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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…
“Not Me” – Bravely confessing some of my faults, failings and quirks by denying them. Last Sunday after our worship service and fellowship meal (think no nap and a tired 8 month old) we headed to the University to listen to one of the students in our church perform as part of the symphony orchestra….
“Not Me” – Bravely confessing some of my (or my family’s) faults, failings and quirks by denying them. Immediately after asking the children to be more careful in the kitchen, I did not proceed to drop a carton of eggs on the floor and I did not drop a second cartons of eggs a few…
I’m sitting on the couch in the dark of the morning reading my Bible when Colby (4) comes up and starts to talk to me. I remind him, “Mommy’s reading the Bible right now. If it’s not an emergency then you should wait until I’m finished.” Colby pauses just a moment and then says, “It…
“Not Me” – Bravely confessing some of my faults, failings and quirks by denying them. ♦ I do not have a unmatched sock pile bigger than a healthy two year old. While I was working at sorting the unmatched socks, Bella did not bypass the piles and piles of unsorted socks and head directly for…
“Not Me” – Bravely confessing some of my (or my family’s) faults, failings and quirks by denying them. Since our family lives in Knoxville and we moved here from Kingsport, one may think that the Scattergories task of thinking of a U.S. city that starts with ‘K‘ should be a piece of cake. Of course…
Our family is driving along in “The Plum” (our black outside, red interior 12 passenger van). As we stop at a red light, Colby spots a fast food establishment. Colby: “Daddy, what are those yellow, curvy lines over that Burger King? Daddy: “That’s a McDonalds.” Colby: “No, that Burger King right there, with the yellow…
Six month old Bella and I have been embroiled in sleep talks for the past few weeks. Bella’s position is that sleeping anywhere other than someone’s arms should be strictly limited to 15 minutes and that eating should primarily take place between 10pm and 5am. I tend toward a more liberal view of leaving the…
Each day Mark or I try to speak with each child about their Bible reading. For the younger ones this usually takes the form of questions to make certain they are completing the readings and understanding what they read. My conversation with Savannah (5) about her reading in Matthew 4 confirms that not only is…
Not me: Finding the humor in our everyday faults, failings, quirks and disasters by denying them. A good friend of mine said recently that she thinks these things happen to me just so that I have humorous ideas for the blog. If that’s true I may have to quit blogging after this past Christmas morning….
Hi, I'm Kimberly. I'm a homeschooling mom of 11 and here on Raising Olives I share about what I've learned; tips, ideas and some of the ups and downs of managing a home and raising children for the glory of God.
