Last week after playschool, my four year old was tossing his toy dog up into the air. He was playing really close to some trees and soon enough dog became tangled and stuck in one of the tree branches. Oh No! Now what mama? He asked. Now, mama will save dog! Oops, no, no no!…
Sharing Sunday
Hello Sunday! We are staying in today after an amazing outing yesterday. We went to visit a mountain play park where the boys braved a mountain bob sled, a giant tube slide and got to play on a beautiful castle playground and experience a wild ride on a zip line. What I’m sharing this week: Safety Safari from Moving…
Weekend Challenge: Parenting on Auto-Pilot#1
Many situations in life make us respond on auto-pilot. Sometimes being on auto-pilot can make things easier and sometimes harder. When it comes to parenting, at times auto-pilot leads us to respond in ways that can cramp our relationship with our children. The good news, it’s never too late to work on changing these responses….
Giant List of Self-Care Skills for Babies,Toddlers and Preschoolers
Self Care Skills By Age (Babies, Toddlers and Preschool Children) Giving children a chance to practice self care skills is a very important part of growth and development. The time and effort you invest into encouraging self care is a sure way to help your child feel capable. Learning to get dressed, brushing teeth and…
How To Make The Very Most Out of Pretend Play In The Toddler Years
What can children learn through pretend play? As parents it is important for us to acknowledge that for a child “Play” is not just leisure but is how they learn. In a busy world with what seems to be tireless amounts of chores, it is easy to fall into a cycle of giving your child…
Weekend Challenge: Drop the Destructive Worry
It’s easy for us parents to worry about how we must shape, raise and instill values in our children. Pre-set notions of how our children should respond in certain situations have the potential to become a noisy and destructive monologue within our thoughts. “He better say thank you to aunty so she doesn’t think he…
3 quick projects for Father’s Day!
Father’s Day is coming up soon… here are three easy projects to whip up in 30 minutes, 15 minutes and 5 minutes or less! Spoiler alert…to my favorite subscriber (aka hubby – stop reading now!) The 30 min Photo Mobile: All you will need is some card stock or construction paper, a few pictures, glue,…
Control Does Not Equal Discipline
Today I am welcoming Kimberly of The Single Crunch to share a bit about her journey into peaceful parenting. Kimberly’ story is one of hope and hopefully inspiring to others. Choosing to parent in a positive way is possible, even if the journey didn’t start out so. Thank you Kimberly for your honesty and for…
Weekend Challenge: Simply Be
Sometimes we have so much to do. So many plans, packed schedules… perhaps you are driving the children from one activity to the next, juggling work, the household, your own projects…things get a bit out of hand. It’s easy to start to feel disconnected from our children, from ourselves. When we are constantly running through…
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