Monthly Archives: May 2018

Tips and Activities for Young Children

I had a sweet young mama call me this week and I was honored to share with her. One of the things I shared was some ideas on how to get things done with a little one under foot.

It is a good idea have some things you do at different points of the day; here are some ideas to get you started.

  • Bible story and talk about Jesus time
  • Cuddle time reading books
  • Music/Dance time
  • Outside Play/Nature Time
  • Blocks, play dough, finger paint, or coloring time

I also want to remind you of a couple of posts I’ve done in the past because there are two important things to keep in mind:

I hope these ideas are helpful and/or encouraging to you.

Until next time, God bless,

 
Michele ºÜº

Caracole and OO-Africa Earth Day Tile

The Diva’s challenge this week is to do a tile with a theme for Earth Day, which her oldest son called Amanda because he didn’t feel Earth was a good enough name. ;) Luckily Square One: Purely Zentangle’s focus tangle is Lily Moon Luna’s new tangle Caracole, which looked really fun/easy to draw as well as resembles either a flower or the sun. :)

The tangle of the day yesterday was OO-Africa by Ina Sonnenmoser and I think it resembles clouds. It too is relatively easy to draw. The only problem I had was that I wanted to draw both tangles larger than the space I had available. I could have drawn them a bit smaller but opted against it.

So here is my tile before shading.

DC#361 #OO-Africa ~ Lifeofjoy.meI do feel I could have made OO-Africa a bit smaller. It is an alternating grid pattern but I realized that by putting the dots down diagonally, it was easier to keep track of them because then they can just be laid down in rows. :)

Here it is after shading.

DC#361 Shaded ~ Lifeofjoy.meAs usual, now that I see it this large I realize I probably should have given it another round of shading but I didn’t. ;)

Here it is a bit smaller, so you don’t see the imperfections as well. ;)

DC#361 Shaded ~ Lifeofjoy.meI guess I was afraid of muddying it with too much graphite but now it looks more like a coloring book drawing. Maybe I’ll go back and add some more shading later today. Right now, I do not have the time to do that, so I’ll post a new picture if I managed to do it.

I appreciate you stopping by and really appreciate it if you’d leave me a comment, it’s always so encouraging.

Until next time, God bless,

 Michele ºÜº

Weight Loss Important Note

Vital Thing ~ Lifeofjoy.meOkay last week I talked about my weight loss progress and since that post I have learned a very important thing. You see, I had thought that God had lead me to the Stubborn Loser Menu because it was going to be the thing to help me breakthrough stubborn weight loss but when it wasn’t working like it did last time I had to reassess what was up.

Here’s what I found: I got desperate and asked God to help me and that is when He led me to the Stubborn Losers Menu. You see, it is God that is helping me lose weight. Yes, I have to be obedient to the plan He leads me to  but it is Him working with me and the food I eat to create the weight loss.

So the vital element here is PRAY, ask God for help, and then realize that He is leading you where you need to go and what information you need to have to obtain the goal. Don’t try to do it on your own!!!

I step on the scales soon and will see how I have done but it doesn’t matter because I will continue on. Now my birthday is soon and I will celebrate on plan and have a yummy recipe to share, for real, next week. :)

I hope you will remember, and never forget, this one VITAL thing and thus save yourself some of the struggle I have had. ;)

Until next time, God bless,

Michele ºÜº