EVERY MOMent COUNTS!
As soon as bed time approaches, little Kellus instantly runs up to mommy and daddy with his big brown eyes, ginormous smile and raised brows to ask, “Can you tell the story of little red riding hood?” I’m convinced it’s his favorite story. But quite honestly, we tend to tell it in a more contemporary [...]
“So, Kellus. Tell mommy. What is Christmas about?” I waited eagerly for his answer, wondering if he would remember what I taught him last year. “Christmas is about Christmas Tree, and Lights and Decorations and Presents!” he answered. His voice was roaring with excitement and he jumped up and down all around the living room [...]
1. Make your relationship with the Lord your number one priority. If you’re too busy for God, you’re just plain too busy. Make time for the most important things. You won’t regret it. 2. Get a consistent routine in place. Make your routine simple (maybe even just five or seven things you want to do [...]
As a mom, I often find myself repeating things over and over and over again: “Please don’t whine. Ask politely instead.” “You must pick up your room before you can go and play.” “That was not showing kindness to your sister. Go back and try again.” “Did you brush your teeth?” “We do not scream [...]
Does your family have a whiner? (Do you grimace when I mention this person?) One of my children, who is five, has managed to bring whining to an art form. We could, say, wander into Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory that happens to have a Wii, a Chuck E. Cheese, his friends, and his grandparents inside, [...]
My five-year-old is fascinated by The Little Engine that Could. He leans his curly head against my arm while I read from the exhausted halt of the story’s toy-and-food-laden train — bound for the good little boys and girls on the other side of the mountain — to where the victorious little blue engine pulls the loaded [...]
Toddlers are busy! As a mommy of two of them, I’m learning just how busy they are during the day. Sometimes I am so busy with them that I may not get a chance to finish all of the laundry in one day or finish writing that chapter that’s been taking me weeks to write. [...]
One of my favorite times of day is story time. (To be fair, it is right before nap time, so maybe that’s a factor.) Everyone, even my three wiggly boys, settles down. After I’ve read to the youngest and laid him down, the three oldest wedge themselves beneath my arms or on my lap. We [...]
“Noooo!” This cry reverberates daily from my own lips and is directed at some endeavor of my wily nineteen-month-old. It’s not so much that he’s devious, I’ve discovered, though he is strong-willed. But much of the craziness is simply from his uncanny ability to get into stuff, beyond the normal one-and-a-half-year-old insatiable curiosity. Like my [...]
“Mom, will she make me go under?” I was trying to think fast. It was day six of swimming lessons, and my newly three-year-old daughter — who really does love the water — was strapped snugly in her car seat, complete with purple swimsuit, tearfully anticipating what lay ahead while we drove (late again) in [...]
