Nov 30
Well this is the last week in month 4 of my parenting plan. I’ve been working on listening to my kids more and the results have been absolutely incredible. There have been a couple times I failed and I had to apologize and ask my kids to repeat themselves because I was tuning them out. …
Nov 08
I woke up this morning in a funk. I was disappointed about the results of last night’s presidential election. I really wanted Mitt Romney to win and when he didn’t, I got in a mood. You don’t want to mess with me when I get in a mood! As I woke up this morning and …
Oct 17
If you haven’t been keeping up with my monthly goals, this month I have been working on giving my kids more hugs. This is my second week with this goal, but generally I choose a different parenting goal each month and do baby steps to achieve it. That’s just how I work best. It hasn’t …
Oct 10
A friend of mine posted this article on facebook last week and it was something I wanted to try in my parenting plan series (well, the hugging part of it anyway). I’m all about the baby steps. It’s hard to take on monuments projects all at once, so I’m trying to be a better Mom …
Jun 29
Welcome to the half way point on my quest for becoming a better Mom this month. This is week 2. This is my personal parenting plan and I’m still working on spending 15 minutes of 1:1 time with my kids each day to focus on having fun with them and getting my priorities in line …
Jun 22
Well, it’s been a week since I’ve been steadily working on my parenting plan to help me get closer with my kids and feel a little more confident to be less distracted and to prioritize more. I have tried really hard this week to keep to the 15 minutes per day of dedicated time …
