Life In Pleasantville
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Don’t you wish we could just take the month of December off? I mean, off as in no laundry, extra-curricular activities, groceries, house cleaning…..you know, just put it all on pause to fully enjoy the season? Sit around drinking egg nog, socializing and baking cookies? I know, I’m a dreamer. Today, I didn’t really get …
Four years ago, on my oldest daughters fifth birthday, she had a “pink” themed party. Since her birthday falls so close to Christmas it always seems that winter or Christmas get thrown into the theme as well. I had seen this idea in Martha Stewart about sewing little bags and hanging them on a small …
I’m still plodding along with the 30 Day Mom Challenge, despite my lack of posts on the subject. So far, it has been an incredible experience and as I suspected it’s like hitting a reset button on being a mom. I’ve missed some challenges along the way, like Challenge #12 for instance, Pray for wisdom …
Keeping up with the challenges on the 30 Day Mom Challenge haven’t really been that hard. Remembering to write about it has been. D’oh! Challenge – Leave a Sweet Note for Them Check. Actually found old wedding stationary and wrote them a note on that. Told them how blessed I was to have them, how …
My oldest daughter caught onto reading very young and has developed a deep love for it. My youngest was a little harder to engage. We started to encourage her to read to our dog after reading several studies that show that kids literacy improved after reading to their pets. It’s paying off. Her reading is …
So the last three days have been crazy busy…..doing for my children. In fact, since Friday night I’d say I was entirely focused on them. Friday night we took them to Laser tag and watched as two little girls entered a room with 20 boys and kicked some major laser ass. Too much fun. Then …
Today’s Challenge – Hug your child three times today So, today’s challenge, while immensely easy and enjoyable, was also a bit of a wake up call. I realized today that I haven’t been hugging my children as much as did in the past. They are getting older and they simply don’t come looking for them …
So, it’s heeeeeere. The great annual candy extravaganza, Halloween. I know my children will be racing from door to door tomorrow in at attempt to collect the most candy ever! After all, whoever gets the most candy wins, right? So the kids come home and you sort through the booty, looking for the tampered stuff …
