I woke this morning with a huge feeling to start cleaning the house all over from top to bottom, to scrub and scrub and scrub some more... Nesting?! Quite possibly, with my beautiful princess I got that feeling about 2 months before she was born. Here's the issue, I have no energy to do so. So now I am left with the feeling of...UGH....I want to do it badly don't get me wrong, I just don't have the motivation to do so...And I keep looking for reasons to not do it. God grant me the energy and the drive to accomplish these chores each day, and also have time to sit and relax.

A careful woman I ought to be:
A little girl follows me;
I do not dare to go a stray
For fear she’ll go the self-same way.
I cannot once escape her eyes;
What’re she sees me do,
she tries
Like me, she says,
she ’s going to be,
The little girl who follows me.
She thinks that I am good and fine,
Believes in every word of mine;
The bad in me she must not see,
The little girl who follows me.
I must remember as I go,
Through summer’s sun and winter’s snow,
I am building for the years to be,
For a little girl follows me.

-Author Unknown

Raising A Godly Little Princess

After much consideration and researching into the topic of teaching babies, toddlers, and beyond... I have concluded that raising my daughter in a classical christian manner is the best opportunity for her currently and for her future. While she is still a baby I am instituting the curriculum from Brightly Beaming Resources. That link is for their nursery age curriculum. If you are looking for something beyond baby, they also have toddler, and beyond. In my research I found wonderful information on classical christian education. I have found that is a great option for educating of girls, as I believe boys should have a more "formal" education, which I will also be investigating as far has a homeschooling option for the little boy that we are expecting in July.

In addition to her receiving the classical education when she is older, I will also be teaching her homemaking skills, and how to be a godly young woman. This may sound dated to many, however it is what my family feels is best for our daughter. In no way are we saying that she shouldn't be educated, but she should be able to be what the bible deems as a helpmate to her husband and a good example for her children. I hope that in raising her in such a fashion will be a benefit to her virtues and self image.

I hope that in my diligence in this matter she will learn that women are a gift from God, and that as such we should maintain what He set forth as a mission for women: Being Godly, a homemaker, a wife, mother, and to do any other opportunity He has planned for us along the passing of our lives.