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Monthly Archives: March 2011

Noise, Talking and Fidgeting

Welcome to this weeks edition of 4 Moms, 35 Kids: How Moms of Many Manage.  This week we’re each answering some reader questions. Today I will be answering several questions from Amy: How do you deal with the constant jabbering, fidgeting, interruptions, and play-by-plays that must go on in a family your size? I have…

Superman John

Superman John

Our valiant hero, Superman John (aka 2 year old Nicholas). Superman John hears a call for help… Have no fear, Superman John is here. It’s tough fighting evil.   The world will have to wait, Superman John still needs his nap. Nick started asking to be called Superman John before Christmas, so the suit seemed…

Bible in 90 Days: April – Who’s In?

Last year I was the last one in our family to finish the Bible in 90 Days Challenge. I finished at 11:30pm on day 90. This year I finished on the afternoon of day 87 and I was still the last one in our family to finish. I did finish before my friend who started…

Friday Favorites

I enjoy Kelly’s blog, her writing is thoughtful and thought provoking. I appreciated her post Children: Heritage or Possession and  A Case for Homeschooling: Is there a ‘Biblical Model’ for Education addresses a question that every Christian parent is responsible to consider but many never even ask; does God care how we educate our children,…

4 Moms Get Their Large Families to Church on Time

kids church w/ Bella

  Welcome to this weeks edition of 4 Moms, 35 Kids: How Moms of Many Manage This week we’re sharing  how we get our large families ready and out the door for church on time. You may want to read what the other 4 Moms have to say about this topic; KimC at Life in…

Safe in Battle

Kansas Jonathan Lorelei

Jonathan was my baby. Born when I was 11 years old during my mother’s battle with cancer, I had the privilege of helping with much of his care. I sometimes tease that I was able to make all of my parenting mistakes on him and so be a better mom when my own kids came…

Practicing Praise

Last week I wrote about The Power of Praise to strengthen relationships.  Here are some of the baby steps that I’ve taken to try to be more consistent in praising my family. Thank God. Each day as I pray for each member of our family, I start out by thanking God for some of the…

Not Me: Outside Play

Nicholas

After 5 winters in Knoxville without any ‘playable’ amounts of snow, we did NOT receive many, many lovely playable snowfalls this year after I had given away all of our snow pants, boots and  gloves. I did NOT put sandwich baggies on Nick’s hands and cover them with a pair of socks so that he…

Whole Wheat Bread Baking 101: 4 Moms

100% Whole wheat bread sliced

Welcome to this week’s edition of 4 Moms, 35 Kids: How Moms of Many Manage.  This week the 4 moms are talking about baking bread, sharing our recipes and inviting you to link up. Our family has been baking our own whole wheat bread for more than 10 years, well except for the pickled wheat…

Eggs for Dinner: A Recipe

My friend Kimarie has been overrun with eggs, 524 of them to be exact and while our family does not have chickens and between our regular consumption of eggs and my recent stint of throwing cartons of them on the floor, never have a surplus, we are always willing to help a friend in need…