Author: jmsantafe

Is your child or children strong willed or compliant children? Before we had children I read Dr. Dobson's book, Raising a Very Strong Willed Child and I had PRAYED and begged the Lord for compliant children. Then along came Emma and Megan, I would have to say pretty easy babies. They both were very easy… Continue reading Strong Willed or Compliant? →

Pete the Cat Color Sort When I was a freshman in High School I was obsessed with Eggburt, you know the CD Rom video game that you would play on the old Dell computers? I beat the game rather quickly, but what I enjoyed most was designing my own Eggburt games and levels. It was… Continue reading Remember Eggburt? →

Like any Elementary teacher, especially lower elementary ed, themes are what we are passionately in love with. Everything has to connect in some cutesy fun way. So, why not do the same in potty training? My little ones get so excited and motivated when it comes to animals, especially jungle animals, but yet never had… Continue reading Theme Queen →

In this quarantine I feel like our home has turned into a jungle. A jungle where two little monkeys have become Kings, or should I say, Queens of the jungle! I am grateful for the little patio space that we have in the city church parsonage that we have lived in the past year and… Continue reading A Jungle Mess →

It has now been eight days since our original Colombian mission field departure date. It had been months of non-stop paperwork, support raising, traveling, presenting our ministry, preparing ourselves for this huge life change, and most of all purging, packing, and more purging and packing. I don't know if anyone can identify with me with… Continue reading 30 Days of Waiting →

It has been some time since I have expressed myself and talked about what life has been like for us. We have been on the constant go in our support raising journey. We actually just got back from our three week trip to Oklahoma and Texas and now must be packed and ready again for… Continue reading New Priorities… →

How do you enjoy pacing your days or weeks? Are you one to enjoy the unpredictability of life and you live for that?? Or are you one that likes to have your days and lives planned to the T? I wouldn't say that I am either one of those. Although, I do LOVE CHANGE! I… Continue reading Predictability or Unpredictability? →

So this week was NOT our week! I was in a funky mood all week with little patience and little grace toward everyone and anyone that came across my path. We have been so busy with appointments during the week representing the ministry to people and our weekends full of church presentations that our schedule,… Continue reading Definitely NOT! →

I don't know how, but God gave me a little extra time this week, so 95% of all we did was all Mama made resources. So lots of resources for you to download today! There is something about lamination and velcro that Emma and I are obsessed with. I can create her a laminated and… Continue reading Rainbow Fish Favorites →

What does your alarm clock sound like? Is it your phone, your children, your husband, or are you old school and actually have an alarm clock on a digital clock? This morning I woke up remembering the days of being a working Mama. When I struggled to drop off my little Emma or leave her… Continue reading A Note to Working Mamas →