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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… Read More -
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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An Update on Our Family Goals