Isn’t it funny when your child starts imitating you? Well, I suppose it isn’t always funny, but lately the Princess has been using grown up phrases and it does sound cute. I tried in vain last week to get my Princess to use her saline nasal spray. She just would not let me. Which I didn’t understand because we have used it so many times. I tried to force her to lean back on the pillow and use it and she stopped me. Calmly, she said, “Mommy, I can’t handle this.” I realized that she had heard me … [Read more...]
Body Odor
I don’t even want to guess who my Princess got this from. But, out of nowhere, I saw her “smelling” her armpits. I asked her what she was doing.She told me, “Seeing if I stink.”{Out came the camera, of course.}I asked her if she stinks.“No.” She confidently replied.My silly Princess! … [Read more...]
We are Trying For a Second Child
We have decided this is the year we will try for our second child. Are we crazy or what? After getting through the newborn stage, baby stage, and early toddler stage, am I really choosing to go through it all again. I mean, it was really hard! Still is. (I must be crazy.) But, when listening to a radio program about an only child praying daily until age 8 for a sibling, I started feeling really bad. My Princess has been asking for months now for a sister. She pretends a baby is in … [Read more...]
Bed Bugs
Actually it was a gigantic spider hiding under the bed in the spare room. While building a fort, the hubby saw a very big spider. He came out of the room with our Princess, located a shoe and went back in with a mission: Get rid of that spider. Once the Princess figured out what his intentions were, she ran into the room to stop him. “No that’s my friend!” she yelled. (I was reminded of Charlotte’s Web in that moment – a favorite movie of hers.) Distracted by his daughter, he missed with the … [Read more...]
Sabbath Activity
Did you know that our family keeps the Sabbath? Now that we have a toddler we try very hard to make this the best day of the week. It is a day we don’t worry about shopping, television shows, cleaning, or bills. It really is our Special Day. It is the day we not only spend time with God and fellowship with other Christians but also a day for family and spending time in nature - God’s creation. We took advantage of the sunshine this last weekend. (We are in California during the winter, … [Read more...]
7 Great Tips for Real Life
During the seminar I am my husband’s secretary. When people write down their prayer requests and put them in the large prayer request basket, I am the one who types them up. We always have a prayer team that prays over each of them. But while I am typing them up, I am also praying for that person’s prayer request. I have said this many times before, but I need to keep reminding myself: people have a lot of real issues going on in their life, many are hanging just by a thread and when I am … [Read more...]
Learning Numbers
For homeschool preschool we are working on numbers, cutting, sticker placement, dot to dot, and writing the Princess’ name. we are having fun!With these books, the Princess really asks to do school all the time. Especially, the cutting. She loves cutting!We are also reading Bible stories that are considered easy readers. We have read her favorite one (Baby Moses) so often that she knows it by heart. Here is a video of her “reading” the first two pages.Linking up to: … [Read more...]
