Why Blog and Why the Blog Title?

I enjoy Mommy blogs. I found www.largefamilylogistics.blogspot.com before she was at that current domain, about 6 years ago. I did a desperate Google search that said something like, "How to take care of baby and get stuff done" or "large family management". I was desperate because I had just had my second child and I felt like I was drowning in responsibility. My second child and I had a nasty case of thrush and were surviving on little sleep and I felt like I had been defeated by Mommyhood. Her blog helped me in so many ways but what primarily helped me was reading her schedules and lists. (She has since published Large Family Logistics: The Art and Science of Managing the Large Family which is basically the same content of her old blog but nicely packaged.)

Then, somehow I found www.inashoe.com. She and I were both expecting babies when I found her blog; I was expecting my 3rd or 4th and she was expecting her 7th or 8th. Her real life encouragement was also a tremendous blessing for me. But more than that, I was intrigued by what she says about her blog as her memory. She uses it as a journal for her family and I love that idea.

So here I am. A blog. I don't expect many people to read--my Mom and Dad, maybe my brothers for updates on their nieces and nephews. I have never been an exceptional writer, math was my forte in school. What I hope to accomplish though is creating a log of memories that I might otherwise forget and in the process if I too can encourage someone just starting out on their mothering journey I will be delighted.

The title of my blog: Henderson's: Growing Up is self-explanatory. I hope to write about things my children are learning, what they are teaching me, and things that we do that I never, ever want to forget. I have 5 children right now. T is the oldest, a boy. 8 going on 18. He loves to read; loves to make the baby laugh; loves to draw. He does not like to be very active, we are working on that. R is my next child, he is 6. He is tender-hearted and gentle. He still mimics much of what his big brother does, but is developing his own interests more and more. He enjoys Legos, exercising, and playing with his siblings. S just turned 5. She is dramatic and emphatic. She enjoys pretending to be a Mom and she also likes to wrestle her brothers. As long as she doesn't get hurt. B is 3 and she is turning into quite the comedienne. She also loves playing with the baby dolls and still loves to drink milk out of a sippy. I might not ever be able to rip that from her. J is 1.5 and he is such a sweet baby. He copies everything that the big kids do and say. He loves to run and dance in circles in the living room with his siblings.

We are a Christian family and belong to an Orthodox Presbyterian Church (www.opc.org). I am a stay at home Mom and my husband is a salesman. We homeschool and I tutor for a local Classical Conversations community.

Welcome.