"As Isabel and Star crept into the dark abyss, Star's body tensed up and her hand gripped her sword even more tightly." This sentence is found on page 33 of my daughter's new writing curriculum called Creative Writing Made Easy published by New Millenium Girl Books. She wrote those sentences all by herself in response to a section on using a description of body language to enhance writing. What Continue Reading >>
Cheesecake Spritz Cookies for your Cookie Press
Growing up, I was never a big fan of spritz cookies. They all tasted dry and bland. A few years ago, I wanted to make spritz cookies with my children because it seemed like a fun way to make cookies. We bought a Cookie Press (last year I bought a new Cookie Press that I absolutely love) and I went in search of the perfect spritz cookie recipe. The recipe I found included cream cheese. Cream Cheese Continue Reading >>
Celebrating the Second Sunday of Advent
We celebrated the second Sunday of Advent tonight by lighting the third candle... I think I already mentioned that we started a week early. Anyway, we read our Scripture and sang O Little Town of Bethlehem. I found a picture of the nativity in my files to print and the children had fun coloring while I read. This is a great way to keep the little ones still! We also enjoyed Cheesecake Continue Reading >>
Best Christmas Picture Books to Share with your Children about Jesus
I am the baby asleep in the hay and I am the reason for Christmas Day. This is the last line of one of my new favorite Christmas books [Christmas in the Manger by Felicia Bond] and as I read it to my twins this afternoon I was reminded once again of just how much I love sharing Christmas with my family. We spend the whole month focusing on Jesus in extra special ways and I love every moment of Continue Reading >>
Product Review: Awesome Science: Explore Meteor Crater and Petrified Forest
The third dvd in the Awesome Science series, Explore Meteor Crater and Petrified Forest by Kyle Justice and his family shows clear improvement from the first. I am so pleased to see the increasing maturity in the young host (Noah Justice), the improvements in filming, and the quality of the world-view material. Even though my oldest daughter and I have enjoyed the first two dvds, this is the Continue Reading >>
Product Review: Growing Up Wild by Wild Brothers Productions
It seems like only yesterday that I was the Sunday School Director for our small church in Western New York. I wanted to give our regular teachers the summer off, and we had lined up relief staff for eight weeks of the summer. God had laid it on my heart to make the summer focus missions. I spent hours combing the internet looking for resources, but in the end I had to come up with my own Continue Reading >>
