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Print Rich Environment for Toddlers – Labeled Pictures on Bulletin Board

Monday, February 2, 2009

Caroline has a small bulletin board in her room. It is on the wall opposite the end of her bed. She can see it clearly but it is far enough away that there is no way she can reach it or even be tempted to reach it. I’ve been hanging pictures on there, cards she …

Toddler Teething Meltdowns and the Rest of Our Life I Don’t Talk About Here

Friday, January 30, 2009

I was thinking this evening about how much of our life I don’t blog about. There are so many things I would like to write about, questions I would like to ask, etc. but don’t feel the freedom to do so. However. Two year molar… What is the word for it? Oh, yes. H E …

What Is Your Default Mode of Christian Thinking – Come Out or Engage?

Thursday, January 22, 2009

This is going to be a very round about way to get to my point so bear with me! I’ve mentioned before that I am a member of a sorority. My sorority has a private side to their website where we can connect with other Tri Deltas from around the world. Kind of like a …

Morning Message on the Easel and Print-Rich Environment

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Caroline’s big Christmas present this year was a Melissa and Doug easel. (Read more about that here.) It has a chalkboard on one side and a whiteboard on the other. She uses it every day and enjoys it. Most mornings when she comes down she has a message waiting for her. Sometime it is just …

My Hopes For The Obama Presidency

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

While I don’t hold out much hope for what Obama will accomplish politically, I do have some sincere hopes for the next four years. I sincerely hope that his daughters have a good experience with their father as president, that they are kept safe, and that they do not suffer personally throughout their lives because …

Facebook – I’m Not Convinced At All

Friday, January 16, 2009

So everyone does Facebook. Or at least 150 million people do. I looked at it once and thought, “The last thing I need is one more thing to do online.” Honestly, some days I’d like to disconnect from the internet completely. And there was something about it that creeped me out. It felt different to …

Goodnight Moon Lapbook and Puzzle

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Caroline enjoys Goodnight Moon and I was excited to find some fun Goodnight Moon activities we can use with the large board book we already have. I found both a Goodnight Moon lapbook and a Goodnight Moon puzzle that she is enjoying! Goodnight Moon Lapbook Today we (David and I) made a Goodnight Moon lapbook …

Behold the Power of Television on Language Development

Monday, January 12, 2009

I got your attention with that title, didn’t I? Truth be told, Caroline doesn’t watch any network TV. She does watch DVDs. She enjoys Baby Einstein DVDs and the BBC’s Pride and Prejudice). But her current obsession – and I do mean obsession – is watching DVDs of herself. David copies all our home videos …

Quotes For Perfectionists and Procrastinators

Sunday, January 4, 2009

I am a perfectionist, mostly recovered, but still one. The biggest reason I know I’m still a perfectionist? I’m also a procrastinator.  Perfectionists are notorious procrastinators. I have two favorite quotes related to this. Thanks to Tammy I will be adding a third. The first is simply the well-known saying promoted by Elisabeth Elliot: Do …

Are You a Couple With a Child/Children or a Family?

Friday, December 26, 2008

I hope you all had a nice Christmas. Ours was rather up and down. I won’t get into the details, but it wasn’t what we had planned. David and I both woke up feeling rather depressed Christmas Eve morning, but managed to get ourselves in hand and devise a few ways to rescue the holiday. …

Money, Debt, Christians, and Idols

Monday, December 15, 2008

I want to preface this post by saying something about these questions I’m throwing out while we’re in the Christmas busyness. As with the question about educational items and gift giving, there is no way for me to address all of the finer points of these topics as I throw the question out. Sometimes I …

Gift Giving – Child’s Educational Needs Versus Wants?

Thursday, December 11, 2008

So here’s a question I’ve been contemplating: Do you differentiate between educational needs versus wants as it pertains to gift giving? A huge part of parenting is looking out for the child’s education. Since I was a teacher and (God willing) plan on homeschooling, I am already “teaching” Caroline. I think of it as part …

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"The real object of the first amendment was not to countenance, much less to advance, Mahometanism, or Judaism, or infidelity, by prostrating Christianity; but to exclude all rivalry among christian sects, and to prevent any national ecclesiastical establishment, which should give to a hierarchy the exclusive patronage of the national government."

Joseph Story (Associate Justice of the Supreme Court), Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States (1833), § 1871.

countenance: To favor; to encourage by opinion or words; To encourage; to appear in defense (Websters Dictionary 1828)

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