by Amy LeForge | Oct 28, 2007 | Growing toward God
The only predictable thing about kids is they’re unpredictable. We had a kids’ craft event at church yesterday afternoon, and my friend D was there. You know, the one who’s leaving. It was super hard watching her talk to a few of the other ladies,...
by Amy LeForge | Oct 26, 2007 | Parenting
We’re going to have to break some bad news to the boys today. A family that we’ve been close with for over 6 years is leaving our church; tomorrow is their last day. We’ll still be friends, and hopefully see each other once or twice a month. But...
by Amy LeForge | Oct 26, 2007 | Organizing
As a follow-up to the article I wrote on saving money on vacation, I have a post over at ForeverParenting.com with some vacation packing tips. Over the course of two separate vacations, Hubby and I drove the 4 boys cross-country this year. First we drove to the...
by Amy LeForge | Oct 24, 2007 | Tween
The Mercenary gets annoyed with me – routinely – because I insist on working through problems step by step whenever he gets stuck on things in school. Drives him crazy! He is a person who hates systematic approaches to things, and would much rather just...
by Amy LeForge | Oct 23, 2007 | Humor
My children at bedtime are kind of like those plates that entertainers spin on poles. The difference is they want to keep spinning madly, while I want them to crash* to the ground. *by crash, I mean GO TO SLEEP. Earnest Parenting: help for parents whose children are...
by Amy LeForge | Oct 22, 2007 | Parenting
In my second post on this topic, I asked the following question: How does your ideal parenting picture match up with the reality of your life? Some key ideas from my ideal picture are positive attitude and efforts in school family pursuit of hobbies and sports calm...
