Positive Parenting

This weekend, lots of time was spent (as always) caring for our pets. I love all of them, and there a quite a few. I thought I’d start the week by giving you a small glimpse into our world of animals, and the joy they brought us this weekend. My favorites are the guinea pigs… by far. I’ve had guinea pigs my entire life, and just never get sick of looking at their unique adorableness… I mean, they are like walking, living, “mmwweeeet”ing stuffed animals. Just balls of fluff! They are so silly they make me laugh without fail, every

This sight not only made my heartsong pelt out a loud and happy tune, but also took an enormous weight off my shoulders. My daughter picked up a book… and read it cover to cover! I knew she had been teaching herself to read for a long time now. Hours spent squirreled away up in her room, her floor littered with chapter books, picture books, bird magazines, cat magazines, comics, you name it. But she preferred to sound things out and figure things out in private. Without. (Sob!) Me. No phonics lessons. No sitting on my lap while we took

Today was spent with friends, more crafting, some swimming and jumping on our trampoline… but what made my heart sing today was a quiet moment in the front yard with my two babies (okay, they are 6 and 8, not exactly babies, but *my babies* still! forever!) I turned on the hose to water a newly planted palm tree — we love that tree, and the bottom leaves are turning brownish. As the water ran out, my kids set about building a dam so that the water stayed around the base of the tree. While they were busy having fun,