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How Fast They Grow: New Words

If there is one thing that warms my heart as much as it tugs at it, it's my son growing up. He is constantly learning brand new things each and every day. However, nothing is better then when he randomly comes up to me…
Parenting Mistakes When Talking To Your Teen

This is a particularly difficult subject to discuss because it’s easy for one to come off looking like a smug know-it-all when discussing it. Even just the tittle “Common Parenting Mistakes” taken the…
The Joy of Words

As children grow and develop there are different milestones that parents look forward to. Some parents can't wait for their children to become mobile (I am not one of those parents). Others dream of the day that their l…
A Tame Name

My oldest child, when he was still my only-est child, was incredibly bashful. He has always been quiet like his mother, but she has never been shy. Eldest was painfully bashful when he was little. Our pastor always kin…
The Obsession With Marriage And Heaven

Do kids just have obsessions with the weirdest things? For example, the eldest of the children I watch, Alana, is five years old and has an obsession with marrying her cousin Luke. Of course I know this is completely in…
Talking with Children About Sex -How and When?

This is one topic I am really scared of approaching. The only memory I have of my mother telling me about sex is nothing at all. One thing I do remember her telling me about my period was taking me to the store, buying…
Lack of Speech? He's the Middle Child...

(Lee, future paleontologist, November 2010) Lee didn't talk until he was almost two and a half years old. Not a word. He had different inflections of the one sound he made to communicate. And those who knew him well…
Speaking in the Third Person

Lora is almost 2 years old (just over 2 weeks left!) and is pretty much where she should be for her age. She is starting to use the potty, has moved to the toddler bed and is starting to use sentences instead of 1 word…
Talking to Your Belly?

Now that I'm at the stage of my pregnancy where they say the baby's perception of sound is developed enough to hear its surrounding, I've been trying to talk to the baby more and also playing some music for her. It w…
Kids Say the Darndest Things: Part I

I haven't had much time for blogging lately and I'm pretty depressed. So I got the idea to write about something a bit more upbeat. I've mentioned some of the funny things my kids have said before. But I decided mayb…