They are worth our time.
If they are so worth it, how do you show them that? Getting to know our children on a personal level is the best way to let them know how important they are to us. But how do we do that???Read More
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Parenting
Multiple Kids and the Toothbrush Dilemma
I am not a decorator. That much is obvious if you look at my home. Most of it is just practical pieces around my home not necessarily for great decoration. Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about toothbrushes. I know that doesn’t seem to go along with decorating conversation but for our kids’ toothbrushes, theyRead More
Parenting
Valentine’s Day Notes for Your Children
For the last several years, my kids have requested an activity that I started one year as a way to show positivity to my children and to lift up their good traits and habits. I wanted to have something that highlighted a different positive aspect of each child for the fourteen days leading up toRead More
Parenting
What Are You Looking For in Your Everyday Life?
A few years ago, I took this super sweet picture of my oldest 3 children looking into the fireplace at the warm glow of our first fire of that season. It was a perfect memory of their amazement of the fire and the peace that that moment brought. It’s a picture of calm and goodRead More
Parenting
Top 5 Tips to Grocery Shopping with Littles
Going to the grocery store with children can seem quite daunting to some people. When you have one or two, you may not be hesitant to take them along. When you have several littles, it can seem like that is the worst idea you could ever have! Or many people may take the opportunity toRead More
Devotional
Who Are You Doing Things For?
As a stay-at-home mom, I do a lot of mundane tasks during the day. There are things I do frequently that I’ve been doing for almost 10 years that can easily be thought of as negative. Changing diapers, doing dishes, making meals, helping to clean up toys AGAIN! It can be discouraging for sure andRead More
Parenting
The Secret to Getting Kids to Do Something They Don’t Want To
Sometimes children act exactly the way you want them to. They clean their rooms. They do schoolwork without any whining. They eat all of their food at dinner without being told to 50 gazillion times. Life is peachy! Then other times, they don’t seem to want to do anything except the opposite of what youRead More