Teach them to love Jesus, learning, adventure, and each other.
It was the verse of the day on my Bible App, and I had also just read it in a real 'Bible with paper pages' that morning. It was rolling around in my head and I thought, "I'm probably going to be needing to apply these words at some point today... And the rest of... Continue Reading →
The most challenging space issue about living in 800 sq. feet with 6 people has been the absence of a table that we can all fit around. Until now. It's finally here. Some good things have to be waited for extra long, just so you really can savour how good they are. I've scavenged our... Continue Reading →
He works steadily stuffing 6 pillows and 4 blankets into a heap between the two couches. To me, it looks like a ginormous pillow and blanket explosion that I'm going to be tripping over in about 20 minutes after it's been abandoned. To him, it's a carefully constructed avalanche that he will soon attempt to... Continue Reading →
This week is 'back to school' after two weeks of holidays. That's two weeks of 'not much of a routine,' and 'feel free to forget which direction to write a lowercase d.' Two weeks of 'wandering aimlessly around the house' because you have too much free time now that Mom isn't grabbing you every 20... Continue Reading →
My Aunt and Uncle used to come every Easter to stay with us when I was a kid. I loved that, and I loved them, but I also really loved the full size crisped-rice solid chocolate bunny that they brought with them, FOR ME. We'd have a slow savour your coffee and muffin morning and... Continue Reading →
Up until a few years ago I had only seen part of one Star Wars movie. I know. Gasp. Since I'm a film narcoleptic by trade, I fell asleep in my one viewing, and I awoke to a scene where I was pretty convinced a llama had been light sabered open to be used... Continue Reading →
Ah yes. The long arduous process of transforming baby boys into men. "I need you to play with your little brother so I can make dinner..." "But are you going to pay me?" "Nope. Not gonna do that." "So then, what do I get after? Video games?" "Nope. You get dinner tonight and clean socks... Continue Reading →
I don't have my own amazon account, but my husband sure does, with the fancy prime shipping and everything... and his account is always logged in on my computer. It's easier than one click ordering, it's like half a click and he gets notified by e-mail that his card has been charged. I know, I'm... Continue Reading →
Girls are weird. Only a girl can say that though without causing a bit of a ruckus. I live in a house with four small boys and one grown man and here's what I've discovered. These boys are so completely different from me. I often find myself explaining my behaviour to my sons while their... Continue Reading →
"Don't spin the chair! Look how you've ripped the whole back of it against the fireplace? This is such a special one, come on guys..." The thing is though, once big brothers do a new demonstration, little brothers will eventually engage as well. And so the toddlers also took their turn spinning that chair around and... Continue Reading →
Rebecca Bergman 