Children, Pray Today: Day 46

God of love and passion, soak us in your love of everyone. Help us understand what it means to love unconditionally, so that every person we see knows that someone in this world loves him or her no matter what. In your son's name we pray, amen.

Children, Pray Today: Day 27

Dear God, help us remember that we are created perfect in your image and that you are with us always so we can be sure that we will do great things!

Children, Pray Today: Day 26

Caring God, help us to remember that we are not the only creatures in your world. Help us remember that the world you created is delicate and needs our help and knowledge to protect it. Guide is to be protectors of your Earth. In your son's name, amen.

Children, Pray Today: Day 25

God of infinite talents, help us discover the talents you have blessed us with and help us strengthen those talents so that we may use those talents to make your world better. In your son's name, amen.

Children, Pray Today: Day 24

Precious God, help us realize the value of friends. Helps us treat our friends with kindness and thoughtfulness so that our friends know your love. In Jesus' name, amen!

Children, Pray Today: Day 23

Friendly God, help us to see your face in the people we see, help us hear your voice in the sounds of Earth so that we might know you better. In Jesus' name, amen.

Children, Pray Today: Day 22

I apologize for having a lapse in prayers...sick kids, principal observations, and an art class got the better of me but, life is back on track!

Patient God, forgive us when we don't pay as much attention to you as we should. Your forgiveness helps show us how much you love us which helps us forgive and love others. In Jesus' name, amen.

Children, Pray Today: Day 18

Loving God who cares for all of us, help us use our words to describe our emotions so that others can learn about who we are. In Jesus' name, amen.

4 Year Old With Loose Teeth

Okay friends, I'm in a panic state and what better to do than blog about it. My husband just informed me that our 4 year old Little Man has two loose teeth. Did I mention he's FOUR and not the normal age of six? I'm a school teacher, elementary certified, they taught me how to deal with loose teeth in school...for first graders. Little Man's in pre-k.

My husband is all nonchalant about the whole thing, "well I thought it was a little early."

" Early? Yes it's early, maybe even abnormal," I think in my head because I'm trying not to share my overly negative or sarcastic comments too frequently.

My husband also states that he checked online and it was okay. Well of course online information could be wrong, so I call my mother...and look online myself...and call the dentist.

Conversation with mom goes something like this:
Me: "Noah has two loose teeth. Is that normal?"

"kind of early. I mean, I've never seen that." (my interpretation: abnormal)

This is the point at which I call the dentist trying to mask my panic.
Me: "I have a question (insert background info here). Me being the overbearing mother that I am needs to make sure I don't need to worry so could you have the Dr. call me back?"

Receptionist: "hold just a moment."

"Dr. said every child is different and he is just fine. It might take awhile for the new permanent teeth to come in or he may lose them all really quickly. She wanted me to stress not to worry."

Whew! Me back to my mom: "dentist said its okay. I still have a problem though. I'm not even done tracking Little Miss' milestones for year one and now I've got Little Man's elementary milestones to start."

Mom:"now you know why the second kid has half the pictures and a third one is out of the question"

All too true for my OCD self! I have to scrapbook! Goodbye!

Children, Pray Today: Day 17

Dear creator of the warmth and cold help us remember that all of your seasons have a purpose so that we may rejoice in your perfect creation. In Jesus' name we pray, amen.

Children, Pray Today: Day 16

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Dear loving God, help us remember to love all people so that our love can change the world. Help us identify our dreams and realize that hard work and determination are the keys to helping those dreams come true. In Jesus' name, amen!

Children, Pray Today: Day 15

Little Man wrote this one (momma's just a bit proud...my heart may be swelling out of my chest as you read this)..it has been slightly edited only to meet a variety of families instead of just our own.

Dear God, thank you for all of the people and pets in my family. Thanks for all the blessings you give to us. Thank you for being in my heart so that I can do good things in your world. In your name I pray, amen.

Play Doh Fun

My daughter received a Play-Doh fun factory for Christmas and to be honest I was apprehensive.

See my Little Miss spent numerous days trying to and succeeding at eating play Doh for many, many, many months. However, she hadn't eaten any in a long time and she loves ripping things apart so it seemed the perfect gift to request for her. Today was the first day of squishing fun and I had...I mean she had a blast!

I remembered as we were playing with the fun factory that I had something similar as a child. It's the machine that squishes the play Doh out in long strings of different shapes. I remember my personal favorite being the setting with the little tiny strings and I would turn it into spaghetti or hair. It amazed me to watch my children playing with this toy that I remembered playing with as a child. My children had what seemed like the same conversations my brother and I had about what the play Doh was and to stop mixing the colors. It was a fabulous hour. Yeah for Play Doh!

Children, Pray Today: Day 14

Dear gracious God, help us to be thankful for the things that we have so that we remember what is truly important in life which is helping others. In Jesus' name I pray, amen.

Children, Pray Today: Day 13

Genesis 11

All-loving God, shower us with your love and kindness so that we may understand how we should act towards all people. In Jesus' name we pray, amen.

Children, Pray Today: Day 12

Miraculous God who loves all, help us be patient when we don't get what we want so that we can learn to enjoy what we have. In Jesus' name, amen.

Children, Pray Today: 5

Loving God who cares for us no matter what, help us to have kind hearts so that we show kindness to and be happy for our friends and family. In Jesus name, amen.

Children, Pray Today: Day 4

Genesis 3

Loving God, open my ears to hear your knowing voice so that I may listen, hear, and act upon those things that you need me to complete whether it is caring for the Earth or caring for each other.  In Jesus name I pray, amen.