It was another normal morning in my life. I was trying to make myself get up after a long night of fighting "monsters" under my child's bed. I looked at the time and quickly got to my morning routine. My morning routine usually includes making a hot breakfast for my family of 5, getting lunches ready for 4, making sure backpacks are by the door, reminding my children ever 5 minutes that it's time for them to come down stair or else they will be late. Once they make it downstairs then I … [Read more...]
Intentional Parenting is Not Easy But It’s Worth It
I just spent close to an hour helping my kids figure out their allowance into their Save. Spend. Give. Jars. Our conversation went something like this. Well, it was mostly me asking questions. "How much did you deposit? Is it withdrawing money when you are putting money in? What do I owe you if I've missed giving you an allowance for the past 3 weeks? What does $5 plus $6 equal? Do you know why you can't put your "GIVE" money into your "SPEND" section?" And the endless questions and … [Read more...]
Embracing Their Quirks
Yay, we made it to our 5th Love Dare Parent challenge! I'm a little behind so don't worry if you are too. If you're just finding us, feel free to just jump right in, here's the details. Before you can hold them even while still in your womb their little personalities, bents, temperaments, abilities..are being fearfully and wonderfully made. My first two kids temperaments in the womb reflect their temperaments to this very day. My first baby was so calm, I would worry because I couldn't feel … [Read more...]
Love Creates the Richest Soil for Parenting
It's finally here, our first week of the Love Dare Challenge for parents. If you missed the info. on how to follow along go here. You can jump in at any point of our journey and remember your kids don't have to be little or even at home to join us! It's FREE! Here's the book if you want to purchase for yourself. This week we'll be covering these two challenges: Love Blooms and Love is Patient. You can take it at your own pace but I think doing two dares a week is a good start. On … [Read more...]
From Raising Boys to a Very Pink World
I just got back from spending two weeks with my sister whose only child is a girl. If you've followed my blog some you know I have three boys and my world mostly consist of cars, Legos and superheroes. Oh, and lots of dirt and grass stains. I grew up with brothers (my sister joined our family when I was older). My best friends were boys for most of my life. So this pink world is foreign to me. I must say though, in my time there, I did realize I missed out not having grown up with … [Read more...]
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