Do mornings in your household often feel chaotic? Mine, too. Find a moment to ground yourself and your kids by starting the day with a morning quote jar. This is the third installment of the morning rituals series. See these posts for other ideas! Part 1 – Morning Playlist Part 2 – Morning Hugs Why…
Last week, I kicked off a series about morning rituals to add meaning and connection to the start of the day. We started with a morning playlist. Today it’s the importance of a morning hug. A WHOLE POST About a HUG? You might be thinking, “This blog post could be six words long: ‘Hug your…
As you gear up for a new school year, you’re no doubt thinking about the logistics of your morning routine with kids. What time does everyone need to get up? Who needs a lunch packed? How do I keep this kid focused on eating breakfast instead of making a fortress out of the cereal boxes?!?…
It’s back to school time! Today I’m sharing one of our favorite traditions this time of year — the first day of school breakfast. First Day of School Breakfast Component 1 – Food! For this tradition, you’ll need something that will hold a candle (spoiler alert for component 2!). We usually go with muffins, but…
In this series on making your child’s birthday special, I’ve given you lots of ideas based on how we celebrated our three boys’ birthdays this past spring. In this final post, I’m including a bunch MORE kid birthday tradition ideas. There are so many fun possibilities! Pick the Birthday Tradition Ideas Meaningful for YOUR Family…
So far you’ve staged a birthday countdown, created a birthday burst, put up festive decor, exempted your child from chores, and given out a new privilege and new responsibility. Quite the celebration, right? But we’re not done yet! We’re missing something critical here — FOOD! Let Your Child Choose Their Favorite Foods If you’ve been…
On your child’s birthday, you of course want to make them feel celebrated. But besides the purely fun stuff, like an opportunity for a joy-filled leap into their next year and some festive decorations, what about a way to celebrate a child’s birthday meaningfully? New Responsibility, New Privilege Kids cling to every day of their…
Another surefire way to make you child feel special as they turn a year older? Decorate! Here are some simple birthday decorating ideas to make the day festive. Make the Decorations a Birthday Morning Surprise Okay, I guess more accurate would be to make it kind-of a surprise. If you start this tradition, your kids…
This year, we discovered another way to make birthdays special without spending a cent: excusing the birthday boy from chores. After finishing his breakfast this morning (a special one — more on that later in this birthday series), Evan wandered into the kitchen and started unloading plates out of the dishwasher. “Hey, no chores, remember?!?”…
