This bike riding tip? Sheer brilliance! I am tempted to try it on my 3 year old… Technorati Tags: learn to ride bike
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With all the stress flying around here lately, I’ve begun to feel a bit worn down. Time to think of some things that restore my energy instead of taking more. Here are some of the things that help me. I’d love to hear in comments what you do when you’re feeling beat by life...
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Watching a little one run on the beach. Playing in the touch pool with a bigger one. Laughing in amazement as half a dozen children all run in the surf at once, soaking themselves to varying degrees despite the cool wind. Feeling ever-so thankful for the rental-house washing machine. And for Costco brownie mix....
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Today was actually a mix of ‘better’ and ‘nothing to brag about’. I’ve been staying up too late the past few nights and wasn’t feeling terribly patient anyway. Then my 10 and 12 year old ‘new’ girls seemed to take turns vying for ALL of my attention. They’ve only been home 8 months and...
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Going for a walk with the 6 younger kids. In the cold. Saying yes when they ask to ride their bikes. Watching 4 of the younger ones tearing up and down the road full speed wayyyyy ahead of me, laughing into the wind. Pushing the 3 year old in the stroller and wondering how...
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I spent all day away from home, writing. I’m making progress– hooray! Then after a brief couple hours at home, my husband and I dropped all the kids off at church where they were having a kids play night, and we went out on a date. (Saw National Treasure– what a fun movie!!) It...
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It was a really good day for nice moments. After taking our new girls to the dentist, I took them out for chocolate milkshakes. At 10:00 AM. Because that is our after-dentist tradition. We spent the rest of the morning making valentines for the grandparents. Sequins, glitter glue, stickers….it was chaos all over the...
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This afternoon I went extravagant and spent $6 at the dollar store for a bunch of Valentine balloons, just for fun. At home I handed the weighted bunch to my delighted 3 year old to bring into the house, then quickly instructed the 12 year old to shepherd her into the house fast before...
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Here are my ‘improved’ moments for the day! –Sat with my 5 year old working on her math a couple pages longer than I intended. She just got a new FIRST GRADE math book and was so sweetly excited about doing math like a big kid that she didn’t want to quit. Oh, how...
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–I started our school day reading stories to the little girls. The day always seems to go more smoothly when I give the littlest ones some time first. –This afternoon I went for a walk with the kid whose attitude made the morning’s schooling most challenging. I felt like a glutton for punishment when...
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