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Yes, you can say I’m obsessed with printables, it’s okay, I admit it! I’ve created this perfect printable just in time for Valentines Day. But it’s perfect for anytime too, like on the nightstand in your master bedroom!
I shared it last week on Facebook! I’d love to have you join me on Facebook, if you don’t already! Click here!
It is so easy to get caught up in everything going on around us, especially now with three kids. School schedules, appointments, dance lessons, playdates, and all of the other things taking up time in our lives with small children. Honestly, I am still working on the balancing act. Not only do I have three children to balance, I have my duties as CEO of the household, and my writing. And my spiritual life and my social life, which are also both very important to me. I do have some dedicated one on one time. I take the 3 year old with me to run errands on the weekends so that we have some girl time. Every night before bed I say prayers with each child individually and I read for about 20 minutes with the two older children. Usually separately so it is their own time with me. We have dinner as a family each night and the 5 year old tells us all about his adventures and his day. I’m sad to say at this point, that’s about where it stops. I am terrible at balancing in general! I am focusing on doing projects with the kids, but we usually do them as a group. But even though I’m not able to spend a large amount of individual one on one time with them, I do make sure to pay them each individual attention. We get into tickle fights, play hide and seek, dance, or I just snuggle with them and tell them I love them a million times a day.
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Alright ladies, every New Year we set our resolutions for the year.. Two of the most popular New Years resolutions are losing weight and getting healthy. Every year I say I’m going to lose weight, and it doesn’t happen. This year I’m determined to make a change! With that being said, I decided to join a weight loss program called ViSalus. It’s a 90-day program and even has a 90-day money back guarantee, so literally the only thing you have to lose is weight!
The latest statics show that ViSalus is now the #2 weight loss program out there, right under Weight Watchers! That’s big stuff!! I know people are skeptical, and I truly understand that, but the way I’m looking at it is, it’s only 90 days and if it gets me losing weight, healthier and gives me more energy, I’m in!! I’d love for you to join me on this challenge!
I will be blogging all my weight loss triumphs, failures and everything in between! I would love for you to follow along with me, whether it be by joining me in the challenge or cheering me on!
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Goals for my little ones tend to focus on developing routines and habits that make our life function a little more smoothly. To do this, I use checklists, rewards charts, repetition, and a little bit of good ole fashioned bribery! (ahem, I mean positive reinforcement!) Even at the ages of 5 and 3 there are so many things that they can accomplish. I set goals for the kids mostly to help them develop the habits I would like to see them carry through life. (Picking up after themselves, helping with chores around the house, reading, even down to making it through the day without hitting or fighting). Even though I stay at home with the children, I do not want them to get into the habit of me doing everything for them. So we instituted some checklists to start developing habits early on. There are some really great free checklists out there that are perfect for small children because they are picture charts and certainly age appropriate with attainable goals/responsibilities. These are two of my favorite, that you will literally find printed out and taped to the kids walls: Routine Printables (after school, bedtime, etc) at Get Snazzy and The Family Chore Charts which can be downloaded free at Power of Moms.
In order to set the goals with the kids and make sure they understood, we had a little “meeting” and I explained the charts and expectations, the reward system, and what everything meant. Then, over the course of the next few days, I walked them through it. There was some trial and error followed by adjustments. Some things worked, some didn’t. It’s a goal for my son to make his bed every day, but we found we never had enough time to do it before school, so he does it before he plays with his friends after school. I have found that as long as the goals are attainable and I am consistent in my expectations, the kids do a great job at following through! They work best with very specific directions. They are only 3 and 5, so they do need plenty of reminders, but overall they are doing great with their tasks and goals!
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