Missing Phillip

Phillip is spending the week with my mom and dad in New Orleans. He’s gone on a trip with them before, but he was only gone 4 days at the most. This is a long time to be away from my baby!
We’ve been trying to do a few things that we haven’t been [...]

You can lead a child to the potty, but you can’t make him poop

We just spent 3 or 4 days potty training, and we’re exhausted! Phillip and I did a “potty training boot camp” last week, and he really is using the potty pretty consistently now. He even made it to church yesterday in underwear, and he didn’t have an accident.
We hit a little glitch, however, [...]

They grow up so fast

Phillip sat me down and very seriously said, “Mom, I have to tell you something.”
“Yes?” I answered.
“Today, I’m going to college.”
“Really?” I asked.
“Yes, and you’re going with me! And I’m going to drive.”
“That’s great!” I said.
“Right after you put me up there on the potty so I can poop.”

Homeschooling provides a wealth of material for this blog

Elizabeth asked Caleb for help with her geography lesson today. The topic was “community helpers.”
Elizabeth: I have to write a sentence about what my mom does. What does mom do? Is she a teacher?Caleb: No, she’s a homewrecker.Me: Do you mean homemaker?Caleb: Yeah. Or you could say [...]

You might be a member of a modern church if…

Today, I was helping Elizabeth with her Bible story lesson, when I noticed she had left one of the items from her assignment blank. She was supposed to pick out ways to be a good helper in church out of a provided list. One of the items she left blank was “help a [...]

I finally have my stuff back!

We moved out of our executive apartment and into a house last Tuesday, which happened to be my 33rd birthday. It was the weirdest birthday I’ve ever had, but Lannie was not at work so it was nice to have everyone together for the day.
We went to Arkadelphia last Monday to move all of [...]