A blog I recently discovered is Life As Mom. I have thoroughly enjoyed reading over there this past week. The title says it all. It is fun, encouraging and real. I have found a few helpful tidbits here and there. Booking It 2010 is also hosted at Life As Mom. A few book reviews were given today so I’m heading to my library to see if I can snatch a new read for the kiddos.

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Seriously, though, routine is a good thing. It gives one a sense of security. Safety. Comfort.

Our oldest child is 11. And for 11 years, Saturday nights have been “get your hair washed and nails clipped for church” nights. 11 years. 7 kiddos. A nice, sweet rut of clean smelling hair, squeaky clean skin and clipped nails.

They know what is coming. Every Saturday night, as I’m washing a little one’s hair, I will be asked, “Are we going to church tomorrow?” And a little smile comes to their faces. They know clean hair means church on Sunday, lol. I love the smile that comes to their faces. I love that they love going to church. I love that it is “rut”. A constant, steady part of their life. What rut could be better than looking forward to a time of fellowship and worship with the Savior?

Now everyone is in bed. Snuggled under blankets, snores floating in the air and baby dolls cuddled tight. Waiting for tomorrow…

I’m feeling a bit bold and decided to “keep it real” and without a single picture. No cute smiles, no endearing stories, no charming imaginations. Just real. I’m not even a good writer so this would be a good time to numb yourself with some chocolate. I’ll go get mine…..

Ok. That was yummy. I had a chocolate chip cookie. Oh, I was supposed to savor it through the whole blog post. I hate when I forget that.

So here is life for the Tribe right now. Eddie is looking for a job, he is no longer pastoring a church and we are living with a wonderful, amazing family right now during this time of transition. Almost everything we own is sitting in a storage unit. I’m not sure what tomorrow holds but I know that God provided for today.

That’s the short version. Anyone want to hear the long drawn out version? I might need more chocolate.

However, thanks to my wonderful husband, he quickly got me back online so I could return to my blog. I so missed my little blog!

I have spent a bit of time tonight catching up on some blogs that I love to read and found a few new ones to enjoy.

My plan is to share some things I am learning during this time of transition. Not so much for you but for me. So I will remember how the Lord is moving during this time. Prayerfully, my ramblings will bless you or someone else. For now, I am going to crash for the night. Tomorrow morning brings an opportunity for fellowship with some wonderful ladies and I definitely don’t want to miss that!

I love cooking from scratch for my family. I am always on the lookout for yummy food to make that I know is healthy. Why? Because I can pronounce all the ingredients.

Last night, I just happen to stumble across this blog: Cooking During Stolen Moments . I haven’t looked all over the blog but I have already found some yummy things to add to our breakfast menu. I’m trying to decide which one to make first!

Enjoy!

Copywork is a wonderful way to practice perfect penmanship, spelling, writing and grammar. Oddly, copywork is a favorite among the Tribe. Bekah and Mary LOVE getting their copywork assignments each day. I found a little way to make it extra fun.

We have a bit of a literary contest. I go to AO Copywork, I find two books we have read and selected a passage for copywork. I print the selections out and call the girls who are eagerly waiting. Then I read the passages. However, I don’t tell them what book it is from. They have to tell me the book. Whichever girl is correct gets that passage for her copywork. If one girl gets both passages, she gets to pick which one she wants to keep and which one she passes along.

For some reason they love this “game”. I love seeing how they remember all these wonderful stories!

Here is an example:

#1 – The bureau was crowded with caterpillar jars, and the shelves with birds’ nests and cocoons on twigs, and on the mantelpiece there was a procession of minerals. Mounted specimens of butterflies and moths hung in cases on the walls, and over the bed five tacked-up snakeskins were tastefully arranged. The turtles occupied a tank cozily situated beside the wastebasket.

#2 – “A little girl – coming here, Miss Harrington? Oh, won’t that be nice!” cried Nancy, thinking of the sunshine her own little sisters made in the home at “The Corners.”

“Nice? Well, that isn’t exactly the word I should use,” rejoined Miss Polly, stiffly. “However, I intend to make the best of it, of course. I am a good woman, I hope; and I know my duty.”

Do you know these books?

Thankfully, my library had a few titles from them and I was downright delighted when I saw this one:

I knew that I had one child in this house who would give a squeal of delight when she saw it. All of my children love Chronicles of Narnia, but Bekah was the first to enter the land of Narnia. She was delighted when she saw it and devastated when I told her she had to wait. Hee, hee. It is the little things that make life fun, right? After a short time of torture I gave her the book and told her to let me know when she finished it.

Naturally, she finished it that afternoon. This is why the library lets me go over the 100 book limit.

Then I asked her to tell me all about Mr. Lewis. She shared wonderful details of his life; things I had no idea about! I was going to read it myself but after her thorough narration, there isn’t a big rush.

Bekah and I highly recommend C. S. Lewis: Master Storyteller and the other wonderful biographies from YWAM Publishing!

Oh, I almost forgot. One fact about Lewis that brought a huge smile to Bekah’s face was that Lewis was fan of E. Nesbitt. We adore her books as well.

Please share if you decide to read about Mr. Lewis and any other great biographies we should read!