I’m Too Young To Have a Child This Old

It happens often when I mention my 17yo daughter to a stranger or someone I’m just getting to know, they ask in genuine surprise, “Are you old enough to have a senior in high...

Life’s Messy Moments

A post over at SITS Girls this week asks the question “Got a Messy Moment?” Um…yeahhhhh. But I’m not sure they’re even classified as “moments”...

Fostering Relationship and Responsibility with my Preschooler

Over the past month, I’ve been using an iPhone app called Marble Jar to encourage my 4yo son to adopt more age-appropriate responsibilities. The efficiency of the app has depended on...

Wordless Wednesday: Our Own Star Wars Saga

For last week’s Wordless Wednesday, I snapped a picture of mixed-up LEGO minifigures that I found lined up by my son on the dining room table. Today, I stumbled upon another funny...

I Think I’m the One Being Trained

The scripture says: “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” (Proverbs 22:6) We’re in the midst of many types of...

Wordless Wednesday: LEGO Frankensteins

{I love how my son takes bits and pieces from his LEGO minifigures and mixes them all up! Can you guess who some of these people are supposed to be?} Share this post: Recommend on Facebook...

Everybody Knows My Name

My 4yo son and I have a routine at the grocery store checkout. If he stays in the cart, he gets to help me with the debit/credit card machine. I instruct him: “Press the green...

How a Photograph Changed My Perspective

I’ve had a challenging week with my 4yo son. He’s gone through a series of big-boy milestones recently, and I’m thinking that maybe they all came crashing down on him this...