Watching my Kids Grow up is Harder on me Than I Imagined Even though I read all the inspirational sayings when my kids were toddlers and teeny people- about how I should relish the moments with them and not sweat the small stuff and not care about the fact that my house looked like it was in various stages of a rummage sale half the time- my type A personality did not let me just be. When I … [Read more...]
Help Your Kids Craft A Summer Bucket List of Adventures (28 IDEAS!)
Having been inducted into part of parenthood that had me most terrified- raising a teenager-- I can say with all certainty that it is a lesson in patience, knowing where your mute button is and learning how to exercise it at just the right moments and truly being available- at the most inopportune moments. What I'm learning about parenting a teenager is this-- you need to be able to give your … [Read more...]
Ways to Revel in Your Children and Capture Those Memories with Picture Keeper
Thanks to Picture Keeper for Sponsoring this post Ways to Revel in Your Children and Capture those Memories FOREVER with Picture Keeper My husband says I have a tendency to lean towards my natural proclivity to GUILT MY KIDS into submission. It’s almost as if, at times, I can’t help it. It’s not like I wield a whip and beat them, or force them to wash the windows. Rather I choose to guilt them … [Read more...]
DIY Fun: Show your love with a Handmade Mother’s Day Present
After living with me for 17 and 14 years respectively my daughter and son know the direct route to my heart is essentially through anything they can craft for me with their hands. There is nothing I love more than for my kid to Show your love with a Handmade Mother's Day Present. My heart stretches in ways that are hard to articulate when I get a gift that I know was conceived with JUST me in … [Read more...]
Four Things I’ve Learned About Life from my 14 Year old Birthday Boy
When I was a little girl I remember telling anyone who would ask me the question, " How many kids do you want when you get older?" AT LEAST FOUR. Of course I never anticipated that the actual act of getting pregnant for a second time would be so arduous. I feel grateful for my gem of a son, my little fighter who survived in my womb when his twin simply vanished at 11 weeks, on so many … [Read more...]