Fingerprint Friday: Courage and Loose Teeth

By MAD21

My oldest has had a loose tooth for what seems like forever. It's been a month or two. This is her first loose tooth. Well, technically it's her second, but the first one isn't even close to coming out yet.

She's been working for weeks wiggling and wiggling trying to get this tooth to come out. So excited, though I'm not sure exactly what she was excited for. Some of it, I think, is that all of her classmates have lost at least one tooth, some are on their third or fourth.

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One Word At A Time: Grace

By MAD21

Last week was "one of those weeks." My youngest was really struggling with self-control and obedience. Several times I saw the ugly side of lost tempers and bad attitudes, admittedly myself included. My oldest was struggling in her own way, too. Getting on "yellow" three days at school for talking and not controlling herself in class.

When it comes to discipline, I have found that grace is one of those really tricky things when it comes to being a parent. Mercy, too, for that matter. Grace being that thing you give when your kids are just short of reaching the goal, and mercy being what you give when they've missed it altogether.

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Life Is Funny: Interruptions and Bananas

By MAD21

If you have little kids you know that it is nearly impossible to finish anything... the dishes, a book, a phone call... a sentence. We love them like crazy, but our kids just don't seem to understand what it means to not interrupt.

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Fingerprint Friday: Joy of Swinging

By MAD21

Go to any playground and you will likely find swings. Just about every kid I know loves to swing. My daughters looooooove to swing. They like everything else on the playground, too, but it's always the first and last thing we do when we go.

My daughter came home with a memorization assignment this week. It fit well with this post, so I thought I'd share it with you.

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Fingerprint Friday: My Little Artist

By MAD21

My oldest has become quite the artist in her six years, and her sister is not far behind (she'll be four on Monday). The girls are very creative. Over the years I have heard some amazing songs and stories created from their imaginations. And now that they are getting old enough, the pictures are becoming as detailed as their crazy stories.

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