Field Trip to Burgess Orchard in Alpine today. We took neighbor Lily along. She is a great pal for Truman. Tru, Lily, and Eliza enjoyed a slice of free peach, a baby gala to enjoy, and the best apple cider sample from Big Red Barn. Liza ate through most of her apple. She was overjoyed! […]
So hey… I was so glad to get to attend the temple on Thursday. Jimmy stayed home with the tots as he had gone to the temple early in the week during work (so cool to be right by the Salt Lake Temple!). He had a busy night picking up Abe, making dinner, taking 5 […]
Tru was sent to timeout before bed for being defiant. Sigh… It took him 30 minutes to attempt to calm down from his sadness. We brushed teeth while he was still crying. And then prayers… Tru while still sobbing: “Grateful I can not have a sad day. Grateful I can have a great day and […]
Preschool went pretty well today. Tru didn’t even have a tantrum. Hopefully he’s used to the schedule. I love preparing lessons… more tiring to execute, but this has been good for me to do with Truman. 3dinosaurs.com has some awesome free printables for preschool. Today we learned about the letter A and the number 2. […]
Just read a great reminder from April Perry about Deliberate Mothers. Wanted to keep this for my record. I love the 4 suggestions: (1) Deliberate mothers read, watch, and listen to uplifting things that can reach the “real” person inside. I was thinking about how i’ve been reading online news lately… ksl & foxnews. I […]
Today was not our best day. Ready to mow the lawn. It rained. Nevermind. Go on a bike ride instead since it’s cool. Ended up walking the bike and trailer most the way since I running on two low tires that wouldn’t pump up. I was just trying to exercise. No sugar day! Holy canoli… […]
What a great topic to study… how our words affect children. Do the words we speak encourage confidence, testimony, strength in our children? Are we using a gentle and loving tone even when disciplining? “It came to pass when they heard this voice, and beheld that it was not a voice of thunder, neither was […]
“M” letter at home preschool today. Muffins, M&Ms, Marshmallows, Milk. If you Give a Moose a Muffin Book. Totally awesome moose antler hat (sorry for the tantrum photo of Tru… but this was a major reality… a nice tidy schedule throws him off, I’m afraid). Watercolor paint letter M. Mountains, magic, mom, max, monkey, moon, […]
Think Swing Choir in Sugar City… Monday, monday (ba-da ba-da-da-da) Can’t trust that day (ba-da ba-da-da-da) Monday, monday (ba-da ba-da-da-da) It just turns out that way (ba-da ba-da-da-da) Whoa, monday, monday, wont go away (ba-da ba-da-da-da) Monday, monday, it’s here to stay (ba-da ba-da-da-da) Oh monday, monday (ba-da ba-da-da-da) Oh monday, monday (ba-da ba-da-da-da) Not […]
Jimmy and I saw Ephraim’s Rescue on Saturday night. I didn’t think I’d cry… but I did. Sigh… The first part that made me cry was when Thomas, the teenager with the ‘not-so-positive’ attitude offered to help carry the little boy across the river… and then came back to help others. He was bare foot… […]