Personal Growth
I've been in kind of a funk lately. I think if I had to put a name to it I would have to call it dissatisfaction. I've been doing a lot of feeling sorry for myself lately. I am enjoying all my hobbies immensely. John says
Family Updates
The pictures are from our trip to the zoo yesterday. We greatly enjoyed the non-characteristic weather and hoped many of you got outdoors as well. Will's imagination is continuing to grow by leaps and bounds every day. Recently I had the following conversation with him in the
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Will had his 3 year well child exam today. I went in with both boys expecting to get Seth's as well, but because of this wording on my insurance: "3 well-childs in the second year of life and after that, only one per calendar year"
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We celebrated Seth's birthday a little late because of Thanksgiving and illnesses. But he didn't know the difference, and it was a really fun party. We set up several tables and fed everyone homemade lasagna and breadsticks. Instead of making a cake, I baked cupcakes and
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Forgiveness. That's a hard word. It's something that we spend a lifetime really learning how to do. I have been reading a book entitled A Mother's Heart by Jean Fleming. We are studying this book in Mothering Matters. Even though I've read
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Well, since I shared a post about Will recently, I thought I better do one of each of the kids. This one is about my beautiful talented daughter Elise. She gets more and more pretty each year. I can only imagine how beautiful she'll be as an adult.
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It's been a long time since I've had a 3 year old in the house, and this is the first time that I've had a 3 year old BOY in the house. Unless I am just blanking things from my memory, I really don&
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Naptime started like any other naptime. Around 12:30 I corralled all the kids into their respective beds. I changed Seth's diaper and laid him in bed. Two minutes later his head popped out of the door. "Biaper, Mommy" he said, holding out a clean diaper.
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When it comes to kids, even the smallest things can melt your heart. What seems like little accomplishments to those without kids are important enough to us to announce to the world. So here I am hoping you will rejoice with me in some of the little, yet very important
Handmade Hobbies
I finished another dress for Elise. She picked out the fabric herself (she did a wonderful job as usual). I know it is very summery, but when we picked out the fabric and designed the dress it was still quite warm outside. I'm hoping she can still wear
Emma's Story
We took an impromptu trip to the cemetery today, just me and the boys. Elise was in dance class. I was trying to help clarify things for Will, who has started to try to piece together what he knows about Emma and find a place in his world for her.
School
I really do love school. I really do. But this first week of school this fall is threatening to kill me. I'm hoping we'll adjust and things will fall into a good routine. If they don't I may have to arm myself with some