T3 is enjoying his week at Galileo Camp. He keeps asking me to sign him up for another one. He is especially interested in the Olympic week, obviously because the “real” Olympics are coming. The week he signed up for is Toys and he has been having fun creating toys throughout this week. He is […]
Galileo Camp Update – It is GREAT! Read More »
I am always looking for fun summer camp experiences for my boys. My older boys are now too old for summer camp. One works at a summer program for kids now! T3 is still loving summer camp. So far we are only signed up for Cub Scout Day Camp, which we do every year. I was
Awesome Summer Camp in Orange County – Galileo Innovation Camp Read More »
It is hard to believe my first Hypnobabies Class “babies” are 8 years old. I have worked with hundreds of Moms, maybe even thousands if I count the Moms from the Hypnobabies Yahoo Group. Here is my update… Baby Bryson from my Hypnobabies Birth Video is 9. T2 is 14 and an aspiring you
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Have you ever been watching a movie with your kids in the room and you cringe when you hear or see something inappropriate? Or what about when you are so excited to show your kids a movie you loved from your youth – like Back to the Future and then are shocked by all the
A great way to watch edited movies! Read More »
T3 is 9 years old now. You might think he is too old for Lullabies. He has listened to music or a hypnosis CD almost every night as he falls asleep. It helps him make a really smooth transition into sleep and he usually sleeps really well. So he is quite the critic of Lullaby CDs.
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Limitations we have set up to protect our kids from pornography and other negative things. Computer – Have the computer in a public place. Ours is in our eating area. We do have another computer in the office, it is not used for internet. It is for making movies, recording music, etc. Put an internet
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Going “backwards” In May I noticed my 15 year old was on his digital device way too much. He had a smart phone/cell phone. So it was in his pocket all the time and I would catch him watching You Tube videos when he was supposed to be doing homework, etc. I could see things
Taking away my 15 year olds smart phone. Read More »
I am going to be doing a series of how to protect your child from pornography, based on my experiences mothering 3 boys. Who now range 8-16 years old. Here is the post on iphones/fires, etc. P**N in your Pocket Without taking time to set up limitations (which is not “easy”) it is basically giving
Giving your child a handheld digital device for Christmas? Here is how to keep it safe! Read More »
As parents, we can have great influence on the feelings and beliefs our of little ones throughout their lives. I am going to focus on the beginnings of our influence in our child’s beliefs and feelings: pregnancy and birth. On pre-conception: Now I do need to back up just a little bit. We technically have
Feelings and Beliefs Begin during Pregnancy… Read More »
I have been amazed at how much busier my life has become since my boys have gotten older. I always thought I would have more time. I was wrong! I have really neglected this blog over the past year and was thinking of stopping it completely. But I still love birth and I love my
Changes are coming! Read More »
-1- T1 was sick and home alone without me to help because I was out of town with T2 on one of his competitions. Dad’s just don’t take care of kids the way moms do. (at least in our house) I asked how he did when I got home. He said, “I only ate 1
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I have been neglecting my blog a bit the last few months. It is funny how I thought once T3 was in 1st grade I would have all this extra time. I guess getting called as 1st counselor in Relief Society (my church’s women’s organization) put a kink in those plans. I am hoping that
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It has been a busy and exciting few weeks. With T2 starting competition season with his Musical Theater group we have been traveling for that and that makes everything more exciting. I am so glad we went skiing over Christmas or we would be on our way home from our ski trip now. I needed
We almost moved to Utah! Read More »
My boys were little before we had portable DVD players, so when we did road trips we listened to books on tape. We actually still do that, though we take movie breaks sometimes during long trips (meaning over 2 hours). It can be a challenge to find really good quality stories to listen to, that
Sparkle Stories – GREAT if you have little kids Read More »
Gift Giving Simplified 4 Types of Gifts Can Guide You this Season Part of the problem for me regarding gifts, is I keep finding more and more things that my boys would like. They are also giving me more and more ideas. So I always overbuy. I love the idea of getting 4 types
Holiday Gift Giving Simplified and a Free Gift for you! Read More »
