Will was reading a book on elephants on Monday that talked about how their habitats were endangered because of foresting. He decided to do something about it. “Hey Mom….if we own some land…you know, with nothing on it….we could go to Africa….and buy an elephant….and they could live in our backyard!” Saving the world, one […] Read more…

Today was Will’s first day of Kindergarten! I was a little sad to see him go and was a bit nervous for how he would react, but he went right into the classroom to meet his new teacher and gave me a hug goodbye before going off to play. In celebration of his first day […] Read more…

This past week I was stressing about Jude’s sleeping schedule, packing for our upcoming trip to Illinois and the many other things I needed to get done. After observing my obvious distress for a minute, Will came up to me, put his hand on my arm and said, “Mom, G-O-D will take care of that.” […] Read more…

It’s sweet when you sometimes see your children getting along the way you’re trying to teach them to do. This past Saturday my husband needed to go into work and while I was getting ready to go to my recipe club in the morning, I noticed the kids were very quiet. Thinking they were probably […] Read more…

Last night, Leah was sitting on my lap after supper (which is getting hard for her to do!) I was asking her some questions and these were her answers. “Leah, where is your tummy?” “I have a tummy button. I don’t have baby in my tummy.” “Who can have babies?”“Mommies have babies in tummy.” “And […] Read more…

Today I was driving cars with Will during Leah’s nap. I told him after awhile, “That’s all the driving for me. It’s harder for me to crawl on the floor now that I have a baby in my stomach.” “Yeah,” he said. “I bet your stomach feels like it’s stretching out and it’s going to […] Read more…

I went downstairs to see how my son was doing getting ready for bed tonight after I tucked in my daughter. Me: Will, what are you doing? I told you to put on your jammies. Will: I decided to put on a different kind. The bear is saying, “I’m not tired,” on these jammies. But […] Read more…

Did you ever watch The Donut Man videos or see a show? My kids have a DVD of one of the live shows of The Donut Man and the Donut Repair Club. We were watching it the other day and Will commented the following: “Mom, I bet most of those people who were at the […] Read more…

Yesterday my husband was telling Will that when he was in college, guys would steal food off of their friends’ plates in the cafeteria. My husband then explained that one day when someone was trying to take his food, he drooled on it to stop them. Will looked confused and said, “You did what?” Then, […] Read more…

William announced to me this morning when he got up that he had a “thought in his head” last night (aka a dream). It goes like this: “Lofty and Muck (from Bob the Builder) were going to build something but it was too dark. So Bob took them back to his house. Then Lofty turned […] Read more…

Today was Will’s first day of Pre-K4. He attends a Christian school about 30 miles from our home on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings. He enjoyed being with some of the same friends that he had last year in Pre-K3. The best thing about our trip to school this morning was when he asked to […] Read more…

This past week we attended a Bible camp as a family where my husband served as dean of the camp. It was for pre-teens, which is an age I love. They are enthusiastic, friendly and respectful. We were able to listen to encouraging messages from the main speaker and area pastors. We even got to […] Read more…

Will came running up to me yesterday saying, “Mom, can I say the word ‘ridiculous’? Or is that just a word for grown-ups?” I told him that it was fine to say about something but that you shouldn’t call somebody that. Later I heard him mumbling something about a ridiculous doorknob… Speaking of words, Leah […] Read more…

Will is always full of grown-up comments. The other day he came up with this: “Mom, my favorite things to do are read books and play with cars. Because I like to have lots of hobbies.” He’s apparently particular about his favorite vegetables too. The other day we were having veggies and dip and I […] Read more…

Will was playing with his cars yesterday and showed me where his imaginary house was located. Then he proceeded to tell me that the long line of cars leading up his “driveway” was coming to visit him when he had a baby. I told him, “You know boys can’t have babies, right?” He sort-of smiled […] Read more…