Between elementary school and preschool drop off last year I started to wonder if I could be making better use of my time in the car with the kids. A few months into the school year we began to implement these 3 things on the 15 minute car ride to the elementary school: singing, catechism, and prayer. With all 4 kids in the car it has become the perfect way to start the day for all us. SING We love singing together as a family and singing about God to glorify God is the best way to start our drive to school. Here are a few of our favorite albums that I highly recommend: Seeds Family Worship: Seeds has many albums that will help your entire family memorize scripture through song! This is a great resource!Sovereign Grace Music: Another great resource to speak God's Word into your family via song. We like the albums Walking in the Wise, The Ology, and To Be Like Jesus.Shai Linne: The album Jesus Kid is our current favorite. The song Gotta Know The Books helped our 6 and 4 year … [Read more...]
Broken Tracks
In the bedroom broken train tracks scatter the floor. My two year olds are happily playing with the remaining intact tracts that lead onto the well worn carpet. I sit down on the floor with them in the mess they have created. My mind starts to contemplate how I can arrange the tracks to enhance their play. A bridge here, a tunnel there, yes that will be perfect. They will love it. Except they don't. "No mama, no fix it". The little voice continues on. Lamenting as I try to explain that what I am doing is going to be better. So much better. It is as if each track I lay brings an extra agony of grief to his little heart. Slowly the track starts to come together amongst the whining and grumbling. It is one of my better designs. Slowly the grumbling begins to fade and a smile starts to form on their little faces. They see the broken tracks come together to form something new, something better. They start working alongside me. Their excitement now evident as they can see … [Read more...]
