More Housekeeping {AHEM} and a challenge.

So yesterday I told you how I do not do it all. here  And I still got email!

So, I just want to explain. On the days when we do “crafts” for Christmas, that is pretty much all we do. Oh, we make our beds and do the basic subjects, but that is it. No laundry, no dusting, no cooking.  Something HAS to give. So, I’ll order pizza for supper or do sandwiches. Something easy. You simply cannot do everything!

[side note: DO THESE FUN THINGS WITH YOUR KIDS! This is the first year ever that Rebekah is not here to make Christmas Tags with us and I feel like crying! The laundry can be caught up, but your kids grow at lightning speeds! Do the fun things and make memories with your kids. You won’t ever regret it!]

And, this is NOT  false humility.  False humility is putting yourself down, in order to look “humble.” (weird!)  Humility is “not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less.” Okay? This is real life.

Yesterday, my friend Nicole sent me some pics of the start of her son’s Thankfulness Tree:

Nicole and her sweet family!
Anthony showing off his hand.
So sweet. Anthony is thankful for his hand!
This one made me fill with tears! So sweet!

I was asked to write a guest post on thankfulness (it will be up on Friday) and I realized that I am not doing so hot in the thankfulness department. Oh, I think I am a thankful person, but when held up to the standard of God’s word and its command “in everything give thanks” and “giving thanks always for all things”– it hits me that I am still only thankful for the good and pleasant. I struggle with being thankful for the the bad and unwanted.  In everything and always–those are  100% of the time words. So, I have some work to do in this area. I am pinning up Romans 8:28 today, to remind myself that “We know that all things [even the horrible, unwanted, unasked for, unjust things] work together for good, for those who love God…”

God has a purpose in it all, and I need to receive it with gratitude.

How about you? Are you at 100%-er in this area? If so, share your thoughts in the comments! 🙂

Are you making a Thankfulness Tree? What other great ideas do you have for teaching your kids thankfulness? Feel free to share in the comments section.



6 thoughts on “More Housekeeping {AHEM} and a challenge.”

  • Good Blog Sarah. I am one of those imperfect people, I know this, because my family keeps reminding me…. 🙂 I especially love your quote on Humility. I’m going to make a magnet of it for my refrigerator.

  • As a grandma of 10 and mother of 4….don’t worry about the emails..if they do not understand they are not going to …do what you are doing…love those children..play..make things..smile…laugh and cry with them..they will all move out and then they will do the same things with thier kids and you get to…play, smile, laugh and cry with them!! Your house will be clean when its clean…its never dirty I am willing to bet..just somedays it looks more lived in then others. I like the sign I saw pinned the other day…excuse our mess but we DO live here! Life is amazing and you are doing a great job keep it up!! God is blessing every step of your life as we can see from what you blog.

    • Thanks, Carol. We do a LOT of crafts around here and make lots of messes. 🙂 I love doing what we do, but I want to be upfront so that I am not unintentionally being a discouragement to other mothers. Real life is messy. lol. Thanks for your wisdom!

  • Sarah so sweet of you to do a post about —you are not perfect just the other day I was telling Rohan I am amazed at the ladies who blogs, homeschool, and do it all. They are so real and honest that they do not have it all together. Keep shining for HIM!

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