Lesson Learned
As much as you wish you children would heed all of your warnings and just know that you are older and wiser, some lessons just have to be learned first hand. It is just the sad, painful truth. Today was one of those days, after years of reminding G not to put things in her mouth, the inevitable happened.
As we were cleaning up after break [...]
The Future
I am afraid that the schools will prove the very gates of hell,
unless they diligently labor in explaining the Holy Scriptures
and engraving them in the hearts of youth -
~~~~ Martin Luther ~~~~
Ballerina’s Collected
As we all go about our free day today, an official snow day. I stop to find my son digging a snow fort out back rosy cheeks and all.
I find my daughter in her purple tutu, dancing around to the Nutcracker. In the “audience” are all of her ballerina toys & ornaments. Angelina, Barbie and many others watch on while she pe [...]
Modern Day Mary Poppins?
Annie the Nanny of Nanny Diaries …..
Personal Review: A fun, light and tenderhearted movie. Great moral character messages portrayed.
Money doesn’t buy happiness.
Quality family time matters so much.
A couple of times while I was watching this movie, I wanted to go wake my babies and read them a book and cuddle. It is a [...]
Tiny Tutu’s
First Dress Rehearsal
Costumes, make-up, ballet slippers, hangers, water, snacks, hairspray, tights littered the dressing room. The faint smell of perspiration lingered in the air, organized chaos all around and rushed costume changes all so familiar but yet another lifetime for for the little ballerina’s mom.
As the little ballerina [...]
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Upcoming attractions
Nutcracker Ballet- Gillian’s debut performance – for more information please contact us. We’d love for you to come watch our little ballerina and her best friend perform. I have to say they are the cutest little lambs and mice.
Christmas in Egypt- Gillian and Hayden sing with a wonderful cast [...]
‘Tis the Season…..
……For so many things.
The Good
Our Savior’s Birth
Sweaters
Nice warm drinks
Fireside nights
Snuggling
Christmas music & lights
Baking
Crimpus Fruitloop
The Bad
Germs
One sickness after another
The smell of Lysol
Missing School or other activities
Cabin Fever
Medicines
Trips to the Doctor
Time to let go…
We go into parenting knowing that regarding hard times, it is a “when” situation, not an “if.” Sometimes the moments are poignant. Sometimes they are frightening. Sometimes they are just sad.
21-ish: Walking her down the aisle while turning her over to another man.
18: Hugging them outside the dorm room and pleading [...]
Painting Saves the Day!
It seems that we always remember the big things for which we are thankful.
On the second day of Thanksgiving break with my darling children, I suddenly realized the only break I was going to get was a break from carpool lines. It was also evident that my sweet children were set on recreating battlefield scenes reminiscent of Little Big [...]
What are the Russell’s pets up ...
Last week we discovered that our cool hamster, Hammy, passed away. I didn’t think it was going to really affect the kids because they had not paid much attention to him as of late. But, I was wrong. The kids, during this little ‘teaching moment,’ were not as cavalier as I thought they might be. Gillian still prays fo [...]
