My four-year-old’s first time to sing in the children’s choir at church did not go well. She knew the songs and the verse well. She could sing the songs by herself without the music. The problems all started because of a name tag. You see, these name tag stickers are relatively new at our church. … [continue reading]
I’m Laughing on the Inside
I was smirking about my husband’s prayer (something about the conservatives winning the elections) and he called me on it. “What?” I answered, “I smile all the time.” I guess I really set myself up for the next comment. “No, you don’t,” is what I heard from my darling six-year-old Joy. “You just scream at us… [continue reading]
If it is too Quiet the Kids are up to no Good
I was working on school with my oldest two girls while my youngest two were upstairs playing. It occurred to me that they’d been up there for quite a while and it was very quiet. I shouted up stairs, “Honey, what are you doing?” “Being a good girl!” came back a quick reply. Now if… [continue reading]
The Kids Make Pumpkin Shortbread Dessert
I am not the best mom at including the kids when I’m cooking, so I try to set aside times for them to cook or bake. Today I got everything ready when they were in their rooms for quiet time. I told them quiet time was over with a, “Hurry and clean your room. We’re… [continue reading]
A Bug in my Shirt
I was at the library one morning about a year ago with my entourage, perusing the children’s movie titles. My baby was getting heavy, and he kept tickling my back with his hand. “Get that hand out of there, baby.” For the fifth time I grabbed his little arm. But I distinctly felt the tickle… [continue reading]
A New Spanish Teaching Strategy
I learned a lot my first year teaching Spanish. The kids would often ask me what words meant that I didn’t know. They would act offended every time I told them that I didn’t know the meaning of a word and to look it up in their Spanish/English dictionary. “But you’re the Spaaaaaaanish teacher,” they… [continue reading]
Fall Festival at our Church 2010
The kids look forward to this event every year. This was the first time we were there early enough for them to have their face painted before the long lines. They loved playing all the games, eating chili and ice-cream, going on the hay ride, savoring the cotton candy and going on the little pony… [continue reading]
To Make My Husband Laugh
One of my daily goals is to make my husband laugh. This is today’s success story: We were eating supper–steak and German potato salad. My little two-year-old boy was happily eating his potato salad. Evidently he and I were the only two that cared for it. My daughter Joy was impressed that he would eat… [continue reading]
The Last Email I Ever Forwarded
It was about ten years ago and email was still relatively new to me. I checked my account several times a day to see if I had received anything new. I loved getting and reading forwarded stories and jokes and thought it was great fun passing them on. One day I got this really cool… [continue reading]
A Cool Spanish Teacher
My high school Spanish teacher was my favorite teacher. It was hard to find subs in Oklahoma that could speak Spanish, so since I was a native speaker, when he wasn’t able to make it to class he would have me teach the lesson, and the sub would sit in the back and supervise. This… [continue reading]
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