Love and grace is the foundation of all that we do as parents which is why it's powerful when we know our child's love language. When your child feels loved, when her emotional tank is full, she will be more responsive to parental guidance in all areas of her life. She will listen without resentment." ~Chapman & Ross Why Just Telling Your Child "I Love You" Doesn't Work One of the most amazing gifts we can give our children is to let them know they are loved, known and valued by … [Read more...]
A Letter to Mom on Mother’s Day: Dear Mom, If I only knew…
A letter to my mom on Mother's Day: If I only knew... Dear Mom, The other day, I was sitting in the small crowded room for my three-year-old's school Mother's day presentation. When he came out onto the stage, I noticed he was looking for me. He wanted to know if I was there. In his own little three-year-old way he wanted to know if he could count on me. He wanted to know if I cared. My little guy wanted to know that he had my support. He wanted to see my familiar face in the crowd … [Read more...]
Mother’s Day Gift Kids Can Make: You’re Toe-tally Awesome
Mother's Day Gift Kids Can Make: Mom You're Toe-tally Awesome! This is cute and simple and your kids can put it together for mom or grandma. Just print out the cute printable below or make your own little sign and place the items in a cute bag and your set. No painting or messy finger painting involved though I must say those are really cute. I'm not really big into doing my nails but I do like to pamper myself once in a while. Which is why I like to have a couple of colors lying … [Read more...]
Mother’s Day Interview Activity: What I Think of Mommy
I recently was looking through some stuff and found this Mother's day interview my son answered back when he was 4 years old. I shared his Mother's day interview responses and my favorites are #2, #10, #13. These are my handsome little men! Since I loved this activity so much I wanted my 6 year old to do the interview so I can have one from each of my boys as a keepsake of their silly answers. My youngest is still too little to totally understand the questions so I may wait another … [Read more...]
Motherhood: Celebrating the Difference
In honor of Mother's Day, 22 blogger moms are uniting forces to Celebrate the Difference in Motherhood! We come in all different shapes, sizes and shades from all over the world, that's the beauty of diversity. So why would we expect to all parent in the same way? As moms we are constantly under attack, with the most recent coming from The Wall Street Journal against mom bloggers which happened to be written by a woman. That kind of nonsense is exactly why we want to come together and show the … [Read more...]