Mitchell and Sophie are learning how to load the dishwasher these days. Emphasis on learning hence the entire 12 piece place setting of glasses crammed into one load. Randy and I were talking away at the kitchen table soaking up the great feeling of having our children clean the kitchen. This is totally new for them. They've helped with setting and clearing the table for a long ... Read More »
Family
Kitchen Table Talk – sharing the Gospel with others
We've been talking about ideas for our families at their kitchen tables this week. And I'm pretty sure that part of this next idea is something you might already do with your family. Dye Easter eggs. But what I want to get us thinking about is how we could do this and bring in some neighborhood kids or unchurched school friends to do it with us because what better time of year ... Read More »
Kitchen Table Talk – the power of affirmation
I was cooking dinner one night when I was struck with an idea as I thought about an area in which our son had shown great improvement. We would have a Family Awards Night at the dinner table and he would receive an award for this area of growth. It sounds ridiculous but it really is fun. You think of something one of your children has accomplished, excelled at or did that you ... Read More »
Kitchen Table Talk – 1
Let me be quick to say that our kitchen table is not always filled with family Hallmark moments. No, not at all. I won't talk about all the times our kids make crude noises at the kitchen table, smack their food and say inappropriate things. Or the times we get snippy with each other after a long day's work and end up eating in complete silence. Or maybe I will tell you all ... Read More »
Frying Pan Armor and other miscellany
Mornings in our household aren't boring. Mitchell wakes up full throttle bounding down the stairs exclaiming, "I'm alive!!!!" I'm not sure if he's surprised or just excited to still be living and breathing. Either way it does my soul good to hear his energy and excitement proving he is indeed alive and well. Yes, very alive. This week he suited up in frying pan armor? I guess ... Read More »
A new “Family Night” experience
Family nights in our household usually consist of a Friday night either playing card games or watching a movie and crashing in the living room. Our best ever Family Night movie was Pee Wee Herman's Big Adventure. It's awesome because it has stupid lines and great music for break out dance sessions. Not that any of us would dance since we're Baptist like John the Baptist was. ... Read More »
A few things I never thought I’d see in our kitchen
1) Ground Flaxseed I don't have a clue what this stuff is I just hear it's good for you. Apparently I overdosed the family on it though when I put waaaaaay too much in a fruit smoothie. It didn't exactly go over so well and was very grainy. It was evident nobody like it. I'll cut back the next time I make one. Nobody knows this is in the cabinet but me. I tried one of those ... Read More »
This too shall pass
Our animal loving preteen put his gerbils in the GA bulldog helmet lamp and delighted in their new play area while I was having a panic attack on the sidelines. Love that profile of our manchild that's turning into a young man. I keep reminding myself that I will miss these crazy pet antics that he pulls. The live bird he found outside and put in the purely decorative bird ... Read More »