Parenting with Purpose and Perspective!
TweetI woke up this morning in the “bunk room” at my Auntie Ann’s lake house in New Beraunfels. I was on the bottom bunk, Ellie asleep on the top, MJ had slept soundly all night on the bean bag chair. Now he was whispering in my ear, “Mommy, I’m gonna go outside and listen to [...]
Tweet Happy Valentine’s Week! Even if you have don’t have a “sweetheart” valentine or if the newness of sharing that first Valentine’s Day together has worn off 10 or so years later, sharing all the fun festivities with your young children makes it pretty exciting and fun! You can make it extra-special for them by [...]
TweetThis morning, I was busy sending my kiddos out the door with the babysitter for an adventure at the Fair Park Aquarium to increase my own happiness by getting to check some things off my to-do list today before going back to work next week. As I packed their lunch and sipped cold coffee in [...]
Tweet This novel has it all: courtroom drama, romance, heartbreak, self-discovery, universal truth, suspense, true friendship. It could be a study on family dynamics, or the path to healing after suffering loss, or the power of instinct, or the journey of pregnancy and childbirth, or mother-daughter relationships, or coming of age, or, or, or….And it [...]
TweetYesterday, we had our first Play-date with Purpose“, and we made a big SPLASH! We gathered at the Lake Highlands Spray park, splashed around, and then found a shady spot for water songs, activities, and experiments. Many splashing families at the spray ground joined us, and we probably had about 20 kiddos, babies up through [...]
TweetHappy Summer! The official season began today. And I’m celebrating by passing on a great list of summer books for your family! The other morning, we walked around the corner to “pick up” an older neighbor-girl (8) to come play. She was sitting in her bay window reading a book on a lazy, quiet summer [...]
TweetNeed a last-minute gift idea? Start a new tradition of giving a sharing book to Dad each year to add to the collection. Or make it a whole bag or basket full of books for your child to read especially with Daddy! Give this meaningful gift, an intentional gift, that will foster more special moments [...]
TweetPerhaps you heard that author Maurice Sendak died this morning at age 83. Though I have not been reader or fan, it is always sad when a person beloved by so many children leaves this earth, a person who loved and served children. But he did leave behind his art. I must admit that so [...]
TweetSometimes in the morning we listen to Raffi or Dr. Seuss stories in the kitchen while the kids are at the table and Mommy’s making lunches/ drinking coffee/ eating breakfast/ getting refills/ wiping sticky fingers. But usually, I treat myself and listen to NPR to feel connected to world outside my kitchen and carpool and [...]
Tweet{This post is the 8th in a series on the book NurtureShock: New Thinking about Children by Bronson/ Merryman, NurtureShock series posts.} My kids with one of our favorite teen and pre-teen friends, Katelyn and Kyle. “Mommy, what is a teenager?” Michael James and I had a conversation about this in the car the other day. (One of [...]
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