Featured image CC by David D Ah, chores… Dreaded by both kids and parents alike. Kids hate doing them, parents hate having to enforce them. I don’t have all the answers, and things are NOT going smoothly in our house…but I was thinking the other day how much better things are FINALLY going in our house in regards to chores. […]
So, I’m re-listening to the book “Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids” by Dr. Laura Markham right now….I ran out of audiobooks to listen to, and I thought now would be a good time to re-listen to this seriously EXCELLENT book that was just life changing for me…but it was starting to fade from my memory and I needed a reminder as […]
I love that I finally seem to have developed the ability to lecture my 14yr old daughter about life lessons in a way that is goofy and fun, and very UNlecture-y. Just had a long conversation with her about the importance of routine….something I’ve struggled with for YEARS. At least since I became a mom…I was much better about it […]
I am on Dr. Larry Cohen‘s email list, and I love it! Just was sent this adorable and fun sounding tip, that was too cute to not share: To help make mealtimes more fun and less stressful (and to get picky or distracted eaters to eat): One mom wrote, “Someone round the table spears a piece of food with their […]
Just got to bed & found Tyr (bed next to me) kicked his covers off & tshirt he’s wearing (mine) is hiked up, revealing little nakey butt.
tyr’s first night in his own bed (next to ours) was a success! i asked him how he liked it and he said “i loved it!!” so funny…at one point in the night, tyr was snuggled up to my side of the bed with his head on me, body on his bed. too cute.
so it finally happened. tyr decided to cut his own hair. apparently the front was bothering him yesterday. luckily it doesn’t really show.
i mean “the gift of giving” in a little different sense. usually its used to mean that its a gift of giving something to someone, right? i am thinking of it in terms of giving my kids the gift of learning to give. its on my mind a lot lately, during this season. i’d love to hear how other people […]
ok, i seriously suck at regular housework…i mean i do it all the time but i can’t seem to maintain anything. and i’ve not been really great about consistency with the children with chores. i want to, and i really mean to…i just suck at it. i’m starting to really get that i suck at consistency in most anything and […]
i have said here before that i tend to be very hard on myself and my parenting abilities and such. i am constantly critiquing myself and am my own worst critic. so right now i feel like posting some things that i am very happy and even proud of. something i was thinking about earlier today is how i’m very […]
I posted all our Halloween pics on our shutterfly site. Kids had fun, but far too many instances of them getting scared. Maeven wanted to go home early because of it. 🙁 Just wanted to fume here for a sec about parents that allow their children to dress in those horrid scream masks…especially the ones that bleed! Good god, what […]
tyren is seriously exhausting us. just in the past couple weeks he has been throwing the most hideous tantrums and fighting us on everything, and i mean EVERYTHING. good god its exhausting. i’m crossing my fingers its just a phase that he’s going through and we’ll make it through this eventually. i certainly hope its not a long phase. every […]
well those of you that read my twitter or facebook feeds, already know about the drama of the past 4 days. but i thought i’d blog about it anyway, cuz i feel like writing out the whole story. so maeven started complaining about a sore throat the end of last week…maybe friday or saturday, don’t remember exactly. by sunday she […]
have i ever posted about the lion and lamb project? i can’t remember. from their website: “The mission of The Lion & Lamb Project is to stop the marketing of violence to children. We do this by helping parents, industry and government officials recognize that violence is not child’s play –and by galvanizing concerned adults to take action.” i got […]
I’m so glad to have stumbled upon Times up kidz. It has made computer time with my kids SO much easier. I was having a lot of problems getting my kids off the computer. Maeven would get up early and be on already when I got up…and stay on, resisting all my attempts to get my own time to check […]
i so needed this. i was reading one of the blogs i subscribe to, and found this: “Attention all parents of multiple children, especially those with babies and/or toddlers, and definitely all new homeschooling families — raise your right hand and repeat after me: “My children will not always be this age.”… Babies will eventually detach themselves from Mom’s chest, […]
i know i am growing and changing all the time…loosening up on some things and perhaps strengthening my convictions on others. there are things i feel strongly about today i probably won’t a year from now. things come and go and life changes me, as it does everyone. i was just having a conversation with adam about how i feel […]
i just got this wayne dyer video from the library. its REALLY old, he’s got hair in it! LOL! not much, but some…and he only has 5 kids in it and i’m pretty sure they went on to have 8 total. anyway…here’s the key points from the video:(his words, not mine, but i totally agree) I want my children to […]
i am so glad i found this!! what a great series! Part I, Whose Job is It? Part II, Getting Rid of the Clutter Part III, Let Them Help Part IV, It Takes Time Part V, Work Together Part VI, Learn to Practice Part VII, Make it Easy Part VIII, by the Gallagher Boy
