Make that Dad of the Century!
the summer days are gone, but dad blows up the inflatable pool and swims around with the girls for a while . . .
Luv that man.
Archive for the ‘Family’ Category
Dad of the Year
Posted in Family, my beloved on November 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
busyness
Posted in Family, adopting Paul, evangelism on November 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So many things have been happening these last few weeks! wanted to catch you all up on it.
Vitaliy had two evangelism trainings for youth in our church. They covered all the material, memorized, and went out witnessing all in about 4 days. Now about 15 people in the church are trained.
Marika and Egor, two of the [...]
i am still alive
Posted in Family, adopting Paul, mommyness, special things on November 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
maybe . . .
it’s a stressful time of life, trying to work hard and fast at adopting Paul. It requires one or more tasks a day right now.
Also, Vitaliy is hosting a 5-day evangelism training in our 2-room apartment, so the girls and I have to find somewhere to be gone to. . . . [...]
my impersonation
Posted in Family, mommyness on October 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
of Sarah Palin (this is for my mother).
My kids like to fall asleep next to my chair at night sometimes while i’m working on stuff.
one on either side . . .
friend Danya
Posted in Family, Life in Ukraine, mommyness on October 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Friend Danya is three, just between Skyla and Vika. He is their only like-age playmate at church, and his parents are Vitaliy and Natasha Fomin, who are the other young pastor-and-wife couple at our church. They *HeartHeartHeart* playing together!!!
carrots!
Posted in Family on October 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My kids LUV carrots. So when they are around when I’m grating, i have to grate like 5 extra carrots because they love eating grated carrots. And I think, hey, it’s healthy! Eat away!
I am only passively guilty for the backwards, inside out shirt (i.e., she put it on; i didn’t fix it).
Yes, my darling, [...]
i could give birth every day; it’s the next 18 years that’s the challenge!
Posted in Family, Parenting, mommyness on October 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is the book i’m presenting in our weekly mommy group: How to Really Love Your Child by Ross Campbell.
The thesis of this book is that parents do truly love their kids, but parents need to learn how to express this love in a way that KIDS can feel and understand it.
Of course, my child [...]
Friday
Posted in Family, Parenting, mommyness on October 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I feel a little guilty, like I’ve been running around all week and not focusing as much as I could on the girls. I’ve spent some time with them, but not really being with them fully–always thinking about doing the next thing, etc.
So, Friday will be focus-on-girls day and slowly clean the house so it’s [...]
food stuff
Posted in Family, Life in Ukraine on September 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Vitaliy is doing most of the cooking now, and I am his happy assistant.
we have a lot of peppers someone gave us, so we decided to use them with rice in the crock pot. I found a treasure in a pepper!
we now have a pet catterpillar!!!
Vitaliy is a serious cook, especially when he has to [...]
my 4-year-old
Posted in Family, Parenting, mommyness on September 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
TG, my wunnerful, attachment-parenting friend, sent me a box of books at my plea for parenting help, and in that box is a simple series of thin books, each one about a year of child development. When Skyla turned four, I started searching for this, and I found it last night in my bookshelf:
These books allay [...]
