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A Perfect Christmas Gift

November 22, 2020 by not your average mom 2 Comments

I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about Christmas lately. I’ve been thinking about how so many of us will not be seeing relatives from far away and I’ve been thinking about how so many families might be in a situation where this could be the last Christmas for some of their older relatives and […]

Filed Under: Life at My House Tagged With: Christmas gifts, Christmas gifts for relatives, handmade Christmas gifts, making memories

I Created The Problem. And Now I’m Fixing It.

July 19, 2018 by not your average mom 3 Comments

We had the longest school year ever this year, and our last day of school was June 29th. Including weekends, today was our twentieth day of summer vacation. And that’s how long it took me to reach my breaking point. Twenty days. The kids have been home for three weeks, but it feels like three […]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: consistency and parenting, kids and chores, kids behavior, making memories, summer, summer with kids, technology and kids

Tonight I took some time to be a human being, instead of a human doing.

December 20, 2015 by not your average mom 4 Comments

Tonight I was going to write a post after I set the kids up with a movie. But instead, I plunked right down on the floor with them and watched Rudolph. Not too many more years they’re gonna want to do that with me. Don’t forget to slow down this holiday season. It goes by fast […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: making memories, slowing down, taking time to enjoy your kids

Say cheese.

August 3, 2013 by not your average mom 2 Comments

When I was a kid, we had this dresser in the hallway at the top of the stairs. The top drawer was full of pictures. Just loose snapshots. Every once in a while, I would pull out the drawer, sit on the floor, and look at them. I loved looking at those pictures, especially the […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: making memories, pictures, self confidence, self esteem

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