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 My kids love to attend ANY kind of birthday party – fancy princesses, McDonald’s play-ground, bounce houses and face painters, even Chuck E. Cheese, but in our own family we love to throw “home-made” birthday parties. It’s just become our tradition. Now by “home-made”, I don’t necessarily mean the cake (that part I often [...]
TweetEach year, my “intentional” gift for my children on their birthdays is a letter of love and reflection. My little “sunshine boy” turns 6 today, April 2nd, 2013! My Dearest 6-Year-Old! You turn 6 today, and I am not feeling as nostalgic as usual this year. Perhaps it’s because I am enjoying you so much [...]
TweetWhen I was going through the old plastic eggs today, putting little candies and stickers in, I found something from a couple of Easters back – little scribbled notes that reminded me or a great idea! For many years in our family, we had a tradition of sharing Easter lunch with some dear family friends [...]
Tweet Do you have an awesome idea? A little seed just waiting to grow and sprout and bloom this season or next? Here at Blissdom Conference, Author Jon Acuff spoke about harnessing our creative powers with “The 3 Stages of Every Awesome Idea”: Imagine Capture Execute I know the session was meant to help us with [...]
TweetThis week, I had the chance to lead A “MACARONI MARCH” for Wee Volunteer at the great Pebbles Apartment Complex for moms and kids who were once homeless. Everybody brought their favorite mac n’ cheese boxes for the families, and we had fun celebrating the month of March with marches. We read a favorite book [...]
Tweet Enjoying a beautiful day outside with your kids today? Have 5 minutes to spare at the park or soccer field before you load up the car? Have some favorite trees in your yard? Take a few minutes sometime this week to play a favorite “Manders” family nature game. Get some exercise, build brain and [...]
Tweet I love to walk around the house in Mama’s high heels. I love to breathe on a cold window and trace a heart in the mist with my nose. I love when Grandma shows me photographs of Mama when she was little and says, “It’s amazing how much you look alike. Why, she was [...]
TweetPerhaps you have made plans to see a movie on your day off with the children, or to go shopping at the mall. Or perhaps your kids will be with a sitter while you’re at work – I know, not all of us get this national holiday off! May I humbly suggest that whatever your [...]
TweetI started this family ritual in an effort to keep my busy young kids at the dinner table for more than a one minute overlap, to practice the art of dinner conversation! It’s also a fun thing to do at bed-time or just riding around in the car. You could just have these questions in [...]
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