I’ve been wanting to tell you about a really cool reward chart that I have been trialing for about 6 weeks now. It is called the Champ Ladder. Over two decades of parenting, I’ve tried my share of star charts and reward systems. Many things seem to work for awhile but I [...]
Archive for February, 2008
Works for me: Champ Ladder
Posted in Reviews on February 20, 2008 | 12 Comments »
Our 11th and 12th children
Posted in Window On The World on February 19, 2008 | 17 Comments »
Way back in 1997 when John and I were first discussing adoption, he felt that the four kids we already had were enough. After we’d talked around the issue for quite awhile, we decided that a good way to help out in the world would be to sponsor a Compassion child. Since I [...]
Tuesday’s link of the day: ”I’ll tell you what a tragedy is.”
Posted in Window On The World on February 19, 2008 | 14 Comments »
I just realized that yesterday’s link featured some comments by Noel Piper. Well, today’s post is a reaction to writing by her husband John Piper. It is called John Piper ruined my vacation. It really made me think– what about you?
Monday’s thought for the day: “half a dozen good harmless worlds at once…”
Posted in Window On The World on February 18, 2008 | 9 Comments »
I’m taking a break from my 15 minutes better theme, since I am trying to get some reallly serious writing time in this week. Instead this week I’d like to share a link a day for you to visit. I’ve got some thought-provoking stuff, and I’d love to hear from you after you’ve [...]
Sunday
Posted in Faith on February 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
2 Samuel 22:33-34
It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way perfect.
He makes my feet like the feet of a deer; he enables me to stand on the heights.
My life
Posted in Family on February 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
She saved me the trouble of writing it. For the record, I almost always go with option #1.
By the way, I may be a little scarce in the next couple weeks. I MUST finish this book.
And the blanket party fund is up to $3425. Hooray!!! I’m sending the washer money [...]
15 minutes :: 10
Posted in 15 minutes better on February 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I spent all day away from home, writing. I’m making progress– hooray! Then after a brief couple hours at home, my husband and I dropped all the kids off at church where they were having a kids play night, and we went out on a date. (Saw National Treasure– what a fun movie!!)
It was a [...]
15 minutes better :: 9
Posted in 15 minutes better on February 15, 2008 | 7 Comments »
It was a really good day for nice moments. After taking our new girls to the dentist, I took them out for chocolate milkshakes. At 10:00 AM. Because that is our after-dentist tradition.
We spent the rest of the morning making valentines for the grandparents. Sequins, glitter glue, stickers….it was chaos all [...]
The spaminator
Posted in Family on February 14, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I just went into my spam folder to retrieve a comment that someone told me had been eaten and was shocked to see that about half of the ’spam’ was actually perfectly wonderful comments from you all! I have no idea what is going on with my spam filter at the moment, but [...]
15 minutes better :: 8
Posted in 15 minutes better on February 14, 2008 | 8 Comments »
This afternoon I went extravagant and spent $6 at the dollar store for a bunch of Valentine balloons, just for fun. At home I handed the weighted bunch to my delighted 3 year old to bring into the house, then quickly instructed the 12 year old to shepherd her into the house fast [...]
Mary Ostyn
