1. If you could put a spell on someone, who would it be and why? I would cast a cleaning spell over every member of my household–starting with ME! 2. If you could go back in time and relive one moment, what would it be? I can’t even begin to narrow this down to one. [...]

It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these memes. Ironically enough, this week’s theme focuses on group meetings and what I’ll be doing on Tuesday—this Tuesday is our first annual meeting of MOPS! (Last Wednesday’s column about the same topic soon to follow.) In the meantime, if you’re a mom of preschoolers and [...]

My poor blog. It’s been a bit neglected lately. Poor little ol’ neglected blog…nobody loves her. LOL It’s been an interesting week of…hmm…let’s call it “growth.” If you’ve ever prayed for patience, you know what I mean: you ask God to make you a more patient person, and almost immediately everyone starts jumping on your [...]

Ok, I haven’t had a toddler in seven years. So maybe I don’t remember at what age the other boys did this, but…Jonah really amazed his ol’ parents tonight. Keep in mind that he won’t be two til the end of this month. I let him play with a set of colorful foam letter stamps [...]

Look what we got in the mail a few days ago… It’s a drawing and letter from one of our Compassion International kids, 5-year-old Aphichara from Thailand. Isn’t the Thai writing just beautiful? (Of course, at 5, she dictated this to an adult who wrote it, then another person translated it for us.) Her nickname [...]