Corban Tag

The day we got home from Thanksgiving celebrations, we picked up a tree and brought up the Christmas boxes. Sometimes I wonder why we do it all for just over a month of this Christmas season, but there's something about the traditions and specialness of...

06 January, 2015 /

When Corban and Jaeda choose to love each other, they oooooze it on, making sure I hear every second of it. On this day, Corban insisted that Jaeda wear only the finest of clothes--his. So she sported a large I am a big brother shirt for this babysitting day....

13 December, 2014 /

Corban has apparently found out that being four means playing with Legos, not Duplos. I really thought we had another year, but once we did the Lego Scavenger Hunt at the library, he could barely bring himself to look at his Duplos. Okay, I totally exaggerate; he still played with...

11 December, 2014 /

I like to claim at least a half part contribution to the adorableness of these children. Especially to all the folks who see just me and the kids out in public and wonder incredulously where they got their red hair. I mean, come on! But for...

10 December, 2014 /

They were up and came down. They were raked all around. They've been jumped in and squished. And were covered in snow mush. Now they're gone, all gone. And all we have is brown lawn. ...

07 December, 2014 /

This precious girl has grown in her love for music. If she's not singing (any song under the sun), she's playing the piano (and singing). If not playing the piano (and singing), she's dancing with her daddy (or brother, in Daddy's absence) while I play the piano and sing. Can we just pause...

19 November, 2014 /

Amazing how simple something seems when you're 29 and you've done it all your life. Amazing how complicated it is when you're nearly 4 and you've never even heard of it. Enter 20 Questions. The best game for the best laughs (on the parental end) and confused expressions (on the young children end). Just listen. MOM: We're gonna play a new game. A...

08 November, 2014 /

  It's been so refreshing to step into the living room to see Corban and Jaeda playing kindly together. For the most part, they really like each other. But on the days when choosing love is just too hard for them, we're working on gentle reminders that...

28 October, 2014 /

I've gotten to be away for a whole weekend two months in a row! In September, it was our annual Father/Daughter Retreat in Northern Michigan. In October, it was the True Woman Conference in Indianapolis with lovely, God-fearing women from our church. James and I...

26 October, 2014 /

  Corban is still putting his sandals on the wrong feet at various times. "Don't worry, Mom; it's fine with me."  He and Jaeda have figured out if they bring a big enough bag in the bike trailer, they can do their normal imagination play without waiting to arrive...

22 October, 2014 /
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