Homeschool planning, packing for camp, Spring cleaning, rummage sale. All of these things are coming up this week. My blog, unfortunately, has taken a back seat. But I will be back next week with another good post about how to balance your homeschool with your life. Look for me next week!
Melanie
As I write this post, it is the end of March, and the promise of spring is in the air. The mounds of snow that we had a few weeks ago have been replaced by multitudes of small lakes and streams, just waiting for the frost to leave the ground. We normally don’t see such…
As every Christian parent knows, the greatest goal of parenting is to raise your children so that they grow to love the Lord and develop their own relationship with Him. As much as I want to bring them into the kingdom of God on my coatstrings, I know that I can’t. All I can do…
Last night Bear Bear came with me to get our traditional Saturday night pizza and she asked me this question, “Mom, what is it like to be a mom?” That is an overwhelming question and at first it made me laugh. Sometimes the depth of her questions amazes me. Every once in a while she…
Over the years that I have been a mama, my biggest parenting fear has been sibling rivalry. I don’t know how to handle it. Almost from the time that Bear Bear was born I was researching how to deal with the sibling rivalry that I knew was coming. The last thing that I wanted was…
Have you ever sat down and counted how many mom hats you wear? My two biggest hats are my mom hat and my wife hat. Coming in close behind follows my homeschooling/teacher hat. But there are many other hats that we as moms wear. Chaffeur, cook, maid, nurse, counselor, playmate, veterinarian, landscaper, decorator, laundress. I’m…
There are so many experts out there who can give you parenting advice. You can search Pinterest for any parenting advice that you want, and more than likely you’ll find every opinion that there is to be had about any parenting topic. My own parenting board has 272 pins giving advice from dealing with back…
