Author: jmsantafe

I feel awful at keeping up with my blog. I haven't blogged once about our August play theme Tastes of Summer. We just finished week three of our favorite tastes of summer and there is so much to share. I will try to post once a day this weekend in order to catch up on… Continue reading So behind! →

This week has been one for the memory making, at times not so good of memories and other ones that will not be forgotten in decades. Monday afternoon 4:30 pm I remember feeling disappointed because the girls took late naps and we hadn't been able to play school all day. I was planning on leaving… Continue reading 3 Gun Shots and Still Alive… →

These past two weeks I have had a big responsibility in preparing our little ones for our drastic world change to missionary life in a country they have never been, yet are duel citizens of. Our little family will be experiencing a huge cultural change in exactly one month from today (hoping Colombia doesn't extend… Continue reading Small Window into Colombia →

We are entering week #3 of Mama's Bilingual Play-School, I have been "playing school" with my girls since I can remember. As always, my definition of play-school is simply, intentional play. This month is about patriotism of both USA and Colombia since we are a bicultural family. Here are some snapshots of our intentional play… Continue reading Patriotism: Cultures of America →

So, I have been sooooo focused on building a play-school curriculum and designing materials that I some how allowed my blog to slip through the cracks. I absolutely love creating materials and have enjoyed this journey of creating a bilingual play-school curriculum that I pray will go far beyond my own home. During this pandemic… Continue reading Play-School: July Play →

To be honest I started this post and rewrote it about three times before I finally have a complete thought about the direction I want to go with this topic of sibling life. I have two girls who are 17 months apart, exactly the same distance as my older sister and I. I love my… Continue reading Siblinghood: Love or War →

How was your Mother's Day? I hope you were loved on or you loved on your own Mama at some point, even if it was a zoom call. Juan gave me a journal for my parenting prayers this year along with a scrapbook he made. So sweet, right??!!!! I love this parenting prayer journal concept!… Continue reading Parenting Prayers →

Sometimes there are so many topics and areas of childrearing I want to talk about, particularly now during this pandemic when we are together 24/7. Juan and I have been taking a James Dobson course called Essentials of Discipline with a few couples from our mission agency. It has been so encouraging and motivating. Although,… Continue reading So Many Thoughts… →

How is Sunday Church at home going with your children? Are you able to make it all the way through an entire church hour with your little ones without a bazillion interruptions? For those with toddler aged kiddos, I don't think I appreciated nursery and nursery workers more then I have these last few months.… Continue reading Home Church →

Have you ever had one of those eye opening moments that you look at your children with their developing personalities and temperaments and see a COMPLETE reflection of YOU. Definitely sometimes a scary realization. I had one of those moments tonight. I was sitting at the dinner table feeding Megan and I just had a… Continue reading Inner Reflections →