They say laughter is good medicine. And I think kids write the best prescriptions…. This week I’m thankful for the things my kids have done and said that made me laugh. *** My daughter was hard at work at the kitchen table. “How do you spell ‘slippery’?” she asked. I carefully spelled it […]
Understanding the World through Kids’ Eyes
It’s amazing what kids pick up. Several weeks ago I overheard my children in serious conversation. Unable to stop myself, I stopped to figure out what could be so serious. “You see,” I heard my oldest tell her brother, “God made everything. And Jesus made it all right.” What an amazingly insightful thing […]
It Could Have Been Worse
I walked into the bathroom and saw the Q-tip sitting on the counter. One tip was red. My first thought was that my daughter had been in my lipstick and used the Q-tip to put some on. But a second glance as I entered the room showed me that it was a dark […]
Choo-Choo! Time for the Train Show
Like so many little boys his age, Monkey has a fondness for trains. (Okay, that’s an understatement; he’s obsessed with anything with wheels!) So when Uncle D. invited us to the train show, we couldn’t resist. There were the usual venders, trying to sell trains, track, and other miniature parts for train sets. […]
Kindergarten Nerves
Dearest Peanut, Today I called about kindergarten. It turns out we missed the registration day they had set up. I never thought that they’d do registration so early! One of the few drawbacks about where we live is there really aren’t any families around with young kids for me to talk to, so […]
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