life’s simplest pleasures and life’s greatest joys : all hung from a clothesline.
There are just so many ways to do the holidays. We do them minimally in a lot of ways, and yet I always leave the season the feeling rich. Our families spoil our children that is plain and simple. From all sides our boys are loved. But we do work hard to keep things as simple […]
Gift giving is SO much fun, but can bring SO much stress. I’ve spent the last few years trying to find the balance. Still wanting to give, not break the bank, and do it all on a small budget. Reading “Money Secrets of the Amish: Finding True Abundance in Simplicity, Sharing, and Saving” by Lorilee […]
Seeing the holidays as another opportunity to teach is important. We as parents have a couple of things we can do to teach – natural consequences, direct instruction, and modeling seem to be the ones that come to mind first. All require us to pay attention to circumstances and look for teachable moments. I believe […]
As an overview I want to touch on these three things as they pertain to “Thriving in the Holidays:” 1. Keep your daily and weekly schedule. 2. Stay healthy 3. Personal Survival These bullet points came for a course I took about parenting through the Holiday season and I just wanted to share some of […]