Monthly Archives: February 2009

Scaling Back Mt. Laundry

The two things our house seems to be overrun with are paper and clothing. We have tons of clothing. Luke suggested once that we cut back clothing to 4-6 outfits per person. I never took him seriously because to cut back on laundry means that I will always be washing clothes. And who wants to [...]

Proven Right

While playing online math tic tac toe, Phillip was showing me that if he clicked on the answer box, it would pull down a list of numbers to choose from. I immediately saw that it was only a list of numbers that had been typed before, and the number he was looking for (5) was [...]

Smileys and Life

Smileys. They are found online across the globe and can mean many different things including “I’m happy,” “I’m smiling,” “that’s funny,” or “just kidding.” It seems to me like smileys are quite common everywhere, except one place. Wondering where that one place is? It’s called the real world. Do you ever see someone walking down [...]

Save Our Successors (SOS)

David Ogden is a man who believes that America is already bound by the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child due to International Law because almost every other nation has signed the treaty. That means Ogden already believes that the government has more control over children than their parents. If that doesn’t concern [...]

Seeing Double

One morning last week, Peter woke up and went to the kitchen. When he came back to my room, he was holding a bananas. When I looked at it, it looked like two bananas; then when I looked at it again, it looked like one. Was I seeing double after just waking up? Actually we [...]

A Life-Changing Goal

I am not the best house keeper in the world. I know you are so surprised because my house always looks neat when you come over. What you don’t know is that my bedroom door is closed for a reason. I cross my fingers every time someone comes over, hoping that no one opens the [...]

Tabetha's Tweets 2009-02-22

Standing here wearing a baseball mitt, waiting for the day to throw me another ball. # @stretchmarkmama Sounds like you had a night like mine….up many times wiht a congested and wheezing 13 month old. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz # “She wouldn’t have picken…chunken….” This is where I collapse with laughter! I was trying to say “picked” or [...]

A Hearty Wordle

Wordles can get addictive. I just did another with a love theme from I Corinthians 13. I think it is cool that it took a random shape very similar to a heart!

Will You Be a Rep?

Parentalrights.org has made it their goal to protect parental rights in America by preventing the signing of the UN Convention on the Rights of the child. I have posted several times on this topic, but if you need a mind refresher, take a few minutes and read to see how urgent this is. It could [...]

Headless Horseman

Phillip literally means “lover of horses.” He also likes chess, and the knight is one of his favorite pieces. So it works perfectly that our “horseman” is headless. I told you he slept anywhere! * The boy pictured above is not truly headless….just in case you hadn’t figured that out.

Tabetha's Wordles

Luke introduced me to a cool site tonight called wordles.net. Look at my wordles!! The first one is of my blog, and the second is from John 15:1-17. Isn’t my husband’s wordle cool? Wanna make one? or two? or ten?

Online Subject Ideas

As a techy(?) homeschooling mom, I am always looking for online ideas that will make learning fun for my children (and for me). I came across 2 cool sites today, thanks to an online friend and fellow homeschooler, Stretch Mark Mama. A fun way to Learn the Presidents of the United States A game site [...]

How Smart is Your Brain?

Since Anna has finished her science book, and we still have 3 or 4 months of school left, we decided to let her choose the topics that interested her most from her book and research them online. Today’s topic was the eye. We found a really cool site that teaches about how your eye has [...]

Tabetha's Tweets 2009-02-15

Anyone else start shapeupRI today? # I’m SO excited! Based on the pedometer I am wearing today, I am NOT sedentary!! Yes, I have 5 children, and I am still surprised! # Unfortunately, even though I have plenty to keep me busy, I am only lightly active….. But that’s better than sedentary, right? # @stretchmarkmama [...]

Do Not Fear

This is a song that I learned while in college over 10 years ago. It is based on Isaiah 43, and since that chapter has come up quite a bit lately (God trying to tell me something?), Do Not Fear has been on my mind.

Normal is Back…with Revisions

For several months now I have been wondering when our life would get back to normal. We have had many “interruptions” in our daily schedule, and it has been easy to excuse myself by saying, “well, when things are back to normal everything will be better.” Well, “back to normal” hasn’t happened now since this [...]

Shaping Up 2009-02-12

I just began a program in Rhode Island called Shape Up RI. One requirement of this program is to wear a pedometer daily for 12 weeks. Included is a chart telling you how active you are based on your steps. Here is the chart from shapeupri.org: Under 5,000 = Sedentary 5,000-7,499 = Low Active 7,500-9,999 [...]

Candice's Balancing Act

One of Candice’s favorite things is her pacifier. Or maybe I should say some of her favorite things are pacifiers. When she sees several at once, she isn’t quite sure which one to put in her mouth. I guess she is already learning to balance many things.

Call for Help

As I mentioned yesterday, there has been talk of trying to get the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child passed in as few as 2 months. I have been racking my brain, trying to think of things I can do to help get the word out about the issue. I am a 10-and-2 [...]

Time to Move!

Okay, friends. This is getting serious! The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child could be passed as early as April – two months from now! It is time to move toward defending our country from those seeking to rob it of its freedom. Aside from the fact that congress is looking to pass [...]

Tabetha's Tweets 2009-02-08

learned a very important lesson tonight. Never try to play wrestle 4 children at once! # @Cullens_Girl I think both of your kids have entered a loud age at once. 1YOs and 4YOs both tend to be a bit LOUD! # 8YO got up and started school immediately (her choice) and was done by 10:30! [...]

The 4th has her 3rd

Three years ago today, I gave birth to the biggest baby ever (for me). She was 8 lbs 13 oz. I went completely natural with her and finally gave in and took an epidural. I was full of regrets when she was born one hour later. I could’ve lasted one more hour…really! This was the [...]

Real Love

Road to destruction Eternity without God Amazing sacrifice Life given for me Live like I mean it Only looking to you Voraciously seeking Eternity with you This post is my contribution to the “What I Learned From” group writing project at Middle Zone Musings.

Pick One Pic 2009-02-05

Time for another POP quiz. Pick one Pic and post it. Here’s mine! Let me know if you decide to POP too.

She Plays Too!

Last April I posted some songs by Zoei Toh because I was quite impressed with her ability to remember the words to songs. Now I have discovered that this little four year old also has the ability to play the melody on the piano!

Candy and Snow

Here is Candice’s first view of snow.

How to Defend Parental Rights

Parentalrights.org has begun its journey toward a constitutional amendment to keep the government from parenting our children. Want to help them out? The opportunity is here waiting for you to take action. Please do this for the sake of our children and grandchildren! Stay tuned for more updates.

Tabetha's Tweets 2009-02-01

@stretchmarkmama LOL!! # Said by 2YO: Mom, I can’t get my boogers off! I want you to help me get my boogers off! # It feels awesome to help someone! # @Cullens_Girl LOL! I didn’t even notice I put those 2 tweets side by side! # Crossed Conversations are so much fun sometimes! # I [...]

Five Personalities

I recently came across some stairs while my kids were dressed up, so I grabbed my camera and took a few spur of the moment shots. This was my favorite, mainly because it shows the personality of each child so well.