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Hotel Life with Little People
It’s worth it to take ’em! It’s the hotel life for these little cousins! (My sister and I birthed all these children in the past five years. Are you impressed, or are you impressed.) We have been...
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The Battle of the Ottoman
Keep perspective in the middle of harried parenting moments Baby Hannah is only five-weeks-old. So I nurse her minimum every three hours in her pink nursery. I’ll say it again. MINIMUM EVERY THREE...
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Good Days and Bad Days in Parentville
Parents of young children can laugh or cry at the chaos. In parenting, there are good days and there are bad days. The good day? We finally remembered to take out our trash, after forgetting it the...
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8 Little Ways to Show Little People God
Easy ideas to introduce God to your young children Yesterday, Esther came wailing to me because she bonked her head on the edge of our wooden kitchen table. I rubbed the red spot with my hand and asked...
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Traveling with Young Children – From Dallas to Denver
Sometimes, you just gotta laugh – they’ll be memories soon! Last weekend David and I flew for the first time with three young children. Count ‘em: THREE totally dependent small children, and TWO adult...
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Seven Year Wedding Anniversary
SEVEN YEAR WEDDING ANNIVERSARY, POST THREE YOUNG CHILDREN You know you are celebrating your seventh wedding anniversary (as parents of three small children) when: – you can’t go on a trip to celebrate...
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4 Easy Kid Christmas Traditions
Here’s four fun ideas to try this month with your little darlings! Pray for your Christmas cards! Keep all your Christmas cards, and let your children choose one card at dinner time and pray for the...
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Little People Social Skills – IT’S IMPORTANT!
When Samson was two-years-old, we had a problem. Every time we took him to visit his great-grandmother, he would wilt behind our legs. He would not give her a hug. He would not even say “Hi!” David and...
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Hannah’s Birth Story
My first induced baby I have labored at home. I have labored at a birthing center. I have used a midwife. And I have delivered a baby au natural. But I had never delivered a baby by induction. Until...
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Buying new post-baby clothes
The nitty, gritty story I needed to buy some new “professional” clothes to speak in for this spring. I have a lovely tribe of dresses hanging in my closet this minute that would work well. But,...
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Biblical Analogy Walks with Little Children
Hey there sweet mama of little ones, Are you tired and overwhelmed? Try a walk with your tiny darlings to refresh! Nature calms the fussiest of babies, the toddler/preschooler can get their energy...
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The power of singing bedtime songs to your children
Scripture Bedtime Songs The power of a mama’s bedtime singing! I am the oldest of five children. I grew up in a Fort Worth, Texas suburb in a red brick home. I don’t remember everything from my...
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Going to Great Wolf Lodge – aka The Scream!
Going to Great Wolf Lodge – aka The Scream! Crack out of the ol’ tired caretaker mom – have fun with your darlings! We decided, last minute, to go to Great Wolf Lodge. It’s a kid-friendly resort with...
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