*reading How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World and watching the girls help Jim make an apple pie
*seeing the baby's sweet little face in another sonogram
*washing all of the baby's clothes
*ordering the baby's crib and dresser
*reading Bible stories to the girls
*reading about Johnny Appleseed
*learning so much from a study on Jonah
*realizing that God can change the desires of our hearts to match His desires for our life if we ask Him to
Thoughts, quotes, and poems on raising and homeschooling 3 little women. Ephesians 2: 8-10--For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. "Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire." ~William Butler Yeats
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
When I Grow Up I Want To Be...
*a photographer
*a second grade or kindergarten teacher
*a school librarian
*a reading recovery specialist
*a children's book author
I have no idea which of these, if any, will actually happen. I also don't know how I'm going to be any of these things and still be an intentional mother who knows her kids and what is happening in their lives. But God is teaching me that He has plans for me and wants to use me. I just don't know how He wants to use me yet, aside from being the best mom I can be. I have such a heart for education, and since I'm not homeschooling, I am wondering if God is pulling me back to the public schools for a reason.
'For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
nor are your ways My ways,' declares the Lord.
Isaiah 55:8
*a second grade or kindergarten teacher
*a school librarian
*a reading recovery specialist
*a children's book author
I have no idea which of these, if any, will actually happen. I also don't know how I'm going to be any of these things and still be an intentional mother who knows her kids and what is happening in their lives. But God is teaching me that He has plans for me and wants to use me. I just don't know how He wants to use me yet, aside from being the best mom I can be. I have such a heart for education, and since I'm not homeschooling, I am wondering if God is pulling me back to the public schools for a reason.
'For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
nor are your ways My ways,' declares the Lord.
Isaiah 55:8
Favorite Moments
*eating lunch with Gracie
*watching Madelyn play and get dirty outside in the cool (finally!) morning air
*making an eye patch for Gracie for Pirate Day
*that I was able to help a mom of one of Gracie's classmates
*watching Madelyn learn how to write some of the letters
*figuring out Halloween costumes for the girls before October
*watching Madelyn sit at the desk and draw with a pencil for a long time
*watching a favorite TV show with Jim
*enjoying a new Bible study and learning some important life lessons
*giving Gracie a kissing hand before school
*looking forward to volunteering in her class tomorrow!
*watching Madelyn play and get dirty outside in the cool (finally!) morning air
*making an eye patch for Gracie for Pirate Day
*that I was able to help a mom of one of Gracie's classmates
*watching Madelyn learn how to write some of the letters
*figuring out Halloween costumes for the girls before October
*watching Madelyn sit at the desk and draw with a pencil for a long time
*watching a favorite TV show with Jim
*enjoying a new Bible study and learning some important life lessons
*giving Gracie a kissing hand before school
*looking forward to volunteering in her class tomorrow!
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Life Lessons
Here is a list of some life lessons Gracie has learned from being in school.
1. Why we don't say "Oh my god!" That hurts God's ears.
2. How to stay as safe as possible on the playground.
3. How to eat lunch at the peanut-free table in the VERY loud cafeteria.
4. How to ignore rude comments from kids.
5. How to stand up for what she believes in.
6. Why lying is not okay.
7. Why it's okay to have friends who are boys but not "boyfriends". (I pray for my girls' purity everyday!)
Big lesson I'm learning? To let go and let God!
1. Why we don't say "Oh my god!" That hurts God's ears.
2. How to stay as safe as possible on the playground.
3. How to eat lunch at the peanut-free table in the VERY loud cafeteria.
4. How to ignore rude comments from kids.
5. How to stand up for what she believes in.
6. Why lying is not okay.
7. Why it's okay to have friends who are boys but not "boyfriends". (I pray for my girls' purity everyday!)
Big lesson I'm learning? To let go and let God!
Once Upon A Time...
there was a fairy named Tinkerbell. She lived in Pixie Hollow. Pixie Hollow had many shiny jewels. Tinkerbell loved the jewels and took them to her friends. Her friends were Rose and Daisy and lived in Pixie Hollow made of leaves. She had two friends who were boys. Their names were Jack and Jonah. They lived together collecting leaves. And then Tinkerbell got so tired she fell asleep. The End
*A puppet show story by Gracie
*A puppet show story by Gracie
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