Daylight Savings Parenting Tips


Family

Daylight savings week can be a challenge for parents and kids. 12 Tips for parents and kids to have a great daylight savings week.

March 5, 2016

Clean House? Don’t Look Too Close


Joyful hosting

Ever have that kind friend over who comments on the cleanliness of your home? I try to be polite but sometimes it makes me burst out laughing before I can thank her. Being a mother of two little ones has required that I master doing ‘just enough’ cleaning. The house may appear to be clean, but I guarantee […]

February 19, 2016

Practice Gratitude: The Grateful Tree


Gratitude

Does your family focus on gratitude? Practice gratitude by recording what you’re thankful for on tags and hang them on a gratitude tree. I’m excited to share how our family has been recording our 59 days of gratitude. Last year, we used a gratitude calendar journal. This year, we chose to keep track of what we’re grateful […]

November 30, 2015

Embracing The Messy Reality Of Mother’s Day


Family, Gratitude

Mother’s Day is just another day with the people who make us mothers. The reality is, it’s going to be messy. This morning, like every morning, I came downstairs, with three frantic-for-breakfast kids in my wake. The view upon opening the fridge stopped me in my tracks. There, on the middle shelf was a beautiful […]

May 8, 2015