From Higher Up and Further In, some thought about savoring books and learning more: Years ago, when my children were young, we devoured several books a week. It was a point of pride for all of us. “Wow! I thought, my children...
It started with a discussion on Santa Claus… In comments on the thread below, discussion developed about the subject of fantasy and wonder. Now fantasy is a pet topic of mine and I’ve been contemplating a post on the need to encourage...
Dale Price tagged me. The Rules: 1) Go to Wikipedia. 2) In the search box, type your birth month and day but not the year. 3) List three events that happened on your birthday. 4) List two important birthdays and one death. 5) One holiday or...
I took Bella to the doctor this morning. She’d gained four ounces since Monday, so she’s getting enough to eat. The doctor said I’m probably right about the stomach bug. And as I suspected, there’s not really anything to do...
My sister had a friend who was not only not Christian, she was violently anti-Christian. Or, at least she was anti what she imagined Christianity to be. Probably either the Christianity of hellfire and brimstone preached by some Christians who have...
I think Bella might have a bit of a stomach bug. She’s been having what I think is diarrhea since Monday morning (before we went to the doctor). Where her average dirty diaper was once a day or even once every two days, the past few days...
Kate Bluett has an interesting post about her family’s St Nicholas Day tradition: . . . According to some of my grade-school classmates, though, my life was tragic not only because of the siblings and the handmedowns, but also because Santa...
Somehow I thought that the first time cereal was flung across the kitchen it would be flung by Isabella, not me. But today as I was putting her cereal in the microwave the bowl went flying and cereal splatted on the wall, the drawers, Bella’s...
Well, there’s the love. Also the way the older children step in and lift the burdens for mom. And the way having younger siblings teachs responsibility. Take this charming anecdote from Danielle Bean: �First you kneel down in there and say...
Bella is now 17 pounds, 1 ounce (50th percentile for weight) and 26 inches long (80th percetile for height). She got four shots today, poor thing. Three immunizations and one flu shot. It’s a terrible thing to hold your child down while...
