Our family just got back from a 10-night trip to Washington state. The visit was our first time anywhere in the Pacific Northwest, and I can definitely say we were impressed. Wow. What a BEAUTIFUL place! We had such a great time, but there is a part of me that is a little sad that we couldn’t see even more of this gorgeous part of the country. Although 10 nights seemed like it would be enough to see everything we… Read more »
A few weeks ago, I started seeing Advent calendars popping up in preparation for the beginning of the Advent season. I didn’t grow up celebrating Advent with little presents for every day, so that tradition is just not something I have strong ties to. A couple of years ago, Ben convinced me to get him the Lego Advent calendar, in which you pop open a new Lego piece every day. I didn’t really like that, because uhh…do we need another reason to get them… Read more »
I recently finished the book, “How to Raise an Adult: Break free of the overparenting trap and prepare your kid for success” by Julie Lythcott-Haimes. As you can probably guess, the book focuses on the effect that our hyper vigilant parenting is having on the generations we are raising. Sometimes books/topics fall into your lap at just the right time. That would be the case with this book. It triggered us to take a candid look at what opportunities we were… Read more »
We recently installed a Little Free Library at the park by our house. Have you heard of this movement? It’s a free book exchange you can place at your home or neighborhood. It usually looks like some sort of little house or wooden box on a post. However, if you look on the Internet, you will see that the libraries can take many shapes and sizes. The way it works is that you bring a book you have already read, and exchange it for… Read more »
It really seems like yesterday that I was writing THIS POST about my intentions for the summer. And somehow the boys are back in school with one week under their belt. (Sigh)… Reflecting on what my hopes and expectations were for this summer, I can see I was able to accomplish a lot of what I was looking for. Not all, but a lot. What I am happiest about is that we did achieve a “slowing down” and being more present in… Read more »
