Each year during AWANA, our church has a Grand Prix car race. Each child takes home a car to design and decorate. The cars have to be sanded.... And then painted. And decorated to their hearts content. This year, Kyndall wanted an Olaf car and Libby wanted a princess car. They were ...
Favorite Children’s Books
Ya'll! Did you know that Read Across America week is next week, March 3-6? It's one of my favorite weeks as a librarian, but also as a mom. It's the week that everyone celebrates reading! So in preparation for that, the girls and I thought we would share our favorite children's books with ...
A Heaviness Among the Light
I woke up the other night from a dream so real I had tears streaming down my face. It took everything in me not to wake Justin and have him go check, or watch the kids while I checked. I don't know if I should blame reading Lori Harris' blog or the text I received earlier in the day or the fact ...
Currently
For the last week and a half, the girls have been delayed or out of school every single day due to inclement weather. For those of us in the south, that means the temperature is below freezing. I know it sounds crazy to those of you who operate in these conditions all winter long, but us southerners ...
For Your Weekend
What I'm Reading: If You Were In My House Today--I love real posts like these. In this internet/social media age, we often come across as perfect to others who don't know us so well. And this post? Well it just sets the record straight. Oh, and that promissory note thing? Lets just say my ...
Taco Casserole
I don't cook a lot, but one of my favorite things to cook (and eat!) is this taco casserole. It's super yummy and something the whole family will actually eat. I got the recipe from a teacher friend a few years ago and have tweaked it to the way we like it (i.e.: taken out all the things we didn't ...
