Do this with your kids. See if you or your kids figure it out first…or do you dare risk being embarrassed by your kids? Leave a comment and let me know.
What a great day it was for the Walnut Family Festival! The day was nice and cool, no rain, just right to spend a day enjoying life in our community. In a small city of 30,000, there is not a whole lot to get excited about. So this annual affair complete with a parade, [...]
Kids bring out the best and the worst in me.
I love kids - when they are cute, sweet, cuddly, behaving well, and doing what I tell them to do.
But today, I had to yell at some 8th graders. I lost it. They did not respond to any act of kindness and I had to [...]
It gets easier, but it’s still not easy.
It’s been 2 years since my son started college. When he left Sunday to go back to his apartment, I still feel a wave of sadness.
The hardest part in raising children is not the midnight feedings, or the sacrifice of your career, or paying big money for college.
Looking [...]
On Sunday, I asked a pharmacist at our church to talk to the kids about taking care of their health.
She said, “After you blow your nose, see if the stuff is clear or green.”
A boy said, “Why would I want to look at my snot?”
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I said, “What’s the matter? Why won’t you do the craft?”
The [...]
“You are a good mom. I want to be a mother like you one day.”
Someone said that to me yesterday, and it is to me the best compliment I could ever receive.
There is not a single thing I have invested my life in more than what I have put into my children. Seeing my [...]
Today is Elliot’s birthday, same day as Martin Luther King’s.
A small incident today woke me up to the realization that Elliot is a man, no longer a boy.
We went to visit my friends to see their bunny (why we wanted to see their bunny is another story.)
When I introduced Elliot, Audrey, and Amy to the [...]
We waited over 45 minutes for our take-out order.
“We could’ve bought food at the market and cooked our dinner, mom” said Audrey.
“It’s a good thing you are with me, Audrey dear. The time waiting is not wasted because we are together” I replied.
I am very impatien when it comes to waiting for anything, [...]
In short, any student that goes off to college will be presented with situations where they will be called upon to make responsible moral choices. There comes a point in every parent’s life when they must trust that they have raised their child to make the right choices.
I do not so much trust my [...]
Amy: “I hate my leg!”
Amy has ezcema on her leg that keeps flaring up. We pray together that God will give her healing. It gets a little better, than it flares up again.
“O God, please answer our prayers! It bothers her so much. I would forego answers to any of my prayers if You [...]
No hamster talk today. Mike says I am getting too involved, but they are like my babies!
Elliot is taking theater arts, and has been practicing for his role as minister! He officiates a wedding in this student-written play. Yesterday they did their actual performance in front of a live audience of students during [...]
Guest teacher in Amy’s class: “If you are from Portugal, you are…..”
Student: “Puerto Rican!”
Guest teacher: “If you are from Portugal, you are Portugese. When you get old, you are a Portugeser!”
As of 2 days ago:
Elliot - 5 ft. 6 in. tall
Audrey - 5 ft. 4 in. tall
Katy - 5 ft. 2 in. tall
Amy - 4 ft. 1 in. short
I wish Amy can stay little for me, just for while longer!
But I also love to see them grow, discovering themselves as Elliot and Audrey are [...]
We went to California Adventure on Saturday. We got there at 10:15am and left at 10:15pm. It was great fun. The worst ride was the swinging ferris wheel. I thought I was going to throw up. The best was a tie between the Aladdin show and the Muppets 3-D show.