Its a very lovely morning here. Has not got hot for the day yet! Its 72F right now at 8:00 a.m, Hope it stays that way for awhile.
Still have 2 young ones in bed, so its not too busy around here yet. Laundrys going and breaksfast dishes done, atleast untill the others eat!! So got a mommnet to sit and use the commputer. Yea!! Don't get alot of those mommentts, so really got to take avandage of it when I do!!
I just recenly did somthing differnet concerning chores or atleast with the dishes. Yes, no atoumatic dish whaser around here, we have the really ones!!! I had been having the boys helping with the dishes for a long time now, but was not constant about it, just once in awhile when I was really needing help to get them done fast. I would wash and they would rinse, or ocsssionly I would have my oldest wash somtimes to free to me up. I also would have all the boys help with cleaning off of the table after meals. What a big help that is!!
Anyway what I just esabilished for the dishes is a set routine with someone in charge of each meal. I do the breakfast dishes and, I put Clyaton my 7 year old in charge of lunch dishes. We all help clean up the table and have everything ready to wash, and then he washes and rinses himself . He knows its his job and he has been doing it with out a complaint!! Thats great for him because he does tend to complain somtimes on work, espesially when he thinks he might be doing more than the others!
And Nathan I have in charge of the supper dishes and we do the same for him too, help clean the table and get everything all ready to wash. I can not belive how well this is working!! They are so coppertive about it . I guess it has to do with knowing excatly whats expected of them. No arguing about whos turn it is to wash or nothing.
Soon I will get my 5 year old to take over the breakfast dishes!!! Just kidding! But he can be huge help also, and I do some times have him help rinse dishes as well as 2 1/2 year old Sarah too!! She loves it! Of course when shes done, I have to mop the floor!!
The children have other chorses they help with tooo, ones they know is theres to do, and other I ask them to help with when needed. With the other chores I do not have a good set routine with them so don't they always go quite as smooth. I will see if I can come up with some kind of plan for them also.
I am so happy with the dishes though!! If some one ask me if we have a dish washer, I will answer, "Yes, I sure do. I know the norm is one, but I have 3 dish washers, and two more being recurted"!!
Well I better get off and see what all needs to be done on this lovely morning!!!
Ya''ll have great day!!!! Mae
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Chick in a shoe!
I thought this was too cute!! Sarah put her chick in her shoe and then proudly carried it around!! It was just content as ever!
Its too bad I was not able to put all the chick pictuers in one post, but I had problems putting more than one pictuer on at a time.
Another cute chick!!
Big sister Sarah was so proud of her chick, she just had to share it with little sis, Anna. Little Anna hardly knows its there though!!
Cute chick!!
Here is a cute pictuer of Sarah and a baby chick. She just loves these chicks, carrys them every where!! Just had to share this photo here!
Enjoy, Mae
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Why Sabbath? ( Its a love thing)
My family and I rest and worship on the 7th Day. And I just wanted to share why it is we use that day for that purpose, instead of Sunday which is the well noted "Lord's Day", and which most chuches use.The resaon is very simple and staright forward. You do not need to go deep in scripture to find it, nor try to find oddles of verses on the Sabbath Day to prove its right.(though there is oodles)
Its very simple, its one of the 10 commandments.
" Remmeber the Sabbath Day to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the 7th day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man servant, nor thy maid servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates. For in 6 days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it." Exdos 20: 8-11
We defently believe that we are to keep the 10 commandments today. And we belive no commandment is any less in value: there isn't any that is not necessary. They are all ment to be kept. The commanmnets are kept out of our Love for God. They are not a burden but a joy!!
"If ye love me, keep my commanments". John 14:15
" By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grevious." 1 John 5: 2-3
" And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoso keepth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him. He that saith he abideth in him ought himself to walk even as he walked." 1 John : 3-6
To truely love God we have to have 100 percent obedieance. And you really can't have one with out the other, LOVE and OBEDIENCE go hand in hand. You can not truely OEBY unless you turely LOVE, and you can not truely LOVE if you do not truely OBEY. Our love to God is showed in our obedience to Him.
Do not take my word on this, look it up for your self. Get your concordance out and look up scrpituers on the Sabbath Day, commanments, love, and so on. Its there, and He is calling you! He wants your whole heart, your whole devotion, your 100 percent love and obedience!!! He wants you!!
Have a most awesome day!! In Him, Mae
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Things I have Learned
Through the years of mothering I have learned so much snice I first began this monthering journry when my first wee babe was born. I know at first you feel that you know it all, you know just excatly how you want to raise your children, you have big goals, you don't want advise from your mom or mother-in-law, but then suddenly you realized that theres so much to learn!! ( atleast that was me) And learn we do through years as our children grow. Somtimes it is the hard way though. As each year goes by and each new child comes, we grow and learn a little more.
Here I have complied alist of a few things I have learned through my years of being a mom, which will soon be 10 on July 25th of this year! Wow, how the years fly and our little ones grow so quickly!
I Have learned ....
that we as parents have the abilty and power to bring out the best, or sadly the worst in our children.
that it takes respect given to recieve repsect back.
that a quiet command is so much more powerful and effetive than a hollered one. ( though hollering is tempting)
that the most importain things acomplished in a day ,can be as simple as a hug, a one on one time with a child, a story, a smile, an encouraging word, a pray at bed time.
that you as mom have the abliy to teach and train your child to be contened and satisfied with the little things in life, or just the oppitste: always wanting more, newer things, never content, never satisfied.
that our children are like sponges, they absorb everything around them, what you say and do, and other things they see and hear. So their enviorment needs to be well gaurded and controlled.
that our children can either be a blessing and a great joy to us, or just the oppoiste- its all in the way we trian them.
that it takes a ton of patience to raise children.
that alot of times a good talk is all thats needed for correction, and can be so powerful and work great wonders. I have leanrned not to corecct in haste, nor to correct in anger.
that parenting is a huge responsibily and not to be tooken lightly. When God blesses us with children he also gives us a duty that we are to carry out and accomplish with our children. He gives us guidelines to follow in His word. ( Proverbs 22:6, Deuteronomy 11: 18-20 for an example)
that we can not read God's word enough to our children.
that life is to short to worry about a little one not wanting to sleep in thier own bed, or a little one wanting to be carried around everywhere with you . Soon they will be grown and gone, and we will wish we took a little more time, let them sleep in our bed if that us neccessary and so on.
that kids often have more fun with the box a gift or toy came in, than the gift its self!!
that our children can be such a big help in day to day work, if trained to do so. Either they can be a blessing or a "handful"!
that reading God's word together daily as a family is so vital.
that I make mistakes and need to apolize to my children when I do somthing wrong. Its a very good example to the children.
that starting your day with a prayer is just as vital as is your cup of coffee. More so of course!!
And last but not least , I have learned that I have so much more to learn as the years continue!!
I hope these things are an encouragment to others, as we all grow and learn and as we continue to mother our dear little ones God has so greatly blessed us with!!!
Put God first and He will bless you greatly!!!
In Christ, Mae
Here I have complied alist of a few things I have learned through my years of being a mom, which will soon be 10 on July 25th of this year! Wow, how the years fly and our little ones grow so quickly!
I Have learned ....
that we as parents have the abilty and power to bring out the best, or sadly the worst in our children.
that it takes respect given to recieve repsect back.
that a quiet command is so much more powerful and effetive than a hollered one. ( though hollering is tempting)
that the most importain things acomplished in a day ,can be as simple as a hug, a one on one time with a child, a story, a smile, an encouraging word, a pray at bed time.
that you as mom have the abliy to teach and train your child to be contened and satisfied with the little things in life, or just the oppitste: always wanting more, newer things, never content, never satisfied.
that our children are like sponges, they absorb everything around them, what you say and do, and other things they see and hear. So their enviorment needs to be well gaurded and controlled.
that our children can either be a blessing and a great joy to us, or just the oppoiste- its all in the way we trian them.
that it takes a ton of patience to raise children.
that alot of times a good talk is all thats needed for correction, and can be so powerful and work great wonders. I have leanrned not to corecct in haste, nor to correct in anger.
that parenting is a huge responsibily and not to be tooken lightly. When God blesses us with children he also gives us a duty that we are to carry out and accomplish with our children. He gives us guidelines to follow in His word. ( Proverbs 22:6, Deuteronomy 11: 18-20 for an example)
that we can not read God's word enough to our children.
that life is to short to worry about a little one not wanting to sleep in thier own bed, or a little one wanting to be carried around everywhere with you . Soon they will be grown and gone, and we will wish we took a little more time, let them sleep in our bed if that us neccessary and so on.
that kids often have more fun with the box a gift or toy came in, than the gift its self!!
that our children can be such a big help in day to day work, if trained to do so. Either they can be a blessing or a "handful"!
that reading God's word together daily as a family is so vital.
that I make mistakes and need to apolize to my children when I do somthing wrong. Its a very good example to the children.
that starting your day with a prayer is just as vital as is your cup of coffee. More so of course!!
And last but not least , I have learned that I have so much more to learn as the years continue!!
I hope these things are an encouragment to others, as we all grow and learn and as we continue to mother our dear little ones God has so greatly blessed us with!!!
Put God first and He will bless you greatly!!!
In Christ, Mae
Thursday, April 22, 2010
A Silly Poem
How time files! Its been a few weeks already since I last made an entry! Life has been busy, good, but busy. Will be so glad when my last son finshes up his school for the year! Then things will slow down, right? Wrong!!! Mommys with small children know life never slows down! Of cousre it does get alittle easier when school is over for the year though. I will share a silly little poem I wrote sometime in the winter.
My time is not my own,
it all belongs to the sweet children of mine,
Mommy do this, Mommy do that!
somtimes I could just sit and moan,
about the circumstance I am in.
But what good would I achieve then,
so instead I will choose to rise,
With a big smile on my face, shine,
And say what a blessed Mom am I!
( I warned you it was silly!! Not a good rythm patteren either!)
I am loving the spring, I always try to soak up as much cool weather as I can before it starts to get hot here!! I am always amazed every spring how everything turns green so suddenly here in our neck of the woods! Trees and bushes seem to go from bare and drab to totaly green and beutiful over night!! Its so pretty!!! ( I can not belive I am admiting that I love the spring here or even think its pretty, because my heart is in Notheren Alberta. My birth place, I miss it!!) But of course spring time is nice here, its the summmer that is unbareable!!
I have had a alot more wonderful things on my mind latly that I will have to share here soon as I have time. So looking forward to that.
Well I better get off here and get on with my morning!
Blessings to you all, Mae
My time is not my own,
it all belongs to the sweet children of mine,
Mommy do this, Mommy do that!
somtimes I could just sit and moan,
about the circumstance I am in.
But what good would I achieve then,
so instead I will choose to rise,
With a big smile on my face, shine,
And say what a blessed Mom am I!
( I warned you it was silly!! Not a good rythm patteren either!)
I am loving the spring, I always try to soak up as much cool weather as I can before it starts to get hot here!! I am always amazed every spring how everything turns green so suddenly here in our neck of the woods! Trees and bushes seem to go from bare and drab to totaly green and beutiful over night!! Its so pretty!!! ( I can not belive I am admiting that I love the spring here or even think its pretty, because my heart is in Notheren Alberta. My birth place, I miss it!!) But of course spring time is nice here, its the summmer that is unbareable!!
I have had a alot more wonderful things on my mind latly that I will have to share here soon as I have time. So looking forward to that.
Well I better get off here and get on with my morning!
Blessings to you all, Mae
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