I know that there are LOTS to choose from, but a project that Laurianna is working on for Awana has us all talking about our favorite Bible verses {and many times WHY it is our favorite verse}. Narrowing it down to just one verse can be hard! Right now, the verse that has been on my heart is:

“Teach me Your way, O Lord, and I will walk in Your truth. Give me an undivided heart that I may fear Your name.”

I love that it’s also a song on one of the Seeds albums too! :)

What is YOUR favorite verse ~ and is there a reason why? Do your favorites change?

I posted recently on my Facebook page asking you all for reading suggestions and thought that opening it up here would be fun to see what other great ideas you all have!

Laurianna has been reading unbelievably {don’t know where she gets that from ~ grins}. Her reading is in turn motivating McKenna to read more…which is fun to watch. We’ve read books/series together as a family and she has read some independently, but I’m wondering what books your 3rd/4th graders enjoy reading ~ especially books that have a little more ‘substance’ to them.

Here are a few books/series that we’ve read and loved:

~ Chronicles of Narnia

~ Boxcar Children

~ Little House on the Prairie {reading this again soon!}

Some suggestions that I received from readers were the original Nancy Drew books, Peter and the Starcatcher series…

What books do YOUR kids devour?

I had grand plans and posts in mind for this week, but life has a funny way of throwing a curve every now and then. I managed to get all the Christmas paraphernalia down, put away and the house organized and then my hubby had Monday off.

And decided it would be a great time to paint our house. Sigh.

And then Kaleb got sick. Sigh.

Add to that some other ideas that I had and my overactive brain has now gone into overdrive and I’m just exhausted.

See? I can {and do} get tired. I will be back soon and sharing some lovely new things if I can keep up with myself, but for now I’m trying to keep up with the mess in my house, keep everyone healthy, and sleep.

For the next little bit, I’ll be part of the guest panel at the Homeschool Village and chiming in on different questions that are being asked. This week the question is: “Do you encourage your homeschoolers to set new year goals?”

Truthfully, I’ve never thought about encouraging our kids to set goals in this sense {although I do for myself all the time ~ ahem}.

Six other moms chimed in their answers on this question today, so be sure to head over to the Homeschool Village today and gather some ideas {which I apparently need to do also!}.

I’ll be scarce over the last little bit on my blog while I take a bit of time off  to have fun with my family and enjoy Christmas! Preschool Corner will still be posted on Fridays for you to link up and there may be a post here and there, but I’ll be back for sure on December 31st.

Hope a WONDERFUL Christmas with your family and kids!

You all know I love to laminate, and the Scotch Thermal Laminator that I have two of {yes, I’m crazy like that} is on sale right now for $16.99 at Amazon!!!

I don’t know how long this will last, so if you are wanting to get one, it might be a good idea to do it soon. :)  Also, I recently signed up for a 30 day FREE trial of Amazon Prime and I am in love! Get 2 day shipping for FREE – perfect for all of your holiday shopping. Get more info on Amazon Prime here.

Just wanted to share the deals with you!!