My Family

I have a family here on earth
They are so Good to me
I want to share my life with them through all eternity

Family Night Hike

This was at Stough Canyon Nature Center on their family night hike. We made it to the top! Which is only a 1 1/2 miles but with London it felt like 4. She is such a girly girl. But we will keep on trying! Sawyer seems to really enjoy hiking. Coen is just chill as usual. I don't think God makes them any more chill than Coen. He is the perfect third child.

Boy Robots

Sawyer requested a giant robot today while we were drawing on the sidewalk and after I drew the main frame of the robot they were adding stuff to it (like an antennae at the top, eyes, a belt, a heart, etc.) London drew something in between its legs and said "a wiener!" Totally made my day.

DAT

D- Decibels
A- Agency
T- Tone

A new strategy I am trying to implement when talking with my children. 5 Spiritual Solutions for Everyday Parenting Challenges, Richard and Lynda Eyre

Parenting

So I feel like I just go through the motions most days as a parent (feed, clean, yell, feed, clean, yell, hug, clean, yell, kiss, feed, clean, yell, hug, kiss, play, yell, feed, clean, bed) and I feel like I run into the same problems everyday. So I've decided to write them down to help me brainstorm about them and try to come up with solutions. I read a quote this morning that said "Challenge is cental to helping people think critically," (Developing Critical Thinkers, Stephen D Brookfield) So I am going to try to be proactive and become a critical thinker. One of my biggest dilemmas is discipline, how to do it positively. And when to do it. After thinking about what I have learned from parenting books and my religious background, I came up with three responsibilities that we have as parents-in no particular order of importance.
1. To keep them safe
2. To teach them right from wrong
3. To provide for opportunities for growth

I try to keep this in mind when I am choosing my battles for the day.

Joel's Home!

After a 6 month job on Transformers and crazy insane hours away from the family. Joel is back. And the kids are so happy to have their Daddy home. They are watching Blackbeard's Ghost (Soy picked it out). His favorite thing is watching a movie with his Dad. (I wonder why?)

Family Night Goal

So I am excited to start being consistent and hold family night once a week with our young but growing family....Tonight was very short and sweet. We talked about how important our family was and what we could do for one another to show love. When I asked what we could do for Coen, Sawyer said "Sing to him", their answers for everyone else was "hug and kiss them!" It was adorable and very true. Then we had toast and homemade pear and blackberry jam for our treat. Delicious.