On Friday night the kids and I did something we haven’t done in a couple years: We went to see the high school play. Our first experience with the high school play was in 2014 when Number 3 and 4 were extras in the Sound of Music. Here’s Number 4 with Captain von Trapp. đ […]
spending time with your kids
All They Want Is Your Time
This morning I was going for a run and I was listening, as I do usually do, to a podcast. I have a few favorites. I listen to Amy Porterfield for business stuff. For a good ass-kicking and a reminder to take ownership of all my decisions/words/actions/failures, I listen to Jocko Willink. And when I […]
Minutes with Mom
I’ve slipped back into a pattern where I’m hardly spending any one-on-one time with the kids. And I realize that it’s a little more difficult for me to do that with each kid on a regular basis than it may be for a family with one or two kids. But it’s still possible. I’m in […]
Less squandering. More participating.
I had one of those mornings. The kind where you get up too late, and then you are scrambling and you just can’t catch up. Where you are trying to fill out the permission slip you should taken care of the night before and then making the lunch for the kindergartener you should have made the […]
It’s 12 P.M. Have you said YES to your kids yet today?
I woke up much later than I wanted to this morning, and as a result, I was feeling rushed from the second I got up. So when I was making breakfast and Number 4 bounced into the kitchen and asked, “Mommy! CAN I HELP?” I immediately said… “NO.” I was trying to make banana bread […]