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Friday, October 29, 2010
Halloween 2010
Procrastination and frugality joined forces this year and pushed me to make the kids' trick-or-treating costumes from scratch. I have to say, I had so much fun scouring the basement for random materials and seeing the ideas come together that I doubt I'll ever go back to store-bought costumes (please, don't hold this statement over my head if I contradict myself next year!).The kids' requests were a horse (Annabell) and Thomas the Train (you can...
Liam Visits the Island of Sodor
As all who read this undoubtedly know, Liam is obsessed with Thomas the Tank Engine and his many steamie friends from the Island of Sodor. When I asked Liam what type of cake he wanted for his 4th birthday, it was no surprise that he answered, "A Thomas cake, with a train track on it and Thomas on the track."My first inclination was to create a repeat of the cake I made for Annabell's 3rd (?) birthday: a simple rectangular sheet cake with frosting...
Monday, October 11, 2010
Suffering Is Not Defeat
Earlier this year I read and reviewed a book called Christianity in Crisis, which discusses the beliefs and proponents of the so-called "prosperity gospel." I was vaguely familiar with this movement before reading the book, but downright enraged by it afterwards. My eyes have been opened to how thoroughly this false teaching has infiltrated the American church, and even my own extended family. Given what Tim and I have been learning about the role of suffering in our own lives and those around the world, the prosperity gospel is more detestable...
Friday, September 10, 2010
Our Homeschool Adventure
Last winter when we decided to homeschool Annabell for her kindergarten year, I planned to keep things simple and do our work at the dining room table. But then I came to my senses. Our dining room table is the catch-all of our house. I knew that if I had to clear it off every morning, get out our schoolwork, and put everything away again in another room at the end of the day's lessons, we'd never get anything done.Thus our decision to transform...
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