Happy new year, everyone! Now that we’ve come to the beginning of a new year, I can reveal some of the fun things we’ve made this past year as I attempted a year of all homemade gifts! As some of you may have noticed (those people being friends and family who have received gifts from […]
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A Positive Rewards System that Works!
Ah, the Poof Jar! Miracle of miracles. I must share it with you all! So simple. It’s a positive rewards system. Every time Bean does something good or helpful or kind, like sharing toys with his sister, picking up toys before I ask, or saying thank you for something before I remind him, he gets […]
My Love-Hate Relationship with the TV
Fair warning: this is a long one… One of the first things I Decided when I found out I was pregnant and started my list of “Things We’re Going to Do When We Have Kids” was to limit our TV consumption. I was raised “in front of the television,” as was my husband (and frankly most […]
Happy Mother’s Day!
Happy Mother’s Day! To all you moms out there I want to offer some encouragement on this most special day. One of the reasons I’ve put off starting a “Mommy Blog” for so long—you know, all 2 years that I’ve been a parent 😉 —is because I didn’t want it to become something that stole […]