Seasons in Life

I have been playing musical beds with my kids of late. Our youngest, Jacob, seems to just be scared of his bed all together and would only sleep with big brother Caleb or mom and dad for a while. Then a few nights ago it was ONLY in mom and dad's bed. Now he is back in his bed, but he wants a candle lit AND mom or dad to stay there until he is asleep. Then our daughter Megan will every now and then wake in the middle of the night crying out that some shadows are scaring her, then realizing she needs to 'potty' as well. Parenting...crazy, trying, rewarding, emotional and eventful!

Jacob is slowly getting on the road to being potty trained. He will be 3 in November so I suppose it is time. This time of training is both easier and at the same time more difficult. It is nice to just stick that diaper on and not have to worry about being inconvenienced at a moment's notice. But the thought of no diapers and no wipes definitely has appeal.

Caleb has started receiving an allowance. Something he is very excited about. He has 4 things he needs to do everyday in order to get said allowance, so we shall see how it goes. Now this does not include picking up room and making bed, etc. Stuff that is outside of his little space. He is very eager to do the things and make that money! We have even talked about tithing, savings and spending. So today when he got his 1,000 shillings (around 50 cents!), he was happy and willing to separate his money out into the three categories. We shall see how this continues.

Life moves and changes quickly it seems. Seasons...

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Brenda said…
I'm amazed to see how big the kids are - even since the Spring! Keep up the good work :)
July 31, 2010 at 5:37 PM
Ginny said…
I'm hailing from Pflugerville, TX. Greetings! Do you have an email address that I can use to correspond with you? I'm wanting to put together some information for a SS class here about you folks since our church is one that supports you. Thank you very much.

Virginia Moore
Church Secretary
August 8, 2010 at 2:03 PM
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