Her math work is divided into brightly-colored sections because if she's going to have to do math, it might as well be colorful, right? Of course, she spent nearly as much time creating the pretty page as she did actually working the problems, but I can live with that. Sometimes, I have to remind myself that when I'm teaching my children, I'm teaching individually-created human beings who ...
Motherhood
Because Doing Life Alone Equals Disobedience.
I put the twins down for a nap and sent the older kids to their rooms because I needed to be alone. ALONE. I needed to think without interruption and pray and study for teaching a class this Sunday. And just be by myself. Tell me you know how I feel. Moms get very little time to themselves. Homeschooling moms get even less. I wanted to write a blog post for a change. ...
FMF: Break
I'm not sure how Kate does it…but she always chooses a word that "fits." This one fit me to a tee today. Read and write along with us at Five Minute Friday, will you? Today's word is : "BREAK" And, yes, I need one. Here goes: So, a website I've been working on crashed yesterday. Seriously. It's broken. And, the only thing I hear more clearly than the broken ...
If you love your children….
I have two two year olds. Yes, you read that right. Two children in the terrible twos throwing temper tantrums all the time. Sorry for all of the alliteration. Twins will do that to you. Around here, everything is multiplied. That includes the need for discipline. But, I’m betting you guessed that. To be honest, I often dread the need to discipline my kids. Please tell me ...