You’re fighting a cold and struggle in with the evening’s shopping. The kid’s trail in with their bags and letters home. Within minutes you’re busy putting away the items and the kids are no where to be seen. They went to put their bags away and moved onto the next thing. Interestingly enough you continue to put away the shopping… View Post
Welcome back to the 31 days of growing family conversations. For these past few days the focus has been on growing family conversations around our children. Asking them good open ended questions and listening. Today the focus is on what do you love to do with us? Take note of the activities they say. Try to get a photo… View Post
What do you love to do is a powerful question to ask our children. There was an opportunity a few weeks ago that I had a long time to kill while we waited for something, that I don’t remember now. We were having a conversation about this and that. I asked that question. It was like going down a rabbit… View Post
Today is short and sweet. This week have a conversation about who does what in the house. You’ve been meaning to have a conversation for ages about this. You’re doing more work. Your spouse is doing more work. It’s time to name the contributions that need to be done. Then have a new redistribution of contributions. This isn’t a bashing… View Post
When you are a parent spending regular time together with your spouse isn’t always as easy at it seems it should be. Well you may spend time together in the middle of the night when you’re nursing or feeding baby. For a long time after my c- sections getting into and out of bed was a long process that… View Post
Today on day 12 of the 31 days to growing family conversation the focus is on where we want to be. This is a broad area. Where we want to be as a couple. Where we want to be with our friends. Where we want to be with our family. Where we want to be with our work. Where we… View Post
Dear Mum, When I was little you let me play with the Lego and build huge tall buildings. You moved my beautiful mess from room to room, trying to keep one area tidy. I noticed that you redid sections that probably fell down when you moved them but I didn’t mind. It bothered me more when my brother changed it…. View Post
When family comes the boys want to hear memories from childhood. There’s something about stories that draw a family closer and you get to learn a little bit more about them and feel closer to them. I love hearing stories from my parents childhood. All the antics they got up to, the funny moments and interactions with their siblings. Hearing… View Post
When you go to a conference, playgroup or event there’s usually a getting to know you activity that we all groan when it’s mentioned. It’s the awkward bit when we have to find out about each other. Although once it gets started it’s usually the most enjoyable and memorable part of the trip. It’s here you get to make really good connections. It’s the… View Post
We waste a lot of time. That’s a pity because we could use it better. I’m not thinking to cram more things in but to do more of the things we want to do. Busy has become the new badge. We’re all busy and this is good?……….. not really. However not really doesn’t really give us enough because busy means… View Post
Simple is better. Somehow life gets really complicated really quite quickly. I’m in the midst of a move. It’s a local move. All of a sudden boxes, packing tape, cleaning and limited Internet have become my whole life. When you see all your goods boxed up you start to see things simply again. As a military family we’ve… View Post
We often say, if we could just bottle just a little of the energy that they boys had we would be great! Do your children have all this energy too? It is great and I’m not knocking it. What happens to us that we can’t keep going as much as we did anymore. Yet when we look around we see… View Post
