I’m sure a lot of you have heard of the rose and thorn game. Well, it’s something my family does every night at the dinner table. The point of this daily family exercise is for each person at the table to take out their highlight of the day and take out their low point and …
Next week I will be walking my son to the bus stop as he starts his first day of kindergarten. I am already fighting back that pit in my stomach and trying to stifle my tears. A big change is coming, not only in my house but in houses around the world. How do you …
Schedules can be crazy year-round. Between driving to Taekwando, swim, play dates, birthday parties, baseball, and soccer, weekend hours seem to fill quickly. In a blink of the eye, your calendar goes from open to booked solid. For those few open days you have, creating the perfect family day in between all these activities can …
I’ve been talking a lot about goals recently in my house. For one thing, because of this big goal I have to write, show my passion, and use my voice. Nevertheless, what is most exciting is that my five-year-old son, the sponge, declared the other day unexpectedly that his goal was to shower on his …
‘Tis the season for summer camp! The research, the calendar planning, the budgeting, and the filling in the holes are complete. Pat yourself on the back! Congratulations – you have done it! Now comes the hard part…making the summer camp drop-off a success. Here are my 5 tips to make the transitions a success and …
School is almost out and it’s such an exciting time. This being the first year our son is going to camp all summer, instead of staying in preschool. Therefore about a month ago I started to mull over the idea of teacher gifts. He’ll be off to Kindergarten next year, so this is the last …
I have a sticky note near my desk at home. It reads 4 simple things: Contempt Criticism Defensiveness Stonewalling A few years ago, when hitting a bit of a rough patch in my marriage, my husband sent me a Gottman article about The Four Horseman. As much as I wanted to shoot him an evil …