Our winner's from last month's community contest won a great prize from ChickAndCubs.com! Here is some information on the cool pink camo ID bracelet they won!!
The great thing about this bracelet is that it can be used for medical alert and it can be used to keep info needed incase of getting lost or what we don't want to think about - hurt.
Even tweens need to know many numbers and information incase something happens. On vacation - hotels can look the same. What if your 12 year old is on an outing with another family - does she know all their cell #s?
The bracelet fits wrist sizes: 3.5"- 6.75" It is great for kids ages 10-15. They will love the camo look. Even when kids are old enough to know phone #s - when they are in a panic will they be able to remember the phone # they need right then? I know I depend on my cell phone to have the numbers I need - your youth needs this identification bracelet as a back-up. Also great when you child is out with others -they have all the info they need - you don't have to keep writing things down for the other parents!
Go check out their website for more information or to order!
The great thing about this bracelet is that it can be used for medical alert and it can be used to keep info needed incase of getting lost or what we don't want to think about - hurt.
Even tweens need to know many numbers and information incase something happens. On vacation - hotels can look the same. What if your 12 year old is on an outing with another family - does she know all their cell #s?
The bracelet fits wrist sizes: 3.5"- 6.75" It is great for kids ages 10-15. They will love the camo look. Even when kids are old enough to know phone #s - when they are in a panic will they be able to remember the phone # they need right then? I know I depend on my cell phone to have the numbers I need - your youth needs this identification bracelet as a back-up. Also great when you child is out with others -they have all the info they need - you don't have to keep writing things down for the other parents!
Go check out their website for more information or to order!
Having daughters is tough! And we have three! Our days are always filled with drama! In fact, even my 3 year old walks around talking about how something her brother said to her just upset her so, because it was “everything in her life!” I’m not even sure how that applied to what he said, but she was VERY dramatic about how upset it made her. DRAMA!
I tell my husband all the time how uncanny it is that our 11 year old daughter, Chey, acts exactly like our 3 year old daughter. Both whine to get what they want. Both cry and get upset when they hear the word, “No!” Both have to be told repeatedly to do something, ie. pick up your clothes, put up your bowl, leave your sister alone. You know, all those daily “mom-isms.” : ) Whatever it may be … parenting them seems to require the exact same discipline (go to your room for a timeout) and the same love (a hug afterwards to stop the sulking and assure them that we still love them even though they did something wrong).
Well, imagine the drama when my sister bought her daughter, a year younger than Chey, a cell phone for Christmas! Now, she got her daughter a phone because she walks home everyday alone from school and stays home for at least 2 hours without an adult home (and she’s not allowed to call ANYONE except in emergencies … so the phone really never gets used). Ok … understandable. But, try explaining this to my daughter … who had been BEGGING for a phone for at least 6 months prior! She had all the arguments down to perfection … we just were not giving in. Then, about 2 weeks ago her best friend got a cell phone! UGH! Now what to do?!
It seemed as though everyone but Chey had a cell phone, and she let us know daily! (Now, we didn’t get her the phone because everyone else had one … it just seemed as though she had
become responsible enough and the time was right.) We began looking, and decided the best deal would be to simply add her to our plan (it’s only an extra $10/month) … rather than try any of the phones geared specifically towards children. (I had read everything I could about all types of phones and the pros and cons of getting one for this age, etc.) My husband, always needing the best and newest in technology, refused to get one of the free phones offered with the plan, but went for the Pink Motorola Razr V3m. We ordered it without our daughter knowing … and then waited for its delivery so we could spring it on her!The day the phone came it was nice outside … so luckily for me, the kids were all out back playing, so they didn’t know the FedEx truck came by! I took the box and went to my bathroom with it … my place of sanctity! I opened it up, put the battery in, and began charging it and getting it activated. I knew we had to take a ride to the airport that evening to pick up my parents from their Las Vegas trip, who were the only other ones who knew about the phone since I had to consult my mom on the idea, so I wanted her to be able to get familiar with it while we were on the road. Once my husband got home, we had to dress everyone for the ride to the airport, so we hurriedly got everything together so we could give Chey her phone before we left.
I boxed everything back up and gave my husband the phone. He pretty much through it into her lap and waited for her to tear it open. But, first she had to listen to a list of “stipulations” that went with her new gift! Now, my son, only 9 years old, was a bit saddened by the fact that he didn’t get one … c’mon now, if Chey waited until 11, he can too! Plus, seriously, who does he talk to? Anyways … that’s another blog … “momma’s boys!”
So, she has her pink Razr that she carries with her EVERYWHERE! To the bathroom, to bed, to church … wherever she is, there her phone will be also! She knows that the best time to talk to her friends “out-of-network” is after 7pm and on weekends. Thankfully, most of our friends and family have Verizon, so we are all “in.” My husband and I were only using around 250 minutes a month, so we figured she has plenty of room for talking with the 700 Minute Family Share Plan! And, text and picture messaging are not allowed! I’ve heard some definite horror stories about text messaging with this age group! Plus, I think the best part about the phone is the leverage it gives me! “If you don’t clean your room, the phone is mine!” : )
You can read more about Chey at her blog here.
Blessings,
Staci
Labels: cell phones, drama, preteen, preteen girls, tweens
"So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”
- Isaiah 41:10
I finally got to sit and watch “Facing the Giants” yesterday. It was a great movie!
The fact that we are still able to see good Christian virtues played out in mainstream media is uplifting. As my husband and I watched the movie, one particular scene really spoke to me. As Coach Taylor is receiving his own pre-championship pep talk in the locker room, he is told that the phrase “do not fear” is written 365 times in the Bible. What I perceived that to mean was that there are 365 days in a year, and in each one of those days the LORD is walking with us and we should not fear as we walk with Him. We have to hand our lives over to Him. I can almost see it as laying down our burdens each morning as we awake and picking up Christ’s cross as we walk through our day.So, today as I pick up my cross, I am laying down my fear of the unknown. We are “officially” launching the site this weekend with a Press Release. The fear is in not knowing what that can do for the site … how it can hurt or help us. I have been monitoring the daily stats on the website trying to keep up with where the visitors are coming from and how they got there. I have noticed visitors all over the US, Canada, Asia, Europe … and one from New Zealand yesterday! I get excited because I know that the gospel is being delivered all over the world!
I constantly monitor the search engines and have my husband verify the search positions to make sure it’s not “just my computer.” We are flabbergasted by the numbers and the position we have achieved on Google in such a short amount of time. My husband’s only response is “God’s hand is all over this.” Well, I hope so! I have not changed a thing or added a page without consulting Him first. Each night as I try to sleep I pray to God asking for clarity on this or an idea for that … and I awake the next morning with an answer! A crystal clear epiphany! (Except on that fashion page! Or maybe I’m not listening to what He’s saying about that one for some reason?!)
Nevertheless, my flesh takes over as I go into a new day, afraid of what it may bring. Rejection from a secular world … apathetic and cruel. Yet, as I lay my trust in Christ, I must fear not, for “the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.” (1 John 4:4) As I believe that God truly has a hand in this “project,” I pray that our online community for Christian preteen girls becomes worldwide … glorifying the name of Jesus Christ!
Labels: christian, facing the giants, fear, preteen girls
We've all done it ... decorated a room, stood back and looked at it, took everything out and tried it again. Well, maybe not an entire room, but a cabinet, a closet, a wall ... something! We're fickle. Not sure what we want ... or we know what we want ... just don't exactly achieve it on the first try. And, if you're a perfectionist, which I do happen to be, then it will probably never be to your liking! With all that said, I am trying a new approach with the parent's pages here at Testament Tweens.
I have prayed over and over again about this website. I really want it to take off and be a great online community for Christian preteen girls to come together. Not only those that are "seasoned" Christians, but I would LOVE to know that we are reaching new girls and welcoming them into Christ's Kingdom. That is our drive behind the website ... spreading the gospel!
"All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." - Matthew 28:18-20
With all that said, I have decided that the best way to maintain fresh content on the topics important to us as parents was to maintain a blog! Chey’s Corner was established for the girls to keep up with the current events of Chey’s life, likes, worries, etc … all from the aspect of one of their peers. So, as I was collecting articles and such to put on the parents pages I decided that in order to keep up with the demands of the girls, we too, as parents, need to stay abreast of what’s going on in their “world.” Scary! Thus, the idea of my own blog was born! *Sigh*
Now, do I simply add this link to the website from the already established parent’s page … or do I make this blog the full content of the parent’s pages? Ugh! What to do? I only felt God leading me to write the blog. No clarity on how to tie it into the site … yet! Back to the drawing board some more! Only I’m putting my pen in God’s hands!
“Yet, O LORD, you are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand.” - Isaiah 64:8
Blessings,
Staci
Labels: christian, God, parents, preteen girls
