Raising Blessings

About 2 weeks ago JJ heard that there were some left over Betta fishes from a Biology class project so he brought one home with him. Sariah and Rebekah were so excited to have a pet fish. Sariah, Bekah and I took the fish tank out of the shed and we set it up. For [...]

Sariah has finished her second day of preschool. She loves it but Bekah is so sad that she doesn’t get to go. On the first day she went parents were able to stay the whole day and Bekah did everything that the preschool kids did. After their first circle time was over the teacher had [...]

One fun thing about being a parent is watching our children develop talents. Two weeks ago JJ and I were able to learn some traditional Scottish dances that was put on by my cousin as he was wanting to have some Scottish dancing at his wedding. During that event and at the wedding we had [...]

While I was in labour, JJ told Sariah and Rebekah that if they go to sleep that they will have a baby sister when they wake up. Sariah was excited and ran to her bedroom while Bekah didn’t quite understand. But when Sariah explained it to Bekah she went to bed. We need to have [...]

Two years ago as part of one of my child development classes I became certified to perform the Denver ll test which is a developmental screening test for newborns to children aged 6. While unpacking I found my testing kit and thought it would be fun to see how my kids compare with other kids [...]

Yesterday was Sariah’s and Bekah’s ‘Month day’ (they were both born on the 19th). Bekah turned 16 months old which was how old Sariah was when Bekah was born! Here is a picture of Sariah and Bekah several days after Bekah was born and a recent picture of them: I just love pictures of them [...]

Bekah is now following Sariah in wanting to do everything I do. Now both of them ask to wear my watch and my wedding rings. I let them wear the watch but not the diamond rings, Sariah has taken them a few times when I’ve taken them off to clean. Now I am more careful [...]