Another week in the books. Whew! This weekend is our church’s women’s retreat, so I even get to skip town on Friday and leave the children with Dad to oversee math and all the rest.
Sometimes we all have our difficult starts. One day it’s one child, the next day it’s a different one. Then it’s my turn to lose it. I lose it so badly we can’t carry on with Morning Time and I have to ask forgiveness individually to each child as well as to them as a group. And when the children each for the next two days include in their Morning Time prayer “and thank you that we didn’t have any arguments so far this morning” you know it was bad.
You know what, though? Our kids will never live with or work with perfect people. If Mom isn’t perfect, it’s simply another piece of practicing for a life of dealing with real life and real people. As long as we repent and restore fellowship, even our own mess ups can help our kids grow into functioning people with realistic expectations of life and others.
Isn’t this cute? I love coming across little vignettes like this. Domestic scenes still surprise me when I come across them. Two boys first has me accustomed to formations, wars, and straight lines of guys or cars or whatever, but not cozy little living rooms.
I love it.
The Fisher Price Loving Family dollhouse (it was a hand-me-down – Thanks, Andrea! – but additional & replacement pieces have made perfect gifts) is toy #1 for occupying little miss two-year-old for extended periods of time. And, shhh, she even sometimes convinces brothers to play it with her sometimes when a sister isn’t available or willing.
It’s pumpkin patch time of year!
Skipping town Friday means skipping out on the end-of-the-week EHAP. Where I reshelve books and reclaim horizontal space. It’s good to raise readers, but it means a lot of books all over the house, collapsing in piles, and none ever put on the shelf neatly.
Worth it.
Boy did this post come at a good time (actually very “bad” time). So glad others lose it too but I agree that’s life and when you put your all into something your “all” is what will come out as well. ?
Oh, that’s hilarious! What a great way to put it!
Boy did this post come at a good time (actually very “bad” time). So glad others lose it too but I agree that’s life and when you put your all into something your “all” is what will come out as well. ?
Oh, that’s hilarious! What a great way to put it!
Love the picture of the living room with books everywhere. Glad we’re not the only ones. =)
Hope your weekend women’s retreat was refreshing. We leave today for a marriage retreat (Fri and Sat). Kids are slumber partying with the cousins and my sister and brother in law. Must be the time of year for such church events.
I really like your weekly wrap up/7 Quick Takes/PHFR posts. =)
Thanks, Virginia!
Love the picture of the living room with books everywhere. Glad we’re not the only ones. =)
Hope your weekend women’s retreat was refreshing. We leave today for a marriage retreat (Fri and Sat). Kids are slumber partying with the cousins and my sister and brother in law. Must be the time of year for such church events.
I really like your weekly wrap up/7 Quick Takes/PHFR posts. =)
Thanks, Virginia!
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Oh yes, I’ve had a few instances where I’ve just really lost it during the school day… and during morning time too. sigh But it is such a good opportunity to model humility and how to ask for forgiveness, isn’t it. As hard as that is… or at least it is for me.
I am looking forward to the cozy little domestic scenes like that again – my oldest is a girl, and then there’s three boys, and now I have a 23 month old girl. She’s not quite old enough for it yet, but I’m looking forward to getting down the dollhouse again!
Oh yes, I’ve had a few instances where I’ve just really lost it during the school day… and during morning time too. sigh But it is such a good opportunity to model humility and how to ask for forgiveness, isn’t it. As hard as that is… or at least it is for me.
I am looking forward to the cozy little domestic scenes like that again – my oldest is a girl, and then there’s three boys, and now I have a 23 month old girl. She’s not quite old enough for it yet, but I’m looking forward to getting down the dollhouse again!
I am totally cracking up at your comparison of cozy domestic scenes from your girls vs. battle formations from your fellas.
I have four boys and that is ALL there is at our house. Sometimes they play adventure games (Swallows and Amazons or Robinson Caruso-esque), but otherwise it is almost entirely battle play, alone or in groups. I just can’t relate.
There must be a pleasant sweetness to have domesticity interspersed in your household. It sounds downright refreshing.
It is refreshing, except when there are screams due to battles overwhelming the cozy scenes. :)
I am totally cracking up at your comparison of cozy domestic scenes from your girls vs. battle formations from your fellas.
I have four boys and that is ALL there is at our house. Sometimes they play adventure games (Swallows and Amazons or Robinson Caruso-esque), but otherwise it is almost entirely battle play, alone or in groups. I just can’t relate.
There must be a pleasant sweetness to have domesticity interspersed in your household. It sounds downright refreshing.
It is refreshing, except when there are screams due to battles overwhelming the cozy scenes. :)