Feeding the Five Men - August 2012
Submitted by kim on Tue, 08/07/2012 - 16:21 in Homemaking, Recipes
I wish I were more Christ-like. Especially when when all the men are hungry.
Can you image? Just five loaves of bread, two fish, one prayer, and all the men are satisfied? I want to go to that cooking school!
Unfortunately, it doesn't happen like that here.
My guys help me a ton around the house and will fix meals when I ask for help. But the bottom line is that everyone is happier when I make the plan, do the shopping, and get the meals on the table. My Christ-likeness is going to have to come through serving cheerfully.
Homeschooling in Missouri: Logging Educational Hours
Submitted by kim on Tue, 08/07/2012 - 12:13 in Homeschooling
If you're like this homeschool mom, you're wondering just how summer slipped by so quickly. I really need to crack down the next couple weeks and to get ready for the new year.
First thing to do every school year is compile a list of subjects and texts for each student. I have used the Course of Study form on Donna Young's website for years. (Thanks Donna for the amazing resources you offer free!) Compiling this document gives me a chance to do a last minute check on everyone's books and supplies, and also makes a great first page for the Missouri required portfolio of student work.
The Packing Starts
Submitted by kim on Sat, 07/28/2012 - 01:51 in Parenting
Three weeks from today we'll take our fifth child to college for his freshman year. We've done this before; all summer I've falsely believed that fact would make this new transition easier. But as I shared coffee with my son this morning and started making the packing list, I felt the familar tug on my heart. And an occasional lump in my throat. He's leaving. Very soon.
It's a strange process to go through as a parent and a family. This letting go doesn't come easy.
Tolerating Board Game Arguments
Submitted by kim on Wed, 07/25/2012 - 20:17 in Parenting
We spent last week with my extended family. My brothers and I are scattered around the United States now, but every year we meet in our home town, Lakeside, Ohio.
We grew up as year around residents of this summer Chautauqua on Lake Erie, an experience that I visit frequently in my writer's notebook. These annual summer trips not only give inspiration to my personal writing, they also give my children a chance to live with their uncles, aunts, and cousins for a week.
This year, my boys and the uncles discovered the iPad Monopoly. They played a lot.
Vacation Journal Writing
Submitted by kim on Mon, 07/16/2012 - 10:44 in Homeschooling
I'm a collector of words. My favorite Pinterest board is full of words and sayings. When I go on vacation, I gather brochures, postcards, maps, and words about the places we're visiting. Usually these go in my suitcase with the best intentions of being transformed into something more creative once I get home.
I wanted things to go differently on our trip this summer. I wanted to write while I was experiencing the vacation and have a place to store this vacation writing along with the literature and words I was picking up along the way.
