Four Questions about the Hergenrader Summer so far… Question ONE!True or False…These kids are all gathered on the couch because we’re having summer school! They’re learning to write their names (twins). They’re learning multiplication (Catie). They’re learning not to hit their mother (Nate).(Answer: False. The kids need to learn those lessons. Unfortunately they are gathered together...Continue Reading
So, guess who went to her first slumber party last night? That’s right! This kid. Even though most of her friends have done the sleepover thing, Catie has never asked to. The kid likes her own bed, and she seems to know it’s a good idea to stay there. Every time we’ve talked about sleepovers,...Continue Reading
So, the last two weeks of school were CRAZY. Someone said that May is the silent December because of all the parties and gifts and last-minute obligations that come with ending a school year.Very true.Oh, and as I think I’ve mentioned once or twice or seven hundred times, our family passed around an angry stomach...Continue Reading
So, I’ll never know what an actual divorce feels like. God-willing, God-thanking, and God-praising, I have found my true partner in life.We are one together forever and ever Amen.I only wish it was that easy to find a good church.Our church closed today (last Sunday is June 17), and the break-up is killing me.It’s like...Continue Reading
I’m presenting half of this picture as a metaphor for our summer.It’s mostly developed. Pretty much there. More or less visible.But not quite.We have a lot of Plan Bs. IF all else fails, we can spend the day in the pool.IF the kids get sick of our pool, there are the seven zillion neighborhood pools...Continue Reading
Hello.This has been an interesting week.It’s been a really hard week.And it’s only Wednesday. But, since this is a difficult and hard week, (one with the kids in school Tuesday through Thursday), it feels like Monday.Or, perhaps, Friday.I don’t even know anymore.I don’t know what I can say about what’s happening at our church.Or what...Continue Reading
Happy Memorial Day! Today I’m thinking about our lost relatives and our kids’ connection to the grandparents and great-grandparents and aunts and uncles that they’ve never met. Who were these men and women, the generations of Buehring, Krinke, Brueggemann, Zierke, Hergenrader, Allen, Nolte, and Retzloff? What would these lost loved ones think of our four...Continue Reading
Celebrate the twins’ summer birthdays with a class “concert” of pretend horns!Celebrate Water Day at their school! And Game Day! And Movie Day! And Jump and Play Day!Celebrate Only Three More Days Left!Celebrate Antibiotics That Helped Nate Get Over His Infections!Celebrate Antibiotics That Are Helping Me Get Over Strep Throat!Celebrate At Catie’s Celebration of Learning...Continue Reading
I don’t know how this has become the Hergenrader Health blog. Just yesterday, M commented that bestoftimes was looking a little desperate for some non-illness related love.We’ve had quite a couple of weeks around here. Tummy virus (x4 kids), Coughing virus (x4 kids). Tuesday I took Nate into the doctor for his cough…and found out...Continue Reading
1. You learn Addition and Take-Away-Our-Sins (as Elisabeth calls it)2. You fully expect that the Headmaster will greet you by name every morning as you walk in the door (Sam)3. Your mom can only get to wear you uniform by promising, “Only ONE MORE DAY OF UNIFORMS!”4. Happy Birthday has two verses (the second is...Continue Reading
