It's been a while since my last post. There has been lots of good things going on and not much time to write all about them. Alas, I didn't want 2014 to end without reminiscing about all the blessings and to share a little bit about myself to all the lovely new mamas following my feed!! First I wanted to say, God is good, He is always so good to me. He has blessed me with such a wonderful man, who not only loves his family but loves The Lord with all his heart and loves to share that lovely truth with all the people he meets. We have been married for 11 years!!! I love him more today then I ever thought I could. We have four children and one on the way!
• My desire is to teach our children to love the Lord God with all their hearts and to seek Him in all they do. To find the things of the world rubbish compared to The Lord's goodness. That's our main goal in our schooling. The rest is secondary.
• We love Nature and all that God has created. Exploring is one essential key to learning. ( in my humble opinion ).
• If I could, I would talk about Nature study all the day long. Not because I'm an expert but because I enjoy it so much!
•Charlotte Mason is my homeschool Hero along with Karen Andreola! When I read Charlotte's work, I often wish I could have met her and perhaps had a cup of tea together. I find the Lord granted so much wisdom to Charlotte Mason. He also gave her eyes to see children in such a lovely way and gave her a soft and kind heart to do what she did,not just for her time, but for us today as well. ( so thankful) I found out about CM from Karen Andreola's book, The Charlotte Mason Companion. And I love, love Karen's writings she is a homeschool classic! The rest is history.
•I love to read and read to my children on a daily basis. We love Beatrix Potter collections, Thortnton W.Burgess, Lamplighter and classic lead me to Christ kinds of books. We enjoy biographies as well.
• We love to be creative and ask lots of questions myself included. I believe The Lord is blessing me with a second education, the kind I never experience, trough teaching my children at home!
( big blessing)
• I love to bake bread ( sourdough is my favorite). I love the old world look of rustic breads.
• I also love to cook . Involving the children as we go along. They will one day need to know how to cook for themselves , why not teach them at a young age. And as parents it's a blessing to see them choose healthy foods to eat.
• We have a garden and we enjoy it every year. The children love to harvest what we plant and get excited to cook.
• I dream of one day keeping bees and having chickens! Lord willing. And it's ok if The Lord has different plans, in that case maybe in heaven!
• I'm very sporadic ( not intentionally) in my conversations with my friends and family, I'm constantly thinking of everything else. Or maybe it's just pregnancy brain and I can't remember having a one subject conversation!
• I love using exclamation points a lot!! See. It doesn't take a lot to get me excited.
• I love real flowers and can't stand fake ones. I grew up with fake flowers all over our house. I am not a big fan of roses, they are overrated.
• I am a tea drinker and on occasion coffee. Tea is # 1.
• I hate clutter and tend to trow lots of things out that is not being used. I can't focuse if the house is messy for to long.
• My favorite movie is The sound of music. { brown paper packeges tide up with string, these are a few of my favorite things} & ratatouille. Anything French or Italian is a hit with me.
• I love poetry and I'm so blessed to be able to share my love for books and poetry with my children and watch them enjoy it as much as I do.
• My husband had lots of health issues in the past and was very over weight. Today my husband and I are passionate about healthy eating habits and thank the Lord for showing us a different way of life. ( my husband is a hunk).
• I have a moto that I live by and it go's like this. If my grandmother didn't eat it, I'm not either! I brake this on occasion . And enjoy onion rings at a wing place.
• I enjoy Pendora and my favorite stations are ,Old hymns that touch you so deep you weep & French cefe music to give me that extra creativity when we are cooking, oh and children's fulk songs! Down by the Bay, where the watermelons grow..... Back to my home I ... Lalalala... I think that's a fulk song?!
There ya go friend. I'm sure I can write so much more, but at the moment I think this is just fine. I am thankful for The Lords grace and mercy. I'm also thankful for transforming my life into something totally different then what I ever would have imagined. The Lord is Good!! All Glory To Him.
Blessings to you and your family's and may your 2015 be filled with The Lords super natural power to be a blessings to all around you!!
~ Elena~
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