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...

Helping My Little Dude Become a Big Boy

When we decided 6 1/2 years after having our “last child” to have one more baby, I could hardly guess the particular challenges such a large age gap would add to my parenting of...

Mobile Learning Devices in My Son’s 5th Grade Classroom

Earlier this week I attended a special PTA meeting at my 10yo son’s elementary school. It was to introduce us parents to an exciting new opportunity our 5th grade students will have...

How To Exhaust a Preschooler During a Trip to San Francisco

This past weekend my husband, 4yo, and I traveled to the San Francisco area for my twin sister’s wedding. Our four older kids couldn’t come because of school and other...