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This summer we took all three kids to VBS at our new church here in the Woodlands. I was there with them each day because I was helping in the 4th grade Bible study room.  Each morning, all ages of the VBS kids would meet in the sanctuary and the teachers would head up to a…

My kid won’t ride a bike. He’ll jump off trees, swing from ropes, ride on zip lines hundreds of feet in the air across lakes without so much as a seat belt, he’ll laugh all through the iFly experience begging for more and he’ll ride every single adult ride they’ll let him on at Six…

Little miss walked into the kitchen and hiked herself up on her usual stool at the bar as I was fixing myself a grilled cheese lunch. “Hey!” “Well, hello little miss.” “I’ve been wanting to tell you something.” “And what’s that?” I continued to put the butter on each side of my bread pieces as…

Five reasons I loved the Creation Story Placemat this week: 1. It gave my students a colorful and creative way to say the 7 days of creation each day during Bible time. 2. It wasn’t too small: All the kids could perfectly see it during our Bible time. No one was shouting, “I can’t see it! What…

This JUST happened. So, about an hour ago, the doorbell rang at my parent’s house. Wes went to get it. I didn’t hear him come back in, so I went to check on him. The front door was cracked open about an inch and as I swung it open a little wider, I saw a…

It was consistently hectic in the mornings as hundreds of first and second grade children would walk down our hallway each trying to get to their classroom first. Shoving, pushing, running, these were all part of the daily humdrum. I would stand at my door each morning to greet my students (and also to help…