Pumpkin Patch Time

I love the fall.  We love to check out various pumpkin patches.  Today Max and I met some friends at a pumpkin patch in town.  He had fun climbing on the pumpkins.  

Mommy advice

I was tagged by a friend to share some "mommy advice".  I am not the perfect mom nor will I ever be.  I will share a few things that I have read or that I try to do!!  Being a mom is quite challenging but ever so rewarding.  I am so thankful to be a mommy to four boys!

1)  Let your children see you love their daddy.  Praise their daddy.  Love on their daddy in front of them.

2)  Pray, Pray, Pray!!  I love to use The Power of a Praying Parent each day.  I also cover them in prayer on Thursdays.  I pray for wisdom for parenting bunches!!

3)  Read as much as you can when you can.  Some of my favorite parenting books are Love and Logic and Grace Based Parenting.

4)  I am passionate about instilling God's Word in them so we make this a priority each night. 

5)  Say I am sorry when you raise your voice or mess up.  

6)  Touch them and hug on them as much as possible!!

7)  Be balanced with your serving.  It is great to serve but make sure you are balanced and that your home is getting your attention.  

8)  Teach them to work for money.  Don't just give them allowance.  Let them do jobs around the house.

9)  This is a tough one.  Try to give each child plenty of one on one time.  This is hard with lots of kids but I really try to make sure we do this on a regular basis.  One lady told me to give each child 15 minutes of undivided attention a day.  The more kids you have, the harder this is!  So it may not be every day!!

This is just my input.  You may disagree with me on some of this but that's okay!!  If you are reading this, you are tagged to share some of your mommy advice.  Much love to you all.

Pumpkin crafts

My older two boys enjoy doing crafts.  So far we have made bat pumpkins and our latest is the pumpkin mummy.  These are in the latest Family Fun Magazine.  I love this time of year.  Looking forward to pumpkin patches!!  

Rascal Flatts Concert

Ben and I had a great time at the concert tonight.  He is such a great husband.  He bought tickets for us because he knows that I really like their music.  I would have to say that David Crowder is my very favorite.  I grew listening to some country music so Rascal Flatts makes me think about my roots.  It was a great time.  Our Mimi came up and watched the boys.  She is such a blessing.  

Whole Wheat Blueberry Pancakes

I am really trying to find some good recipes to feed the boys for breakfast.  I have had a few that did not turn out so great. However I made this one today and got the "thumbs up".  I doubled the recipe.  1  1/4 cups whole wheat flour, 2 tsp. baking powder, 1 egg, 1 cup milk, 1/2 tsp. salt, 1 tbsp sugar, 1/2 cup frozen or fresh blueberries.  Mix flour and baking powder in one bowl.  Beat the egg, add milk, salt and sugar in another bowl.  Stir the 2 bowls together. Proceed to cook up some yummy pancakes.  I would love some more healthy recipes for breakfast.  So pass them along if you have them! 

Go Jack Go

Jack is our little soccer player.  He loves it.  He usually plays every day after school with friends.  I am so pleased that he has found something that he enjoys.  Ben and I have been juggling the other 3 boys at the games. We have not only had one bleacher accident but two in the last 2 weeks.  So needless to say we are staying away from the bleachers.  We do not want to get the bad parent award.  It is crazy right now but it will get easier. Max is just at a busy stage.  We love this time of year and we love watching Jack go for it!!  

Pray for Daddy

We were out back last night playing with the boys.  It was misting a bit but they were having fun running around in the rain.  Ben started a little game with them involving them racing to the golf flag right outside of our fence.  The boys would run to the flag and then back.  Well, then Ben decided he would run.  He is very fast.  He took off, touched the flag, started running back, lost his footing, and crashed.  Poor guy broke his collar bone.  So we are praying for God to heal that completely.  We are hoping that he will not have to have surgery.  So if you think of our family, pray for our sweet daddy and sweet hubby!!