EVERY MOMent COUNTS!
A lot of moms are so good at making every day into a learning experience for their kids. I’m amazed at the ideas out there to build their brains. I’m a confessed Google addict, so I’ve found some educational games that my kids love: file folder games. They’re just what they sound like. The pieces fit [...]
My three-year-old girl wears her play tutu about three days a week: sometimes under the dress (loves dresses, too), sometimes over; sometimes to the library; sometimes with a helmet and sword (think girly girl with brothers). But I recently discovered that these garments, which add a magic touch to pretty much any girl outfit, don’t [...]
I have been very careful to be positive about our experiences as foster parents. I want to encourage other families to step up to the plate and open their homes. But Wednesday as I sat at our FamilyLife staff conference and listened to the band members of Sanctus Real share their trials, I realized that I needed to [...]
The MomLife Today moms are all at the FamilyLife Staff Conference this week. This is an amazing time for us to meet, connect, and grow with each other. I am so blessed to know these women and to feel God’s love surround me in such a tangible way. Yesterday we were given a wonderful gift in [...]
What is your motivation? What do you do when you don’t feel like being a “Fun Mom?”
The kids, my husband, and I watched “The Prince of Egypt” for our last movie night, chowing supreme pizza in the den while all of us compared the movie with what we’d read in their bedtime Bible stories about Moses — and of course my husband and I tried to figure out which movie stars’ voices [...]
My husband John and I recently hosted our 3rd annual “Cousins’ Camp.” It was exhilarating, , enlightening and exhausting! This year we had 8 campers ages 4-12.They dubbed themselves “the exceptionally awesome eight!”
Sunday’s newspaper ads startled me into a quickly-approaching reality: school starts in less than a month! I lined up the ads to begin comparing prices from all of the local stores to purchase supplies for three grade-schoolers. My brain quickly began protesting the abuse on a summer Sunday afternoon. A few tips I’ve learned through older and [...]
