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Showing posts with label reading. Show all posts
Showing posts with label reading. Show all posts

Monday, July 13, 2009

Busy weekend and summer project progress

Well, we're back from my brother's wedding. It was absolutely beautiful! We are tired, but glad to be home. It was busy, busy!
Now about our progress for my summer project list. We're still working on Psalm 1. My oldest has it memorized. My son can say it all with a little help from me. My 3 year old also knows it pretty well. It's amazing to me that a 3 year old can memorize so quickly. She knows the first 3 verses well and can say a little more with help from me. I'm still working on it, but can say a good bit from memory.
Last week my oldest daughter and I worked on a cute skirt. She really wants me to teach her how to sew. She's a very eager learner, but I'm trying to go slowly with her. I showed her how to cut out a pattern and press the fabric, etc. She just watched, but I want her to see what goes into putting something together. She was ready to go play after she realized it took a long time to get that part done. I showed her a little more and then she came and watched part of the sewing process. She was so excited to see her skirt finished. Hopefully, this week we're gonna make a couple of doll skirts together.
We're not doing as much reading as I wanted to this summer, but I'm reading to them most every night and they read books throughout the week. It's hard to believe there's only a few weeks left of summer for us.

Saturday, January 3, 2009

A New Year

I always enjoy beginning a new year because it gives me a chance to start fresh with different areas of my life. There are several goals I have for this year: read and study my Bible more, develop a better prayer life, read more books, get things organized, focus on serving my husband and children with a servant's heart, and walking at least 3 times a week. I guess I'm being optimistic with all those goals, but if you don't have any goals you'll never reach them, right? I think getting organized and exercising have been my goals for 3 or 4 years. I'm doing so much better with organizing, but the exercising hasn't developed into a habit. This is the year I hope to reach my goals. Hopefully, I'll look back at 2009 and say that I've at least improved on each of those things. I have some books that I am planning to read this year. They are: 1. Lies Women Believe and the Truth That Sets Them Free (Currently reading-Excellent) Nancy Leigh DeMoss 2. A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael Elisabeth Elliot 3. The Redemption of Sarah Cain Beverly Lewis 4. A Wife After God's Own Heart Elizabeth George 5. The Duggars: 20 and counting (I don't have this one yet, but would like to see if it's in the library.) 6. Jon and Kate Plus 8 (I read this a few weeks ago.) Good read!