It's gotta be the accent...
10 hours ago
Monday, May 14, 2012
Happy mother's day to our two favorite Moms
Reviewing my Mommy Mission Statement
I reread my mommy mission statement yesterday on mother's day and I still have a long way to go:) Good thing we have this life to continue on and try harder each day.
This is what I am striving for...
To create an atmosphere of laughter, learning and love in a clean home.
To encourage our family to live a healthy lifestyle.
To value exercise as a fun part of life not as a chore. A cookie is a treat, not a snack, and one is enough. A bowl of ice cream should be small in order to really be enjoyed. And to come to the conclusion eventually that the real treat is the apple.
To teach my children the benefits of hard work. Play hard, but work harder. Pull weeds. Fold laundry. Rinse dishes. Wipe off the toothpaste spit from the sink. Dust occasionally. Practice the piano.
To appreciate the sticky face, sticky table and sticky kitchen floor (and any other randomly sticky thing) and remember that the time is slipping by. The minutes and hours will continue to pass on. And remember someday I will miss all the sticky messes. Appreciate the sticky.
To behave my age. When my 11 year old is hitting like a 5 year old, and my 9 year old is calling someone a dumb dumb head, and my 4 year old accidentally pees her pants on the stairs, I will not have a 2 year old temper tantrum. I will act my age.
To allow my children to live their lives...not through a video game or a cartoon character, but through their own wonderful bodies. To see, smell, taste, hear and touch life everyday. By planting and picking flowers. By walking barefoot in the dirt. By picking berries then making something delicious. By watching birds with interest. By taking chances on new experiences and believing they will succeed. I will not allow them to waste their precious minds or bodies sitting slumped over on the couch with only their fingers feverishly twitching. Live. Live. Live.
To help them come closer to our Savior Jesus Christ by developing a testimony of the Atonement and a love for the scriptures.
To have an organized home; a house of order and peace. A home that is comfortable and clean.
To delegate responsibility to my children so they learn how to "keep house" and so I don't have to do it all. I accept that this is a lifelong work in progress and will never be "done".
To give my children a happy childhood. So years from now, when they look back and recall their childhood, they will have warm memories of building a clubhouse together, making smores over the kitchen stove and going on treasure hunts. I hope to give them what I received; a happy childhood.
To create, encourage, value, teach, appreciate, behave, allow, help, have, delegate and give.
This is what I am striving for...
To create an atmosphere of laughter, learning and love in a clean home.
To encourage our family to live a healthy lifestyle.
To value exercise as a fun part of life not as a chore. A cookie is a treat, not a snack, and one is enough. A bowl of ice cream should be small in order to really be enjoyed. And to come to the conclusion eventually that the real treat is the apple.
To teach my children the benefits of hard work. Play hard, but work harder. Pull weeds. Fold laundry. Rinse dishes. Wipe off the toothpaste spit from the sink. Dust occasionally. Practice the piano.
To appreciate the sticky face, sticky table and sticky kitchen floor (and any other randomly sticky thing) and remember that the time is slipping by. The minutes and hours will continue to pass on. And remember someday I will miss all the sticky messes. Appreciate the sticky.
To behave my age. When my 11 year old is hitting like a 5 year old, and my 9 year old is calling someone a dumb dumb head, and my 4 year old accidentally pees her pants on the stairs, I will not have a 2 year old temper tantrum. I will act my age.
To allow my children to live their lives...not through a video game or a cartoon character, but through their own wonderful bodies. To see, smell, taste, hear and touch life everyday. By planting and picking flowers. By walking barefoot in the dirt. By picking berries then making something delicious. By watching birds with interest. By taking chances on new experiences and believing they will succeed. I will not allow them to waste their precious minds or bodies sitting slumped over on the couch with only their fingers feverishly twitching. Live. Live. Live.
To help them come closer to our Savior Jesus Christ by developing a testimony of the Atonement and a love for the scriptures.
To have an organized home; a house of order and peace. A home that is comfortable and clean.
To delegate responsibility to my children so they learn how to "keep house" and so I don't have to do it all. I accept that this is a lifelong work in progress and will never be "done".
To give my children a happy childhood. So years from now, when they look back and recall their childhood, they will have warm memories of building a clubhouse together, making smores over the kitchen stove and going on treasure hunts. I hope to give them what I received; a happy childhood.
To create, encourage, value, teach, appreciate, behave, allow, help, have, delegate and give.
Monday, May 7, 2012
Now he is a man
Nathan turned 12 in April. He went to General Conference Priesthood session with the men:)
Always my little boy.
Uncle Paul (Dave's brother and our new neighbors, yay! :) with Grandpa Pederson, Dave and Nathan. Nathan's favorite part of the evening was the tradition of eating at Carl's Jr. afterwards. What a man.
Nathan graduated from Primary and earned his Faith in God award.
Goodbye Sharing time...Hello mutual:)
Always my little boy.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Coaching Lauren
I got to be Lauren's basketball coach again this year!
Thursday, January 5, 2012
The Giving Box
Dave and I started a new tradition last year. We call it the Giving Box. Through World Concern we buy from the global gift guide a goat (chickens etc.) that will go to a family in a third world country and you give it in the name of whoever you are giving a gift to. For example last year we bought 2 goats, 2 pigs and 20 chickens for our kids as gifts. We gave them a little toy farm animal and a card that tells them what animal we bought for a family in need somewhere in the world. This year we bought as a gift for our kids the opportunity for 4 children to go to school for 1 year. Books and pencils included:) So each year we will bring out the giving box at Christmas time and the kids can play with the toys inside that represent what we have given to people around the world. And each Christmas Eve we will add to the box. Sometimes I will let the kids decide what we give and sometimes it will be a surprise. I don't know if it means anything to them yet, but hopefully someday they will realize how blessed we are and how giving up a Christmas present by giving someone else a chance at a better life is important.
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