The superhero wound up reading the conclusion of A Tale of Despereaux with the younger two, and I’m not quite sure how it ended. They both seemed a bit underwhelmed—hmmm. They’ve picked up through Mom’s intentional role modeling to see a movie only after they’ve read the book. Though this wasn’t one of my favorites, […]
An Aspiring “How To” on Multiple Kids, Multiple Ages
How do you homeschool with multiple ages of children in the house? How do you spend time with each one? I’ve seen this question a lot in the Homeschool Lounge recently, and I thought that, since this is the time of year when several parents pull their children out of traditional schools in the attempt […]
Cautiously Optimistic
This is a rare, quiet moment in the house with everyone still sleeping except me and the oldest—she’s 20 minutes into her morning beauty regimen. I’m sure the smells of breakfast—blueberry muffins and turkey sausage—will get everyone stirring momentarily. I woke up with other things to do this morning, but I couldn’t resist penning my […]
I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention, as a continuation of my last two posts, that God allows trials out of His great love for us. We do not serve a great punisher who seeks to crucify us for everything we’ve done wrong. Instead, we serve an all-knowing Creator who sees, better than we […]
Trusted With Trouble (Part 2)
So, I’ll start back with Lucy, our youngest Narnian heroine. The others had their victories. Peter, in particular, learned a powerful lesson in the essence of manly wisdom: humility. Susan had a brief May-December romance with a man 1/1300 years her age (smile). Edmund, no longer the self-indulgent, self-absorbed brat we met in The Lion, […]