Last summer, we decided to tackle one of the biggest projects we've taken on to date - and that was adding a 700 square foot bonus space above our garage. This space will be entirely multi-purpose, but primarily used for the 1,000 children that live under our roof and all of the fun things that we like to host! I finally got my act together and took some pictures of the kitchenette portion and am citing the sources of where we sourced materials because this is a question that I am asked from ...
Scandinavian Farmhouse Kitchenette – Sources
Giving Circles: The New Wave of Philanthropy
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The Three Non-Negotiables You Need In Order to Find Your Purpose
If you've been a mom for more than a few days, you know how quickly the honeymoon phase of newborn baby bliss can wear off, and how quickly the everyday monotony starts to creep in. Cook, clean, feed them, diapers, wipes, bath time, sports, cook, clean, feed them, REPEAT. I do believe though that without changing your circumstances, you can change your mindset. That's a whole other topic though that people who are much smarter than me talk about on the regular. What I can help you with ...
12 Monthly Table Topics to Teach Your Kids Virtues & Values
Bring Back Sanity and Structure To Your Family's Morning Routine I don't know about you, but our morning routine lately has been a total gong show. My kids have always been early risers (why Lord, why!?) and they don't start school until 9:15 and 9:30 respectively. This means that I've basically lived an entire day by the time they go to school in the morning. And I am NOT a morning person. Nope, no talkie until coffee. Something has needed to change in our home for awhile around ...
3 Tips To Spend Less & Relax More This Holiday Season
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3 Reasons Channeling the Nineties Lifestyle Will Help You Solve Today’s Problems: Bring Back Land Lines
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![There’s a phrase in parenting I’ve heard a lot that says something along the lines of [insert thing] is CAUGHT not TAUGHT. This could be language, generosity, joy, personal disciplines - all the things that you’re doing in your everyday life that your kids are picking up on. And while I do believe this statement is mostly true, I don’t think that means we shouldn’t actually legit TEACH our kids. Yes, they’re not going to buy your spiel on generosity if your life doesn’t actually wreak of generosity - kids have a real good BS sniffer.
But I am learning there is A TON of power in helping our kids change their mindset, teaching them affirmations about WHO they are, and what their default mode should be in challenging times. I’m hopeful that I can equip them with a POSITIVE internal narrative they hear when they most need it. I think we have TONS of influence on this for our kids. If I speak 𝐋ife-giving statements over them, my hope is these things eventually sink in and become written on their hearts. But I have to intentionally TEACH them, not just hope they CATCH them (because as @msrachelhollis says, hope is not a strategy). And this isn’t just rhetoric or theory. I’m seeing it in the actual lives of my kids. Somebody said the word joy yesterday, and she immediately recited: my joy grows when I share it with others. 💡And just like a lightbulb went off in her head and she changed her path to go share joy with someone else!
So yes, a lot of parenting is caught...but I also think a good majority is TAUGHT too. And if that’s true, then we should be intentional about WHAT we are teaching them right?
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