little ones this morning, so most of the pictures today are of the two of them!

Week in the Life: Day 3

Week in the Life: Day 3

Monday, April 19th:
**many pictures; few words.

Note to self: brush the two-year-old’s hair tomorrow…

Tylenol for the babies, the strong stuff for the daddy.

We really do eat dinner together. They just couldn’t wait for us to get to the table before they dug in!

Teaching her sister how to praise Jesus. Be still my heart.

Leading worship…

Week in the Life: Day 2

Week in the Life: Day 2

Sunday, April 18th:
I woke up yesterday morning with the stomach flu, so this is the only picture I took.

This was my view for most of the day, with my Kindle, a piece of paper for writing notes, my old cellphone as a clock, a mug full of ice and some toys that the girls and [...]

Week in the Life: Day 1

Week in the Life: Day 1

Saturday, April 17th:
**no words; just pictures

Just checking in!

Just checking in!

This poor neglected blog!
Thanks for staying subscribed on the off chance that I might actually update on of these days.
Let’s see…the quick version of the last month…
:: I’m obsessed with bows and gerber daisies on headbands, and Master Pieces of Fun Art is my absolute favorite Etsy shop for getting them. We are building quite [...]