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Making my Home and Heart Sing

November 2, 2015 by growin49_wp

Falling behind and attempting to catch up seems to be the most exercise I get these days. Dietrich gets many more “breaks” from school than I care to admit, but still feels tortured by the days I prepare his schoolwork and “make” him do school before playing Mario or watching Netflix. However, when he remains on-task, he can finish all required … [Read more...]

Filed Under: homeschool, make your home sing monday, manic Monday, memories, stay at home mom

Starting a New Homeschool Year

August 31, 2015 by growin49_wp

A new day. A new week. Almost a new month. Soon to be a new season. Today, we started doing a little more schoolwork. Dietrich’s response was less than enthusiastic. However, once he started, he accomplished this work in very little time. I do not believe in giving him more work simply to fill time. I do check that he is really learning what we … [Read more...]

Filed Under: balance, good morning mondays, healthy choices, homeschool, learning, make your home sing monday, manic Monday, never a dull moment

Up the Stairs, Out of our Home

July 27, 2015 by growin49_wp

When we moved into our apartment, Madilynn refused to come down the stairs by herself. After about a week, with some assistance and modeling by Big Brother Dietrich, she started to scoot down the stairs on her bottom. This past week, she began walking both up and down the stairs, rather than crawling or scooting. This growth and learning happened … [Read more...]

Filed Under: good morning mondays, growing, growing up in the Lord, make your home sing monday, manic Monday Tagged With: parenting

The Music of My Heart

July 6, 2015 by growin49_wp

If my voice could hold out, I would sing all day every day. I have enjoyed the singing part of church service as far back as I can remember. I can close my eyes and see my child self - singing all the words to all the hymns loudly (and likely not on key, at that time in my life). As I grew up, I learned how to sing “right” in addition to singing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: good morning mondays, Home fellowship, make your home sing monday, memories Tagged With: worship

It Could be Worse

June 28, 2015 by growin49_wp

This week, I realized I have been doing more complaining than counting my blessings during this challenging month. Though many items were damaged in our pack-out and we wait on the claims process, it could have been worse. While our belongings sat in military storage for seven months, we did not really think about them or worry that anything would … [Read more...]

Filed Under: good morning mondays, make your home sing monday, manic Monday Tagged With: transitions

Another Manic Monday: Returning to “normal”

June 22, 2015 by growin49_wp

On our way home from my sister’s house, about 30 miles away, I noticed the cloud in front of me resembled a Dr. Seuss character. If you don’t see it also, we’ll just chalk it up to my overtiredness from the long week and longer drive. After returning home from the five to seven-hour road trip, part of me wanted to put everyone to bed and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: good morning mondays, make your home sing monday, manic Monday, Screen Time Tagged With: strong willed child, transitions

The Weekend Review

June 16, 2015 by growin49_wp

I finally tackled the master bedroom. Tonight I will sleep in an unpacked room. (The exception being about four crates of army related gear and accessories.). I even downsized a few more things from my closet/drawers, in hopes of being much too small for them when their season rolls around again. Even though the room is the same size, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Birthday, good morning mondays, make your home sing monday Tagged With: transitions

Make Your Home Sing Good Morning Manic Monday

June 8, 2015 by growin49_wp

The title sums up how things are going with our move (I combined the names of today's link ups to create it). Every few boxes, a new and unpleasant surprise awaits. Most of Sunday’s box openings contained such gifts.My husband’s goal for the afternoon was to assemble our German Shrank (wardrobe). Apart, it has many pieces which take up a lot of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: good morning mondays, make your home sing monday, manic Monday, moving Tagged With: transitions

It Ain’t over ‘Til Somebody Sings

May 25, 2015 by growin49_wp

Good Morning, Monday! First, a self-plug: I have a previous post from this blog featured on Mamalode today. Please stop by and read it (and like, comment, and share if you are so inclined. Note: I have no control over their ads or merchandising. If, however, you should see something you find offensive in the ads on THIS blog, please let me … [Read more...]

Filed Under: good morning mondays, make your home sing monday, train up a child Tagged With: strong willed child, transitions

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