Friday 24 April 2009
The Homeschool Family
I don't want to go overboard on the 'homeschooling' thing, but this is so funny!
Pass the bean dip
A friend and fellow blogger sent me this article (just when I needed it). Thanks Alice. Hope you don't mind me stealing it to have on here too!
PASS THE BEAN DIP
PASS THE BEAN DIP
Thursday 23 April 2009
Tuesday 21 April 2009
Quoting J
Me - "Why do Scientists use Latin?"
J (age 7) - "So they can talk to plants."
Me, J and B - all crack up in unison!
J (age 7) - "So they can talk to plants."
Me, J and B - all crack up in unison!
Thursday 2 April 2009
A home truth or two
Now my children are with me all day every day, the responsibility falls on me to be an example, and to instruct them in the way that they should go. Girltalk puts it like this - 'Am I walking in paths where I would want my children to follow?' They see me more, they can assess my attitudes, and measure my standards by those which we aim to meet, but quite often, because of our sinful nature, don't.
The word of God should not only be in the Bible, but the Bible should be in a man's life. A man's life should be a walking Bible."William Fenner in The Enmity of the Wicked to the Light of the Gospel
It's all very well to have the opportunity to try and nurture them, but I trust and pray that more damage will NOT be done. It certainly will be a catalyst in the conscience area!
How does one remain calm when the third argument of the day among siblings has erupted, or a highly energetic and overly enthusiastic son has decided to make himself five-in-a-row 'rich-tea' and 'Treat' sauce sandwiches after his latest discovery in the kitchen cupboard?? Perhaps baby has had her third dirty nappy in an hour, son hasn't made it to the toilet in time, daughter and other son want lunch all at once, and you have to be somewhere in 1/2 hour? It's happened here!
I don't know exactly, but I do know this. Prayer is a mender of many things. Remaining calm in many cases depends upon prayer! I have found sometimes that a quiet word of prayer has had a calming influence on all of us and set us in the right direction and frame of mind for discipline and consequent obedience.
"Let the cry of your prayers outcry the cry of your sins."Thomas Goodwin in The Works of Thomas Goodwin (Vol. 12)
Embarking on a new era of homeschooling, I pray that making our home the schoolhouse of a godly life would be first and foremost in our desires to educate our kids.
("All Christians should make their houses and families a schoolhouse of a godly life."Anthony Burgess in Section VI: Grace as God's workmanship and good works as the end thereof)
All for now.
The word of God should not only be in the Bible, but the Bible should be in a man's life. A man's life should be a walking Bible."William Fenner in The Enmity of the Wicked to the Light of the Gospel
It's all very well to have the opportunity to try and nurture them, but I trust and pray that more damage will NOT be done. It certainly will be a catalyst in the conscience area!
How does one remain calm when the third argument of the day among siblings has erupted, or a highly energetic and overly enthusiastic son has decided to make himself five-in-a-row 'rich-tea' and 'Treat' sauce sandwiches after his latest discovery in the kitchen cupboard?? Perhaps baby has had her third dirty nappy in an hour, son hasn't made it to the toilet in time, daughter and other son want lunch all at once, and you have to be somewhere in 1/2 hour? It's happened here!
I don't know exactly, but I do know this. Prayer is a mender of many things. Remaining calm in many cases depends upon prayer! I have found sometimes that a quiet word of prayer has had a calming influence on all of us and set us in the right direction and frame of mind for discipline and consequent obedience.
"Let the cry of your prayers outcry the cry of your sins."Thomas Goodwin in The Works of Thomas Goodwin (Vol. 12)
Embarking on a new era of homeschooling, I pray that making our home the schoolhouse of a godly life would be first and foremost in our desires to educate our kids.
("All Christians should make their houses and families a schoolhouse of a godly life."Anthony Burgess in Section VI: Grace as God's workmanship and good works as the end thereof)
All for now.
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