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Fall is Here!
We are saying goodbye to summer (slowly but surely in Austin, TX). Even if it’s takes a while for things to cool down, the season forges ahead in other ways: Halloween, Matt’s Birthday, Thanksgiving, and Christmas!We are going to pull out our Fall books, then our Halloween books, then our Thanksgiving books, and then our Christmas (and other religious holidays) books. We are hosting our annual pizza and trick-or-treating party in our driveway. We are starting to plan our Christmas presents for everyone so we can get ahead and not feel stressed about it.We are heading to Australia for Christmas this year, so we’ll need to… Read More -
How to Raise Children Who Aren’t Entitled
Or at least:
“Things we are trying in order to not raise entitled children.”My children
are doing a lot of things lately that I don’t like. They sigh if I ask them to
do something (or try to flat out refuse).Meanwhile, I’m
reading Little House on the Prairie and marveling at how much work the children
do to contribute to the home.First I got… Read More
the idea to create a more specific chore chart so that it was very clear to Henry
and Tate what their responsibilities were and how they would grow over time
(since part of the problem was that Henry was frequently complaining that Tate -
My Summer Hobbies
As I mentioned in my summer planning post, I want to do less running around this summer. I want the boys to have open, unstructured time to run around, invent things, build things, and just calm their little souls through play.But being the Type-A person that I am, I need something to do while they are playing around the house in a relaxed way. Here’s what’s on my docket:- I am going to cross-stitch three microbes: Mono, ebola, and salmonella
- I’m going to crochet a pair of slippers for myself (like these, but using gray yarn for the base and sea foam green for the edging)
- I’m
