Encouragement and Support for Christian Stay-at-Home Mothers
Recently I was at a friend’s huge 4 storey brand new house – with garden and skylights and all. It was a lovely place. Looking for a larger house Now a few months before that, we had attempted to go house hunting since the children are physically growing up and taking up more space than […] Read more…
Reflections and resolutions. We should always do this. Reflect on the year that has gone by and make resolutions for the new year so that hopefully, we won’t repeat the same mistakes. And yet, there is no point beating yourself up over what has happened and then be overly ambitious for the new year 🙂 […] Read more…
We really tried hard not to be interviewed or photographed for the article on large families which was published in The Straits Times, 25th December, 2010. But we still ended up as the main photo! 😀 In the papers before When we received a call from the journalist, we told her that we had just been […] Read more…
Someone recently implied that I shouldn’t complain about my children since I claim that children are blessings from God. Let me state again : Children ARE blessings from God 🙂 But just because they are blessings from God, it does not mean that they come perfect or that they do not give us trouble or cause us […] Read more…
Last year I blogged about my one and only resolution for 2010. Did I do that? Yes we did! But unfortunately it was forced upon us. Due to dd’s increasingly bad attacks of eczema we brought her to a doctor who recommended an IgG test and we found out that according to the test she’s […] Read more…
UPDATE: It is with sadness that I discovered that Student of the Word no longer exists. I know I have raved about our Bible Curriculum, Student of the Word or SOW before. But I really like it! 🙂 Although it is a complete K6-12 curriculum (excluding Maths) we have modified how we use it to just […] Read more…
It has been said that “Children are not expensive, lifestyles are”. And I have to agree. Yes, that’s me with the 7 children, whose grocery and utilities bills have been increasing rather than decreasing 🙂 Break the mindset You see, it is oftentimes our insistence that life must be led a certain way that causes […] Read more…
Yes that goes for me too! Too often we would rather complain than do something about the various unhappy situations we are in. Great advice can be given but the person receiving it is not listening coz he/she is too busy being self-absorbed and whingeing. As we start a new year, I think the quote by […] Read more…
Have you visited Confessions of a Homeschooler blog? Oh my! It is chockful of stuff for preschoolers. Erica is very generous with the work she has done. Everything in her Letter of the Week curriculum is free! But if you want to download the whole lot faster and easier, then you pay just US$10 for the […] Read more…
No and your toddler seem like oil and water. They don’t mix. But the toddler can be taught to respect the word, “no”. If you are firm and consistent. Teach him well and you will have laid the foundation of your parenting years ahead. No, I am not guaranteeing it will be totally smooth but it will be more pleasant. Read more…