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Friday….celebrate with a little R and R.
Raising kids with LOVE ♦ August 15, 2014 ♦ Leave a comment
My favorite day of the week is here again. I am looking forward to a “date night” tonight. Even with being an “empty nester”, a date night sounds exciting. It is nice to be out and concentrating only on each other and not the pile of laundry that still is sitting in my laundry room. …
Embrace every part of your child….including their temperament
Raising kids with LOVE ♦ June 11, 2014 ♦ 2 Comments
A great combination of active and calm, distractible and intense, regular and chaotic, sensitive and tough, outgoing and shy, goofy and serious, and always love…multiple personality traits and a family better because of it! It isn’t very often that all of us are together for an extended time. I am looking forward to some family time in …
The gift of Grandparents!
Raising kids with LOVE ♦ April 23, 2014 ♦ 2 Comments
“What children need most are the essentials that grandparents provide in abundance. They give unconditional love, kindness, patience, humor, comfort, lessons in life. And, most importantly, cookies.” – Rudolph Giulian This past weekend all 4 of our children and their cousins spent time with my parents. While there, the kids helped a bit in the …
Friday is here!
Raising kids with LOVE ♦ February 21, 2014 ♦ 1 Comment
Spend some time doing what “fills your pitcher” today! What will you do with your Friday? I have some plans…it may not sound fun to many of you, but I am looking forward to it! I like order, ask my kids and they will claim I am a bit compulsive at times! The fact is, when …
So it is a little cold…get outside anyway!
Raising kids with LOVE ♦ January 30, 2014 ♦ Leave a comment
The weather outside is frightful….well at least cold! Looks like we will be having a winter with more snow and cold than we did last year. I am a fan of snow, and even cold weather, it makes me appreciate the spring. I am not a fan of feeling cooped up, and I remember those days …
Even adults need moments of play! TGIF!
Raising kids with LOVE ♦ October 4, 2013 ♦ 4 Comments
TGIF! My favorite day of the week is here again. I am looking forward to “playing” a bit this weekend. Even with being an “empty nester” my days get filled with “have to’s”; so a little play time sounds wonderful. I will probably sleep a bit later, savor my morning coffee a bit longer, breathe …
TGIF! It is Fun Friday, celebrate your week!
Raising kids with LOVE ♦ January 18, 2013 ♦ 2 Comments
It is Friday, my favorite day of the week! A day that brings me “ahhh” moments as I breathe after a busy week. I am sure that you say, “Breathe?” “My Friday and Saturday is like my Monday!” Sometimes it can feel that way when you have small children at home. Every day you …
TGIF!!
Raising kids with LOVE ♦ September 28, 2012 ♦ 2 Comments
Yes, TGIF! It is Fun Friday! Have you ever heard your child say ” but that’s how we always do it!”. Most of us have heard that statement and often we think, “Really? Always?” What our child is telling us is that what we have done in the past made an impact, it was something that was not only fun, …
TGIF!!!
Raising kids with LOVE ♦ August 24, 2012 ♦ Leave a comment
Enjoy your Friday!! My favorite day of the week is here again. I am looking forward to a “date night” tonight. Even with being an “empty nester”, a date night sounds exciting. It is nice to be out and concentrating only on each other and not the pile of laundry that still is sitting in …
Enjoy today……today
Raising kids with LOVE ♦ August 23, 2012 ♦ Leave a comment
Time flies quickly…enjoy each moment. It is a quiet morning…the oldest two are at work and the youngest two left to go back to college after the summer. I am appreciating the quiet because I am trying to enjoy each moment for the moment. But, I remember not too longer ago, sitting in this same …
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