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“I love trash! Anything dirty or dingy or dusty, anything ragged or rotten or rusty! Yes, I love trash!” -Sesame Street’s Oscar the Grouch One of the lessons I’ve learned from Sesame Street sticks in my head because of this song: Happiness is not found in the object but in the perception of the object. […]
Dear mommies in the fourth trimester*, As you’ve probably discovered by now, that first three months is a litany of contradiction, whether it’s your first—how on earth will we do this?—or your second—how will we balance two? (I have no experience beyond that. 😉 ) You’re tired— You probably haven’t slept more than a solid […]
In times of doubt and uncertainty, we often hear that we should hold on to a “child-like faith.” But what does that really mean? Living daily life with an almost 3-year-old and 18-month-old, I’ve come to a greater understanding of what Jesus meant when he asked us to have faith like a child. Some things […]
It started with sharing. Bean was having a hard time remembering to share with Bird—after all having a little sister who actually wanted to play with him and his toys was new. From there we added the first two, mostly because we found ourselves repetitively reminding him to listen to our words, and say please […]
I promised I’d share pictures of trunk-or-treat but I’m afraid I didn’t get a lot of pictures since of course it ended up being a little chaotic getting out the door! I do want to say I just love this growing tradition of trunk-or-treats since it gives kids a safe place to get quite a […]
“Father Abraham had many sons, oh, many sons had Father Abraham. I am one of them, and so are you, so let’s all praise the Lord!” I’ve had this song stuck in my head for weeks now thanks to planning this Abraham lesson. It’s the only song I could think of to go along with […]
Chalkboard paint is all over Pinterest right now; I’ve been pinning ideas for a year and only just finally got around to doing some! I bought a can of chalkboard paint ages ago at Hobby Lobby. I actually bought it to paint a table top, but there’s so much and now that I’ve opened it, […]
We’ve been busy decorating the house for my favorite season: FALL! I could hardly wait to break out the fall decor, pumpkin spice (see our early fall cookies post!), sweaters, and pants. September is the beginning of fall to me, and I keep the decorations up till Christmas, which I decorate Thanksgiving Day because I […]
I am thrilled to have started leading the preschool class at our church once a month! I get to craft and teach with Bean, and see first-hand what he’s like with his friends (a little more rambunctious than I would have thought but he IS a boy 😉 ). Our church is going through the […]
It was a very rainy day today so we took advantage of the time inside by making some delicious Fall Sugar Cookies! We simply took our sugar cookie recipe and added some all-spice, nutmeg, and cloves (I was out of ginger or I’d have added that too). They turned out delicious and were so much […]