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Like many other homeschooling families, we start each day with a reading from the Bible. We teach our children to explore each subject, from history 
to science, by examining what God’s word has to say about it first. Whether parents educate their children at home or not, giving them a Biblical worldview from which to judge all things is the most important job a Christian family has.
As I’ve found out from hard experience, teaching my children the way they should go is an uphill battle, and the world fights me every step of the way. Our science books, our reference books, even our storybooks are filled with an evolutionary, secular worldview that must be examined constantly by the light of God’s Word. Rather than insulate our children from the claims of the world, as some would have us do, we prefer to teach our children what the world is saying, and how to trust God in the face of their evolutionary claims.
Charlie and Trike’s Grand Canyon Adventure is the first in a series of adventures written by Ken Ham to help parents do that very thing: teach their children to trust the Bible from the very first verse.
Charlie and Trike take a trip to the Grand Canyon and discover during their adventure that there is more than one way to interpret all kinds of things–from eyepatches (pirate or adventurous hero?) to the fossil record (millions of years or thousands?). The book is written to appeal to children ages 4-8. It has bright, beautifully drawn pictures, pop-out features that keep children interested, and most importantly, a firm Biblical message.
As you can see, my 6 year old is eating it up! I read it to him as soon as it arrived, and he was thrilled to recognize Bible themes in his new storybook. It is a little too wordy for a younger reader to tackle on his own, but it’s a great read-aloud for even younger children. David has kept this book at his side since we got it. He keeps coming back to unfold the mini-books and look at the images and maps. To my delight, he was also very eager to explain it all to his grandfather last night! I enjoyed the story of Charlie and Trike as much as my son did, and I know you will, too.
Buy it: Charlie and Trike’s Grand Canyon Adventure is available at Amazon.com for $15.99 $12.47. (That’s not an affiliate link, btw.)
Win it! Two easy ways to enter: New Leaf Publishing is going to send four of my readers a copy of Charlie and Trike’s Grand Canyon Adventure! I’m going to do this giveaway a little differently than my usual ones. Two of the books will be given to random commenters who follow the rules for this giveaway. Two others will be awarded based on merit. You can enter both ways to increase your chances!
To enter for the random draw (2 winners): Just leave a comment telling me who you’d be sharing this wonderful book with!
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To enter the link-up and share your own ideas (2 winners): I would love input from the Christian blogger community on this question, please. Either in your own blog post or by emailing me your answer, tell me:
How do you teach your child to trust the Bible in the face of an unbelieving world?
It could be as simple as a prayer, or as complex as your very own Bible curriculum. This newbie mama needs ideas. Please help! Your post can be as long or as short as you like. If you’ve already written a post that touches on this subject, feel free to submit it from your archives. It doesn’t have to be fresh to be good! You can link up your own review of Charlie and Trike, if you have one. Other participants in the blog tour are welcome to link here to share. I couldn’t send you a prize for that, of course, but I’d love to include your post! I’m going to leave this linky up for 2 weeks, so you can take your time thinking about it.
Details: This giveaway is open to anyone in the US. (Sorry, Canadians!) This giveaway will be open until midnight, September 17, 2010. The winner will have 72 hours to respond to my email. Please use a valid email address in your comments so that I can contact you if you win! Please use one email address per entrant, per household, per IP address. Cheaters will be permanently banned from this site. Good luck!
Disclosure: New Leaf Publishing Group has included Get Along Home in their campaign to promote Charlie and Trike’s Grand Canyon Adventure. I received payment to post the Charlie and Trike button ad and a book for review, as well as a copy of Your Guide to the Grand Canyon: A Different Perspective. New Leaf Publishing will provide the 4 winners’ copies of Charlie and Trike’s Grand Canyon Adventure. In addition, this post qualifies me to compete for a grand prize to be given to the blogger with the best overall response. (So wouldn’t you love to help me by entering? 
) My opinions are my own, and I do not speak for new Leaf Publishing.
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I’ve found a sweet little shop online for baby clothes! Actually, My Baby Clothes Boutique found me, and offered to send my new little guy an outfit to review. After looking around their site, which has everything from baby hats to baby gifts, I decided to make a little football player out of this fella.
I’ve been holding on to this cute little outfit for a couple of weeks, just waiting for a baby to put it on. Now that I’ve got a model, I can finally show you the product!
Doesn’t he just look ready to tackle somebody? Watch out, world!
Win! To help me celebrate the birth of our son, Benjamin, My Baby Clothes Boutique is offering one of my readers a $25 gift certificate to their shop! $25 is enough to buy a precious outfit like the one I got or lots of other outfits! 
To enter, visit My Baby Clothes Boutique and leave a comment here, naming an item that catches your eye. That’s it! No extra entries for this one. Let’s keep it fair for those of you who don’t have time for extra entries.
Details: This giveaway is open to anyone in the US. This giveaway will be open until midnight, September 24, 2010. The winner will have 72 hours to respond to my email. Please use a valid email address in your comments so that I can contact you if you win. Please use one email address per entrant, per household, per IP address. Cheaters will be permanently banned from commenting on this site. Good luck!
My No-Legalese Disclosure I wasn’t compensated in any way for this post. My Baby Clothes Boutique provided me with an item for review purposes. Opinions are my own. Your mileage may vary.
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After two and a half weeks of false labor, 4 half-doses of castor oil, a great many tears, and 20 hours of labor (10 of those HARD), we have a baby to show for it! Our third son, Benjamin Mark Dyer:
Born August 25, 2010
10:26 a.m.
7 lbs, 8 oz
20.5 inches
Don’t you love those baby bottoms?
About the birth: Some births are harder than others, and for no discernible reason. Maybe it was because he was late, or because this was a VBAC, or just because I’m getting older, but this birth pushed me to the very edge of my sanity. I was stunned that it hurt this much, having done it three times before and never experienced it quite this way. Maybe I’m just weaker than I used to be?
I prefer to keep things as unmedicated as possible, not just in childbirth, but in day-to-day life. It’s just how I’m built. But for this baby, I asked for help. I got a shot of something (Nubane?) when I just couldn’t take it anymore, but the pain did NOT ease off. The nurse said it was too late for it to work much, and couldn’t give me anything else because the baby was too close to being born for it to be safe for him. So I’m not sure if this counts as medicated birth or not. I certainly got no relief!
The baby never descended properly, for some reason. One time the nurse would check me, and he’d be at 0, then he’d float back up to -2. He really did not want to leave me! I suspect the umbilical cord wrapped around his shoulder may have been pulling him back, but I’m just a mom. I don’t even know if that’s possible. I know very little about these things. I nearly gave up when pushing time came and I heard the doctor say, “You’ve got a long way to push, Mama.” The nurse told me to wait and let my body do some more of the work for me, because he was still at -1!
Well, undescended baby or not, I was hurting so bad I had to push. I knew I’d give up or pass out if I had to endure one more contraction passively. So push I did, and 12 minutes later (yes, I am SUPER!), I had a son.
My other labors hurt, but this one was actually traumatic for me. I’m still having trouble thinking about it. Once it was over, though, I praised God just as loudly for this one as I did for the others! My praise after a baby is born always makes me think of the shouting in Heaven when a sinner is born again! Imagine that chorus! I’ve got nothing on the angels, of course, but I know that exultation, as any new mama does.
A woman giving birth has pain because her time has come;
but when her baby is born she forgets the anguish
because of her joy that a child is born into the world.
~John 16:21
All Cleaned Up
His siblings are wild about him. I’m blessed with unselfish children who don’t get jealous easily. Even his 20 month-old sister is handling it well.
He is perfect, and worth every moment of it. This is the most content, laid-back baby I’ve ever seen! He doesn’t cry much, but he has this adorable little squeak he makes when he wants something. I could almost pinch him, just to see if I can elicit that sweet sound from him. It’ll be a struggle, but I’ll try not to do that…much.
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