The playroom was something I just assumed we needed when we became parents. But it turns out that kids really don’t need a whole room devoted to shelves of toys to be happy. Eliminating toys gave me back my time, energy, and sanity. Plus the kids play better too!
The family is doing the 52 Hike Challenge
Remember that time I said I was going to make time for the things I really cared about this year? Well, I haven’t fallen off the resolutions wagon yet, so the family and I are taking on the #52hikechallenge. We’re right on track and feeling pretty pleased with ourselves. Has it been easy? Oh no, it has not…. Read More
Our Word of the Year Failed – and How we Plan to Fix It
2018 was largely a good year for us, but we spent a lot of year reacting to life, instead of getting ahead of it. Our year of intent looked a lot more like our year of “whoops, forgot to do that” or “We kinda sorta got close?” Moving into 2019 I thought really hard about why the heck we bombed on so many of our white-board-worthy goals.
10 Simple ways kids can use Alexa
This year we are again struggling to come up with ideas for Christmas gifts for the girls. They don’t really need much, and I know the toy onslaught will come from grandparents and relatives. I thought an Echo Dot might be a cool non-toy gift, so they could play music in their rooms, and that… Read More
#OptOutside Fail
I made a lot of big promises to myself this year. Black Friday would be spent embracing #OptOutside and ordering only the barest minimum of items that were already on the list. I would love to tell you that we nailed it. We did not. Last year our #OptOutside moment was epic and wonderful. I… Read More
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