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Children’s Daily Devotions
The kids and I have had morning devotions together since they were in their high chairs. It started out with just Hannah and then we added a new baby to the table every year! We started out with a little board book full of morning prayers for the day, scriptures, and songs. It was very…
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How do you celebrate Easter? and a blogging theme for the week
Today is the Saturday of Palm Sunday, and so we will begin our Easter celebrations tonight. Even though we are not commanded to commemorate the birth of Jesus, there are myriad resources available to celebrate Advent and help moms make Christmas more Christ-centered. On the other hand, we are commanded to remember Christ’s death and…
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Child Training Do-Over
Remember when you were a kid and you were playing a game with your little brother and all of a sudden you realized you didn’t play the game exactly right? I do. I always cried, “DO-OVER!” Or, “I messed up. Can I go again?” We’d start a game and start it over, over and over…
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I’ll Go Second
“It’s my turn!” whined Hannah.“You already held him a long time. It’s my turn!” came Benjmamin’s rebuttal.“Mo-o-om!” they cried in unison.I walked out to the carport and stared at their faces. I didn’t have any good idea for a resolution to their latest it’s-my-turn argument. Paper-rock-scissors? Set the timer? Force them to take turns? Get…
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Christmas Pictures, Part 4
Christmas 2002. Noah came into our family on the last day of 2001. In these pictures, he is almost 11 months. Benjamin is 2 1/2 years. Hannah is 3 years. Little did I know, at the time these pictures were taken numero cuatro was on her way. I still don’t know why I ever bothered…
Leslie Wiggins 