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    Volunteering as a Family

    One of our goals this year was to do at least two volunteer activities as a family. Fortunately, in Austin, there’s a non-profit organization that makes this kind of goal relatively easy for us. Little Helping Hands publishes a calendar every month of new volunteer activities and experiences. The problem is that the calendar fills up very fast. 
    So far, we’ve been able to sign up for two of them: volunteering at a homeless shelter to make a meal and–most recently–doing arts and crafts at a home for senior citizens.  
    Visiting the senior living center was a wonderful experience for so many reasons. First, it pushed all of us out
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    The Importance of Routines for a Healthy, Happy Family

    We started going to counseling to help support Henry with his self-regulation, and the first thing the therapist wanted to know about was our routines. 
    I didn’t realize our life was so routinized until I started explaining it! 
    • The boys wake up around 6:45am. We lay together for a few minutes and then I start getting ready for work. 
    • Matt takes care of getting the boys ready in the morning (she was pleased that he was a really active and involved father) while I head to work. I do a connection ritual with the boys before I leave.
    • I pick up the boys around 4:30, and we are home by
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