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Garbage In….Garbage Out!

February 18, 2015advice for parents, encouragement for mom, mom, mom of toddlers, motherhood, new moms, Parentingadvice for moms, children, encouragement for moms, garbage, music, new homeschooling mom, Parenting, raising children, teens, television, video gamesT.W. Allgaier

Philippians 4:8 “Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable–if anything is excellent or praiseworthy–think about such things.”

Children are impressionable. I promise.

I will never forget my love for watching soap operas as a young mom. I kept them on during the daytime hours. The boys were small and as I changed diapers, gave baths, did laundry, dishes, dusting, lunch, dinner…..I kept the television on. After all, the boys were little and did not pay attention, right?

Wrong! Continue reading Garbage In….Garbage Out! →

What’s A Mom to Do AFTER Christmas?

December 29, 2014advice for parents, creative teaching, homeschooling, mom, mom of toddlers, motherhood, Parenting, Spiritual Encouragement, Uncategorizedadvice for moms, after Christmas, children, christian encouragement for moms, encouragement for moms, new homeschooling mom, new mom, Parenting, raising children, unconditional love for childrenT.W. Allgaier

After Christmas…

The kids are at home, school is not in session.

The toys are no longer fun….

We’ve all been there. Seems like the boxes and their delight lasted longer. Every year I thought we might should save some of the toys for the winter months. But alas, year after year we bought.

Learn from our mistakes.

So what to do? Continue reading What’s A Mom to Do AFTER Christmas? →

Tend Like

December 17, 2014children creativity, creative teaching, encouragement for teachers, homeschool material, homeschooling, mom of toddlers, motherhood, new moms, Uncategorizedbehavior in children, children, children imagination, christian encouragement for moms, encouragement for teachers, homeschooling mom, imagination, new homeschooling mom, Prodigal, raising children, TEACHER MOM, TeachingT.W. Allgaier

Tend Like

The other day I was shopping and heard the sweetest conversation. Two little brothers were playing “tend like” as they followed their mother around while she pushed her cart down the aisles.

“Tend like you are the helper explorer and you are trying to get me to stay and fight the battle in the water with you.” “Ok, tend like we are both brother explorers and we both have to fight the sea monster in the battle.” “Grrrr, sppp, druppp” (I assume that was the sea monster) Continue reading Tend Like →