My guest today is a traveller so it’s hard to say where she’ll be when you listen to the show. When we recorded the show Tsh author and blogger of The Art of Simple.net was living with her family in Oregon. As the show is published I believe the whole family are travelling around the world and are in Africa.When… View Post
Although I love making goals I need some accountability in reaching them. I’m sure I’m not alone there. Since I’m a big believer in scheduling things to get it done I’m also good at rescheduling and bumping myself of my own schedule. Just to be transparent. So in a bid to get more of the positive things I want and… View Post
Setting up our home for learning. We gather a few things for the kids but are they the right things? During this show we talk about setting up our home for learning for boys. Since boys and girls are different there are some environments that support and help a boy learn more than others. This show is from a mother… View Post
Family flow are the things that keep your family moving. Typically we focus on routines like the morning run or contributions. These are places where we get stuck and instead of flowing there’s a problem. With families the earlier you can start working on your family flow the easier it is as they get older. Bad habits are hard to… View Post
Has family game night been on your to do list for a while now?#It’s the type of thing we’d like to do but somehow we don’t get around to doing it. This show we talk about 5 ways to have a better time with family game night. Instead of it being a chore we find some solutions. Raising Playful… View Post
Small World Play is a really lovely way for children to use their imagination and play with others or independently for a while. Pretend play is often troublesome to beginning with for some of us. It feels strange to play like this now and then there’s when is a good time to play these type of activities with the kids?… View Post
This is part two of the series: Peaceful Solutions to minimize family strife. The first go to solution is to teach and reteach as it’s often only through going through the motions with another that you see where the mix up happened. Though sometimes there is a specific problem that needs a specific solution and teach and reteach isn’t… View Post
Contributions are better than chores. Really they are 🙂 This is bumper show exploring contributions and how you can get them working in your family. I’m sharing our ups and downs with contributions. Which contributions work and why some won’t…ever. The best ways to share contributions with the family and how to work with the family to have contributions. Evaluating contributions and… View Post
Sitting quietly before the kids are awake, the house is completely still. I really should have a cup of my hot brew but I know that the kettle might wake everyone as it’s nearly time to wake up. It’s peaceful, calm and the day ahead is so full of positive peaceful possibilities. Fast forward an hour and I’m not so… View Post
This year! What would you add to the list? Follow the Family Atmosphere board for more ideas Follow Mel Avila’s board Family Atmosphere on Pinterest.
During a marriage DVD set with friends sometime ago I remember hearing about side by side time for the first time. I enjoy face to face time the most with my girlfriends and it turns out that most women are like this too. Guys and definitely my husband like side by side time. During this time for either of us… View Post
On the herbal tea bag instructions it says, ” Pour boiling water over tea bag in a cup and steep for 3 to 5 minutes.” That’s pretty much what happens around this time to us. We find ourselves being that tea bag in hot water steeping in all things holiday with work, family and children. Follow me in this special… View Post
