Maybe it's the observer in me, but I love taking a peek into how other people live their daily lives. Not the big exciting event days, not the holidays, just the normal, typical day. Maybe you do too? Here's what a day in the DeDeyne household currently looks like. 5:30-6:30am. Jesse wakes up. The kids wake up. For those who are new here, we have Jonah (age 7), Matthew (age 5), Hannah (age 3), and Elizabeth (age 2). I am still getting up in the middle of the night fairly often with … [Read more...]
Teach Your Child To Write Thank You Notes
Chances are, you and your family received at least a few gifts over the past few weeks. Grandparents, friends, and other family members have blessed you with something. How awesome is that?! Now is the time to teach your children to write thank you notes. I used to put off writing thank you notes. (Okay, sometimes I still do...) I could never think of what to say, and I would either end up not using all of the space on the little card, or writing too much and having to overflow onto the … [Read more...]
Recipe: Reformation Pancakes
Do you know what Monday is? Yes, it's Halloween, but it's also Reformation Day. If you aren't familiar with Reformation Day, here's the really short version: Back in the 1500s, a monk named Martin Luther started to see some differences between what he read in the Bible and what the Roman Catholic church was teaching. The big difference was salvation by grace through faith in Jesus Christ, versus the teaching that you needed to do something to earn grace. On October 31, 1517, Luther nailed … [Read more...]
2016-2017 Homeschool Curriculum
Our homeschool year has gotten off to a bit of a slow start. As you read this, we are finishing up packing all of our belongings for a move from Iowa to Oregon. Needless to say, school is taking a bit of a backseat for the next couple of weeks! But I still want to share the resources we're using this year. Bible Time: We are using Level 1 of these Old Testament Lessons. These are part of a free Sunday School curriculum, which you can learn more about here. (There's also New … [Read more...]
Growing Up Around The World
This is a special bonus post to go along with the Read the World Book Club we've been participating in over the summer. I'm linking up with the book club here, where you can go and read about families from all over the world. We've been reading books from different cultures. I've been enjoying the related blog posts about families from all over the world. And I almost didn't write a post to link up, because what special stories could we possibly have to share? One family took pictures in … [Read more...]
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