Discovering the Positive in Every Day
Glory is more than just a pet, she’s family.
My husband, a self proclaimed dog lover, wanted a dog. We had a house of our own, the kids were a bit older, so I decided it was time. We adopted Glory and that was the beginning of our journey with a dog.
This year, Milk-Bone is celebrating it’s 20th Anniversary with Canine Assistants, a non-profit organization that trains and provides service dogs to children and adults with physical disabilities and special needs. This is the kind of training we were learning about this week.
Staying connected with family and friends is important on so many levels. Spending time with friends and family can help to reduce stress, build stronger relationships, and create new memories. It’s in your best interest to make time for your friends and family!
When my kids were younger I found myself staying in more managing bedtimes, mealtimes, and naptimes. I swore when my kids were older there would be more time for me to spend with my friends. I would make it happen.
Then my kids got older and those bedtimes and naptimes were replaced with playdates, sports, and other activities. Assessing the future was not my strong suit at the time.
I’ve since discovered more creativity is needed to incorporate social time with my own friends that doesn’t revolve around the kids. Sometimes I just need to take off the mom hat for a while.
The best time to sneak in some social time with friends is when the kids are having a sleepover at a friend or relative’s house.
Here’s how I create a fun friends night in that’s quick and easy to put together, even on short notice.
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In addition to the clubs, programs, contests, and educational resources, 4-H also does a lot for the community. They provide opportunities and encourage kids to get out in the community to volunteer. Since 2001, one of the amazing program opportunities 4-H offers in partnership with United Healthcare is 4-H Food Smart Families.
Almost 16 million children live in households that are food insecure. This means they don’t have consistent access to food year round. The Food Smart Families program works with these families to educate them on how to plan, shop for and prepare healthy meals.
In the past six years 340,000 youth and their families in 14 states have benefitted from healthy living programs provided by the partnership between United Healthcare and 4-H.
Love runs wild in our family. We share love with just about everyone and everything. We’ve been known to just randomly say “Hey, I love you!” and mean it 100% to whoever we happen to be talking to. Anxiety also runs wild in our family. Well, at least for my daughter and I. We both…
When your kids find a place they absolutely love it’s hard to not visit frequently. When we visit someplace frequently I like to start creating themed visits to help give the kids a new perspective on a place they’ve been to time and time again.
The Omaha Children’s Museum is one of those places that offers a wide variety of activities the kids love. When I pair my own creativity with the imaginative, educational exhibits and events they offer, it means it can be like a new place almost every time we visit.
This technique can be used at just about any place you can think of, museums, zoos, playgrounds, trails and more.
To walk you through some ideas I’ll share our Rainbow Theme at the Omaha Children’s Museum with you.
We love to laugh in my family. We’re not picky about our content either. I’ll admit we do have a few inside jokes that aren’t the most family friendly (I’m sure you do too), but all in all we have a joyful family. Everyone is looking for something to laugh about or something silly to do to make others smile. For the most part we’re all about seeing who can outdo each other to make someone else laugh. Anything from trying new things, enjoying the younger kids in the family, playing games, or just having a good laugh about what’s going on in our life.
Conversation Piece
This is the part of the holidays I cherish the most. Spending time and laughing with my family. We make sure to not only encourage the usual family banter, but we help things along by leaving some conversation pieces out. Nick’s Victory award for example.
The fall season is here and while everyone on my social media feeds are excited about pumpkin spice everything, I’m just excited about everything autumn! There are a multitude of things to do during the fall season, and because of that I created both a Fall bucket list and a Halloween bucket list, both as printables….
