My mom called me today and asked me if I was okay because it’s been a week since I’ve written a post. I didn’t realize it’s been a week! I’ve got a lot of plates spinning right now. I’ve been working on getting the final details for Not Your Average Weekend worked out (March 2-4, […]
Parenting
Words Of Wisdom From A Seven-Year-Old
Today Number 6, who is seven years old and in second grade, came home from school with this piece of writing. He handed it to me and said: “Mommy, read this. I got to go to a special room to make a copy of it with my teacher because she liked it so much and […]
A Perfect Birthday
I am not anti-birthday celebration. At all. But I am anti-massive-birthday-parties-for-kids-every-year. As I try to simplify and focus on the things that are really important and rid my life of stuff that doesn’t make me happy or improve the quality of my life but takes up my time, money and energy, over-the-top birthday parties for […]
Do vs. Don’t
Sometimes I get to the end of the day and I feel like all I’ve done is say no and don’t to the kids 5,000 times and tell them to stop doing stuff. The no’s and the don’ts are tiring and not fun — for me or for the kids — and they aren’t especially effective. […]
You Always Have A Choice
I had an aha moment today. It was kind of a big one. For me, anyway. And I just want to share it with you tonight. So maybe you spend your Sunday thinking about it. I had a big, long explanation behind this, but I think I’ll save that for another day and just cut […]
What Your Kid Is Thinking When You Are Yelling
Yesterday I was talking to Number 3, and somehow we ended up on the topic of coaches. And this led to a discussion about different coaching styles. Number 3 told me who his best coaches were. And he said, “They actually show you what to do. And when you do something right, they tell you.” […]
