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By JoanneKraft 7 Comments

The secret language of seven year old boys…

Words have power. It doesn't take long for a woman to realize that. Words like fat, ugly or even nag, can change our moods rather quickly. But what words can a woman hear to make her move immediately into a Homeland Security red alert mode and take action? Are there words that can make us gals do things that we would never in a million years think … [Read more...]

Filed Under: children, Samuel Tagged With: blessed, christian family, family life, Kids

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Warning:Irritated mom. Read at your own risk.

Today I am struggling with children.The only thing that is giving me peace is knowing that some day both my husband and I will be guests in their home. We have created this fantasy evening that we speak of more and more. The anticipated joy of this time with our adult children is building. Would you like to know what we are looking so forward … [Read more...]

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Spring Cleaning – Yard Style

We spent all day Saturday working in the yard. The kids pitched in and got a good workout too.My girls are the ones who do all the necessary weeding in our yards. By some cruel twist of fate, all of the men in our family have allergies. Here are the girls in our front yard. Meg had her music on, so the girls were singing. (I weed-wacked and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: children, work

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Resurrection Eggs

The project in my Sunday school class today was to make resurrection eggs. For those of you who are not familiar, resurrection eggs are plastic eggs that each hold a small symbol of the story of Easter. We bought ours through "Focus on the Family" a few years back. The kids took something from each of the bowls below and placed them in each … [Read more...]

Filed Under: bible craft, children, easter, sunday school

By JoanneKraft 6 Comments

My precious little pack rat.

I was recently at 'A Mom's Life' and Beth the hostess of that blog was asking her readers for some advice about children and chores. I left a lengthy post giving wonderful advice, expounding on my soap box of perfect mothering do's and don'ts, sharing things that have worked for us in our home.With that comment forever stamped in the blogosphere, I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: children, grace

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