This summer, my 7-year-old began dumping every single Lego he owns all over his bedroom floor. Daily. At first, this triggered a spike in my blood pressure. But after taking some time to play with him, I learned you really can’t find the pieces you need unless you spread them all out. when I asked…

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The first month of summer we spent planning our contribution to Vacation Bible School and then participating in it. My husband and I helped lead the singing, and he also wrote some puppet scripts to go along with each day’s lesson. The week of VBS, we really enjoyed spending time with all the kids. (I…

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It’s time for the Saturday Evening Blog Post hosted by Elizabeth Esther. Visit her site to read more “best posts of June.” Two posts in June received a large response from readers: “We Need a Mothers’ Creed” which is a call for moms to stop competing with each other and cutting one another down, and…

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This little guy loves to sit down with a book, open it in the middle, and “read” to me. “Once UP-on a TIME….” he sing-songs. Turns to the next page. “Once UP-on a TIME…” My big guy is trying to win an entire set of this year’s baseball cards(720 of them!) from the library’s summer…

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