goal as a parent

Come, O children, listen to me;
I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
What man is there who desires life
and loves many days, that he may see good?
Keep your tongue from evil
and your lips from speaking deceit.
Turn away from evil and do good;
seek peace and pursue it.
(Psalm 34:11-14 ESV)


We have several Seeds Family Worship cds in our van. Our kids love them and, as a parent, it thrills my heart to hear them singing God's Word as we drive around! I had listened to this song many times as well memorized it but today it really hit me. This is the prayer I want to daily have for my children. With tears in my eyes, I asked God to give me wisdom and to help me be faithful to teach my four sweet children.

What is your goal as a parent? I challenge you to not to have your focus on things here on earth but rather diligently teach your children the fear of the Lord. Point them to Christ in all situations in life. Help them to see God in everything. Teach them how wonderful He is. Because He really is wonderful and He really is everything.

three months

oh, how we love him!

she's reading

Mia has worked really hard at learning her phonongrams and is now beginning to read. Wow! I almost cried when she read her first little book. What a wonderful feeling to be able to teach my daughter how to read! Not only is she reading, she is learning how to diagram sentences.



I love our Spell to Write and Read program. If you are interested in learning more about it, you can go here.

how school has changed

We recently purchased a copy of the New England Primer of 1777. Years ago this was the main book used to teach children how to read in school. It is so sad to read through it and compare the content with that of today's teaching. Thought I would give a little sample:

An Alphabet of Lessons for Youth

A wise son make a glad father, but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasure and trouble therewith.

Come unto Christ all you who labor and are heavy laden and he will give you rest.

Do not the abominable thing which I hate says the Lord.

Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

a sucess.. kind of

I have been trying to learn how to prop babies up on their hands for a photo but I have never had a baby sleepy enough to try it until yesterday. This little guy was a perfect model! I love this photo even though it wasn't exactly the pose I had in mind. Babies are just so sweet to photograph.

"Much of the world would agree that being a housekeeper is acceptable as long as you are not caring for your own home; treating men with attentive devotion would also be right as long as the man is the boss in the office and not your husband; caring for children would even be deemed heroic service for which presidential awards could be given as long as the children are someone else's and not your own."
..Dorothy Patterson

Very sad but true statement.