The Ups and Downs of a WAHM
Recently I have had to look at how to create personal space for Megan who shares a room with Anna. Megan is nine, almost 10 and Anna is five. When we found out we were pregnant with twins 5 years ago, we knew at some point Megan would need to share a room. I had [...]
I want to start by saying I love my children and I would never change anything about them. That being said, I do find parenting as a whole much more intense than I ever expected it to be. I think when making the decision to become a parent, you do not always think about all [...]
Not too long ago I shared some information with you that I learned from a Webinar titled “Turn Complaining Into Cooperating In 2013″. I enjoyed, and learned so much from that Webinar I wanted to share an opportunity with you to sit in on a Webinar and help you on your path to a calmer family [...]
Stop The Bullying Today, February 27th, is International Bullying Day. Bullying is a worldwide problem. I have a 9 year old and 5-year-old twins, and I cannot help but fear about their future. Kids are mean, and life can get really tough. But, we want to make it less tough…so lets stop the bullying together! [...]
Just like having a flu season, we also have a Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) season. RSV is present year-round but it starts to go up in the fall and peaks in the winter. It then starts to go down in early spring. RSV typically causes mild to moderate cold-like symptoms, although in some babies it can result [...]
For a while now I have been feeling as though I have almost gotten into a rut with my children. I ask them to do something and they whine and complain, or it takes me saying something five times to get them moving. This is not the picture that comes to mind when I think of having [...]
Challenges Of Parenting There are so many challenges of parenting, ones you can foresee and then others that come right out of the blue. I think I am a good mom, but I always question what I do and pray that my children will grow up to be strong, confident successful adults. I worry that anything I [...]
Since teaching our children about financial responsibility has been a priority of ours, we recently instituted weekly allowances in our household. Also, knowing how to teach kids about money can be rather tricky. I wanted their allowance to not only teach them something about money, but also learn a little work ethic. I integrated their [...]
Last week our children were playing music on our stereo. This is really nothing unusual, they do play music on our stereo a lot to have “dance parties” and are normally really well. However, on this particular day they kept arguing with each other. After a few times of warning them we ended up taking [...]
There are so many days when I look at my “baby” and cannot believe how big she has gotten. She is only 9, but I know the next 9 years are going to fly by just as quickly – if not more quickly then the first 9 years. She is growing up to fast! It [...]
So the other day we were at the pool, which we are actually at every day with Megan being on the swim team, but my sister and I were talking about all the laundry we had to do for a family of 5. I had said something about the couch being loaded with folded clothes [...]
About a month ago I had shared in a post a system I was going to put in place to help reward good behavior from my children. After having this system in place, I want to let you know how it’s moving along. Anna is really my most difficult child and is the one whose [...]
My sister and brother-in-law have always been extremely good with choosing toys for their 3 boys that would encourage creative play. They’ve always limited TV severely, have no electronic toys and when they are on the computer set a timer. I should say they did not have any electronic toys up until this past Christmas…they [...]
Wow, it has been crazy warm here in Illinois! We have been in a string of upper 70 – low 80 degree days! I don’t remember ever having this nice of weather, especially for this long in March. We are loving the warm weather in March though! Some may think that 70′s is rather cool, [...]
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