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The Ups and Downs of Single Mom Life and 4 Tips to Make Single Mom Life Smoother (and More Joyful)

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Let’s get one thing straight: single mom life is no joke. It’s tough, yes—but it also comes with some unexpected perks and serious power moves. In fact, more women are choosing single motherhood than ever before. So if you’re riding solo on the parenting train, know this—you’re not alone, and there’s a lot to love (and a few things to laugh or cry about along the way).

The Perks Of Single Momming It

Freedom, baby. No one to check in with about dinner plans, parenting decisions, or what color to paint the bathroom. You’re the boss.

Peace and quiet (sort of). No marital arguments. Your child doesn’t witness drama, and your home gets to be your calm(ish) sanctuary.

Bonding time like no other. It’s just the two of you, building a connection that’s strong, sweet, and unshakable.

Pride in the hustle. There’s something powerful about knowing you’re doing the hardest job out there—and crushing it.

Single mom tribe = instant sisterhood. Other solo moms just get it. And they’re often the most fun to hang with.

Jack of all trades? That’s you now. From bug-spraying to tire-changing, you’ve probably mastered skills you never thought you’d need.

Proof you can survive anything. You’ve hit hard days and come out the other side. You’re unstoppable.

The Struggles (Because Let’s Be Real)

Wearing every single hat. Every day. Forever.

Feeling lonely—even in a room full of toys and chaos.

Loving your child with your whole soul, and wishing someone else did too.

Celebrating milestones solo.

Carrying groceries, backpacks, and your child… solo.

Being constantly “on.”

Turning on Paw Patrol so you can shower or send an email.

No quick errands. Ever.

Holidays. Enough said.

Trying to balance parenting, working, cleaning, self-care, and staying sane.

4 Tips to Make Single Mom Life Smoother (and More Joyful)

1. Let Stuff Go

You don’t have to do it all. Pick your battles and let the rest slide. (We don’t match socks in this house, and nobody’s died yet.) Paper plates? Yes. Apartment living? Absolutely. The real goal is more quality time with your kid, and that’s always worth it.

2. Find Your Mom Crew

Google is your friend. Facebook groups, meetups, churches, community centers—there are more single moms out there than you think, and they’re just as eager to connect. Do holidays together. Take zoo trips. Trade babysitting. Cry-laugh over coffee. Trust me, everything’s better when you’ve got your tribe.

3. Use Your Village

Grandparents, friends, church groups, nonprofits—lean on them. Let people help you. And if someone offers support, say yes! You’re not weak, you’re wise. Building a village takes time, but it’s 100% possible—and totally worth it.

4. Get Efficient AF

Time is tight, so make it count:

Grocery pickup saves your sanity.

Meal prep like a boss.

Exercise with your kid (baby squats are real).

Hire a budget-friendly cleaner or swap cleaning days with another mom.

Swap childcare to score yourself a night off.

Check for free museum/zoo days and use library passes.

VBS = summer camp on a budget.

Auto-pay those bills.

Start a garden—cheap food and bonding time in one!

Get creative with passive income or small biz ideas.

Involve your kids in chores, workouts, business tasks—it’s slow, but it’s bonding + productive.

And yes, pray about it. Ask, receive, repeat. Miracles are real.

Being a single mom is no cakewalk, but it’s also incredibly empowering. You’re shaping a little life (or a few!) with love, grit, and grace. Take pride in how far you’ve come. Build your village, simplify what you can, and remember: you’re not doing it alone. You’re doing it like a queen.

5 Ways to Eliminate Mom Isolation and Build Your Village

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Motherhood is a wild, beautiful ride—but let’s be real, it can also feel incredibly lonely. Between endless diaper changes, middle-of-the-night wake-ups, and being the only person at family gatherings who never actually sits down to eat, it’s easy to start feeling like you’re doing it all alone. They say, “It takes a village.” And yet, in many Western cultures, moms are somehow expected to be the village, the mayor, the janitor, and the entire town council—all at the same time.

I get it. I’ve been a single mom for my son’s first six years of life. I’ve taken countless one-handed selfies because, well, there was no one else to snap the picture. I’ve treated a solo trip to the grocery store like a luxury vacation. And carrying a sleeping child from the car while sick, pregnant, or just plain exhausted? That’s next-level mom strength. The isolation of motherhood is real, but the good news is, you don’t have to stay stuck in it. There are ways to create your very own village—no magic wand required! Here are five ways to start:

1. Plug into a Church or Spiritual Community Even if you’re not religious, finding a spiritual gathering of some kind can be a game-changer. Why? Because communities built around faith and spirituality often value family, connection, and—most importantly—helping each other. Whether it’s a church, temple, meditation group, or local moms’ faith-based meetup, you’ll find people who actually want to support you. And let’s be honest, an extra set of hands to hold the baby during coffee hour? Priceless.

2. Befriend Moms in Similar Situations This is your permission slip to be super selective about your mom friends. Single mom? Find other single moms. Blended family? Seek out other blended families. Stay-at-home mom? You get the idea. The reason? When you’re in the trenches of motherhood, there’s nothing more refreshing than someone who just gets it. Single moms, for example, won’t invite you to last-minute girls’ nights or assume you can “just get a babysitter.” Instead, they’ll say, “Want to fold laundry together while the kids play?” or “Let’s swap babysitting so we can actually go on dates.” Life-giving friendships like these? Absolute gold.

3. Join a Mom-Centric Workout Group Let’s talk about a triple win: exercising, making friends, and bringing your kids along for the ride. Groups like Fit4Mom let you work out with your little ones, so you’re not stuck choosing between self-care and childcare. Bigger kids run around while you sweat it out, and you get to connect with other moms who won’t bat an eye if your toddler throws a tantrum mid-burpee. Bonus: your kids grow up seeing you prioritize your health—win-win-win!

4. Start (or Join) a Babysitting Swap Picture this: free babysitting and no awkward Venmo requests. That’s the beauty of a babysitting swap! Team up with a few trusted mom friends and take turns watching each other’s kids. You get a few hours to breathe (or binge-watch Bridgerton in peace), and the kids get built-in playdates. Everybody wins.

5. Embrace “Community Living” This one is a little outside-the-box, but hear me out: living with other moms or families can be a total game-changer. I currently live with two other single moms and their kids. We share meals, garden together, and take turns watching the little ones. Is our house messy? Absolutely. Is it lonely? Never. Whether it’s moving in with family, sharing a home with another mom, or just creating a tight-knit support network with neighbors, community living can make all the difference.

You don’t have to do it alone! The idea that moms must tough it out solo is a lie. Pick a few of these ideas, try them out, and build yourself a village. If you’re looking for even more ways to cultivate community and connection in motherhood, check out my Facebook Page for moms sharing resources, ideas and inspiration because every mom deserves a village (and a break!).

4 Things My ADHD Son Does to Self-regulate and Why I’ve Learned to Encourage Them

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My now six-year-old boy is creative, resourceful, deeply aware, and a total big-picture thinker. I adore him for all of that.
But—let’s be real—he’s also impulsive, easily sidetracked, slow to transition, stubborn as hell, and incredibly skilled at tuning me out. And yes, those traits can seriously test my patience.

For a while, I blamed myself. I thought maybe I had messed up somewhere along the way, that I’d caused the behaviors that made life harder—for him and for me. But the more I’ve learned about how his brain works, the more I’ve been able to understand why he does what he does. And with that understanding has come more empathy, less stress, and a much more encouraging version of myself.

It helps that I’ve lived with many of these same ADHD symptoms too. I get it. And when I started seeing some of his habits not as random quirks or “bad behavior,” but as ways he was trying to help himself, something shifted.

Here are four habits he’s developed to self-regulate—habits I now fiercely support, even if they used to drive me up the wall.

1. Taking Notes Like His Life Depends on It


When he turned five, I noticed something: notes. Everywhere. Sticky notes on doors. A whiteboard by his bed. Printer paper with notes written on them taped to his backpack. His brain moves fast and forgets things even faster—and he knows that. So he writes everything down. What looks like chaos to the outside world is actually his system. His way of staying connected to the things that matter to him.

I used to see it as clutter. Now I see it as brilliance.

2. Making Piles of “Unrelated” Junk
Here’s the thing about my son—he dreams in color. This kid can design a full-scale amusement park in our living room, complete with storyline, ticket system, and pretend concessions. But before the magic happens, the prep stage shows up as boxes and corners piled high with the most random stuff.

Used to drive me nuts.
Now? I get that it’s his process. He’s building something only he can see—until suddenly, we all can. I’ve learned to trust the piles.

3. Chasing Dopamine
7 AM: “Can I have candy?”
7:01 AM: “Can I play video games?”
7:02 AM: “Can I watch TV?”

I hadn’t even said good morning and I’d already said no three times. Same story after school. Same before bed. It used to feel like I was raising a tiny addict.
Turns out, in a way, I kind of am.

Kids with ADHD tend to have lower dopamine levels. And guess what gives you a quick hit? Candy. Screens. Sugar. It’s biology, not bad behavior.

Once I got that, I stopped resenting the asks and started offering alternatives. Now, when he’s reaching for junk or zoning out with a remote, I offer dopamine-boosting alternatives: tickle fights, silly dance parties, yogurt with honey and hemp seeds, or one of his beloved electrolyte popsicles. Sometimes I still say yes to the dark chocolate (75% or higher, because hey—antioxidants).

4. Stepping Away to Recharge


My son isn’t the loudest in the room. He’s not the one bouncing off the walls at birthday parties. He often just wants to hang back and imagine something up on his own. At first, I worried. Is he shy? Is he lonely? Is he missing out?

Nope. He’s regulating.

Crowded, noisy spaces overstimulate him. So he retreats—into drawing, writing, music, or his own vivid imagination. Now, we’ve got creative corners set up all over the house. He’s got his own Alexa to play music and dance, or headphones when he just needs the world to quiet down for a bit.

It’s not avoidance. It’s strategy.

I share all of this because if you’re parenting (or loving) a kid with ADHD, it can feel like you’re always in reaction mode. But if you take a step back and see their behaviors not as obstacles, but as adaptations—they start to make a whole lot more sense.

These kids are intuitive, brave, and already doing the work of regulating in a world that doesn’t always understand them.

Let’s learn from that. Let’s meet them there.

No shame. No judgment. Just curiosity, creativity, and support.

If you’re raising a neurodivergent kid, you’re not alone. And I’d love to hear from you—what strategies have you discovered that help your child regulate, recharge, or thrive? Drop them in the Facebook Group comments. Let’s build a space where we can learn from each other and celebrate the different ways our kids shine.

6 Playful and Effective Ways to Stop Your Kids from Becoming Snack Monsters and Actually Eat Real Food

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Let’s face it—kids are snack fiends. If they had their way, they’d survive on a diet of goldfish crackers, fruit snacks, and whatever neon-colored mystery substance lurks in those squeeze pouches. Every birthday party, every sleepover, every car ride—it’s a snack food free-for-all! But if you’re tired of your little snack gremlins rejecting actual meals in favor of their beloved junk stash, I’ve got some tricks that might just work (and maybe even make you laugh in the process).

1. Just Don’t Buy Snacks

Yes, I Said it! I know, I know. This sounds radical but hear me out. If the snacks aren’t there, they can’t eat them. It’s science! At our house, we just don’t stock up on snack foods. When my kid is hungry between meals, his options are whatever healthy food is available—yogurt, fruit, or his favorite, butternut squash soup. (Yep, soup. Cold. He’s a little weirdo, and I love him for it.)

P.S. Before you tell your mothers-in-law on me- Don’t worry, my kid still gets his chocolate fix. But it’s a treat after a meal, not an entire food group.

2. The Magical Bento Box Trick

You know those cute little lunch bento boxes with compartments for different foods? Use one as a daily snack allowance. Fill it with a mix of healthy goodies and a couple of fun treats, and that’s all they get for the day. The catch? Once it’s empty, that’s it—no refills, no negotiations, no tiny lawyer arguments. After one day of inhaling all their snacks in the first 10 minutes and getting nothing else, they’ll suddenly become snack-rationing pros.

3. Snack Bins: The Lazy Parent’s Guide to Winning

Snack bins work like bento boxes, but on a grander scale. Instead of daily refills, you do this weekly (or every other day if you’re feeling generous). Each kid gets a designated bin of snacks to last them the allotted time, and they’re in charge of managing their own supply. Want to eat it all on Monday and survive on air and regret for the rest of the week? Go for it, kiddo. Choices have consequences!

4. The Buddy Bite Bribe

Kids can be suspicious little creatures when it comes to new foods. So, if your child eyes that carrot stick like it’s an alien invader, try the “Buddy Bite” method—take a bite together like you’re teammates on a very dramatic food adventure. Extra points if you make exaggerated “Mmm!” sounds and pretend you just discovered the most delicious thing ever. Peer pressure, but make it wholesome.

5. Turn Them into a Label Detective

Kids love feeling like they have secret knowledge. Teach them to read nutrition labels and watch them become tiny food inspectors. My six-year-old now scans for “added sugar” like he’s on a top-secret mission. (Does he still eat sugar? Of course. But at least now he understands why we don’t down gallons of it daily.) Educate them on what vitamins and minerals do for their bodies, and suddenly, food becomes more than just something mom forces them to eat.

6. Superfoods = Superpowers

This is, hands down, my favorite trick. I tell my kid that different foods have superpowers. “Orange foods are for superhero vision! Red foods keep your heart strong! Blue and purple foods make your brain super smart!” Now, instead of refusing beets, he’s willingly eating “brain fuel.” Get posters, books, or make up your own powers—just sell it like you’re the CEO of a vegetable marketing agency.

At the end of the day, getting kids to eat healthy is about creativity, persistence, and maybe a little harmless trickery. But hey, parenting is just creative problem-solving, right? So, good luck, fellow snack-battle warriors—may your fridge be full and your snack supply mysteriously disappear!

5 Ways to Incorporate Montessori at Home with your Kids

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I’ve been a Montessori parent for six years and a Montessori teacher for three. Although the term “Montessori” might sound bougee and unattainable many parents seek the confidence, independence, and intrinsic motivation that this approach nurtures. If you’re looking to encourage these qualities in your child, exploring Montessori parenting might be just what you need.

Understanding Montessori Parenting
Montessori is an educational model that emphasizes child-led learning—allowing children a great deal of personal choice (within limits). It also focuses on addressing a child’s psychological needs by creating a supportive and well-prepared environment. My own child, now six, and in a Montessori school since age two, has benefited in many ways:

  • He is highly motivated to explore topics that interest him.
  • He is eager to try new tasks on his own.
  • He persists with challenges until he masters them.
  • He willingly tackles tasks even if the outcome is imperfect or messy.
  • He is resilient and not easily discouraged.
  • He shows thoughtfulness and kindness.
  • He is curious about other cultures.
  • He often takes on tasks that many kids his age might shy away from.

While these qualities can sometimes mean accepting imperfection and a bit more mess around the house, the benefits far outweigh the challenges. And the beauty of Montessori isn’t confined to the classroom—here are five ways you can integrate Montessori principles into your home life.

1. Involve Them in Cooking

Cooking together is a fun and practical way to teach math, culinary skills, and healthy eating habits while encouraging independence. For example, my son has been cutting cucumbers, bananas, and apples on his own since he was two. A learning tower can help him reach the counter, and child-safe utensils keep the process safe.
Practical Tips:

  • Set up kid-friendly bowls, silverware, and cups at a reachable height.
  • Designate a specific area for your child to set up their eating space.
  • Provide a spray bottle with soap, cleaning rags, and even an accessible dust buster for cleanup.
  • Introduce recipes with picture guides and step-by-step directions to build reading and following skills.

2. Involve Them in Cleaning

Practical life skills are central to the Montessori method. Involving your child in cleaning not only teaches responsibility but also helps develop sequencing, sorting, and even reading skills when using a cleaning chart.
Examples:

  • Sorting forks and spoons from the dishwasher into the appropriate compartments.
  • Assisting with laundry by sorting colors, folding clothes, and putting them away.
  • Using child-sized brooms, dustpans, or even a small dustbuster to help with sweeping and vacuuming.

3. Set Out Multiple Activities and Let Them Choose

Montessori classrooms are known for their orderly and uncluttered spaces, where only a limited number of activities are available at any given time. You can create a similar environment at home by:

  • Rotating a select few toys and activities to keep the space organized.
  • Using a low shelf to display items, and demonstrating how each is used.
  • Teaching your child to return each item to its designated spot after play.

4. Emphasize Self-Care Routines

Self-care routines—like brushing teeth, getting dressed, and managing potty time—are essential skills for toddlers. Integrate these routines with language and reading by incorporating songs, charts, and posters.
Ideas:

  • Use dressing frames to help toddlers practice buttoning, zipping, latching, and tying.
  • Celebrate the small victories of your child, such as putting on their own shoes or clothes, which builds both confidence and independence.

5. Create Kid-Sized Spaces

Montessori is all about real-life skills, so adapting spaces to suit small bodies is crucial. Instead of a plastic toy kitchen, consider setting up a child-friendly area with real, scaled-down kitchen tools.
Real-World Example:

  • Create a mini kitchen with a small refrigerator stocked with age-appropriate snacks, real plates, bowls, cups, and silverware.
  • Set up a functional table and even a water pump sink.
  • Provide sensory bins with water, soap, and sponges for washing dishes—letting your child experience “adult” activities in a safe, scaled-down environment builds autonomy and confidence.

I hope these suggestions provide a helpful starting point for bringing Montessori principles into your home. The more you incorporate these practices, the more naturally your child will develop independence and confidence.

Happy Montessori parenting!

How To Make A Vision Board With Your Child

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One of my favorite things to do with my child every year is make vision boards together.  We sit in our living room with magazines, printed pictures, glue, markers, card stock, letters, and poster board. Turn on the music. For hours we just create! We create our vision boards close to New Years so that it can set our intentions for the new year. This year, my four-year-old son started calling them “Jesus maps.” And I thought that was so fitting and sweet, I have just gone with “Jesus Maps” ever sense!

Some people know what a vision board is. Most people probably don’t associate it with a “Jesus Map.” But I thought it was so fitting because a vision board is basically a board that displays all the desires of your heart. What my four-year-old son is so smart to know is that Jesus wants to help us manifest all our hearts’ desires. In fact, HE is the only one with the power to do so! Ask and you shall receive!

What Is A Vision Board?

A vision board is a board that has all your heart’s desires displayed with pictures, graphics and words. It is something many people do at the start of a new year in order to set goals, claim desires and announce intentions for a new year. Most people use magazines, cut pictures and words out that resonate with them. Next, they glue them to a poster board. Some people find pictures on Google and Pinterest beforehand and print them out in preparation to make their board. This is not about asking perfection from your child. This is about letting them be creative and think about what they want in their life!

I like to do this activity with my son and then teach him to use it to pray for his heart’s desires. The things he puts on his vision board are things that we pray for every night together. I also demonstrate praying for the things on mine, and sometimes he even chimes in! It builds a house full of dreams, and trust in God. It is also a great segway into talking about gratitude because so many of the things on our boards often come true! In fact, the precursor to making vision boards in our household is making a List of 100 Things We Are Thankful For from the year before. We do this around Thanksgiving. See my blog about making a Gratitude List with your kids. The Gratitude List is a great way to give gratitude for the many blessings of the year before. I like having this list present while making my vision board for the new year. It immediately puts me in the spirit of gratitude which is the best attitude to have when asking for what you want in the New Year.

If you are interested in making a vision board or “Jesus Map,”

This Is What You Will Need:

  1. Poster board
  2. Glue
  3. Scissors
  4. Pens, markers
  5. Card stock letters
  6. Old magazines
  7. Pictures you have found on Google or Pinterest and already printed out
  8. Lots of space on the floor or a big table to create
  9. Music to listen to that gets you in a creative mood
  10. Your list of 100 things you are thankful for from the year before

P.S.

Don’t let the New Year timeline dissuade you from doing this any other time of year. You can jump in and do a vision board anytime!

7 Effective Ways For Children To Do Daily Affirmations

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Affirmations are powerful. It is no wonder that telling yourself positive statements can lead to increased self-esteem, better confidence and more stable mental health. Have you ever thought about sharing this powerful tool with your kids? It can be a great tool for your children, as well! Getting your children into the daily habit of saying things to themselves like:

  • I am courageous.
  • I am strong.
  • I am smart.
  • I am kind.
  • I am loved.
  • I am thankful.
Seven Effective Ways For Children To Do Daily Affirmations

Just think what our world would be like if our children walked around believing these things about themselves?! I know what you are thinking. I can hardly get my children to say hello to friends and compliment siblings, never mind list off a bunch of positive statements about themselves. The key is to make affirmations a little more exciting, visual and accessible.

Here are seven effective ways to get children to do daily affirmations:

  1. Write affirmations (draw pictures representing affirmations) with whiteboard pens on their bathroom mirror. This is a great way to incorporate affirmations into a morning and nighttime routine because they will be right there as they brush their teeth and wash their face.
  2. Make an affirmations board with them and hang it right by your front door. If doing affirmations with your kids sounds a little daunting, this may be a good way to try it out. Put some pictures and words on posterboard that represent affirmations. Speak the affirmations out loud as you exit the house!
  3. Buy them affirmations bracelets and let them choose which ones to wear day to day. Not only does this provide variety day to day, this is also great way to remind your children of their worth! They can wear them to school or when they go over to a friend’s house. If they ever need a reminder, all they have to do is look down at their arm!
  4. Model affirming them and let them practice affirming you. Practice this until they can do it for themselves. Modeling behavior for your children is a great way to solidify something as a habit. They truly will emulate whatever you do, so why not make saying affirmations a new habit!
  5. Make an affirmations jar. Write affirmations on different colors of paper and cut them into strips. Place the strips into a mason jar. Then you can even decorate it. Everyday pull a few affirmations and read them out loud. This is a great way to get hesitant kids involved because they love the “surprise” element of it.
  6. Purchase an affirmations playdoh kit. Sensory play is a great way for little kids to start to learn about the world. Affirmations can feel inaccessible to little kids.  That is why I made the affirmations playdoh kit. It is a fantastic way for kids to start understanding affirmations via hands on play. Buy the kit at my Etsy Shop.
  7. Record affirmations and play them on repeat. If all else fails, you can always record affirmations on your phone or a CD and press play before bed, in the morning, in the car or even when your kids are asleep. It doesn’t have to be a big production. They don’t even have to be paying attention or awake. Their subconscious mind will still pick up the positive benefits!

If you liked this blog post you might also like How To Make A Vision Board With Your Child.

7 Ways To Spend More Time With Your Kid While Getting Things Done

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You don’t have to explain to me how busy you are! I am just like you. Modern motherhood is a lot! Most of us have way too much to do and deeply yearn for more connection time with our kids. We feel like we must choose between getting things done and spending time with our kids. But we don’t always have to choose between the two. Below describes 7 ways to have both.

Time With Kids While Getting Things Done

7 Ways To Have Both:

  1. Create A Morning Routine: Routines aren’t just good for your children. They are also good for YOU! Build a routine that works for all of you. If you can’t live without your morning cup of coffee, teach them how to make a morning cup of tea. Sip your coffee and tea together and say some morning affirmations. Link to my blog post about morning affirmations here. Next, get dressed, brush your teeth and do your hair. Then, eat a good breakfast together. Practice setting an intention for the day before you walk out the door. Model it for them, and then help them set one too!
  2. Let Kids Help You Cook: Making cookies, cupcakes and popsicles with your kids is one thing; but what about packing school lunches, making dinner or cooking breakfast together? These are things you must do anyway, so why not involve your kids? Remember you are teaching them very important life skills by involving them in your day-to-day work. For example, my son loves to chop! I bought him a child safe knife from Small Hands. While I am stirring the frying pan or boiling a pot of water, my son is often chopping the ingredients to add! For breakfast, I love to give him things to spread. We make bagels with cream cheese, toast with peanut butter, pancakes with butter and honey. I use small cheese spreading knives and let him have at it. For lunch, we use bento boxes and a finger food combination of meat, fruit, carb and veggie. I like to use the brand Yumbox to pack his lunches in. I may have all the different foods ready, but he likes to choose what section of the bento box each piece goes into. Voila, he packed it himself!
  3. Involve Kids In Your Problem Solving: Having a bad hair day? Struggling to keep the house clean? Needing some adult time? It is totally ok to tell your kids about real life things you are experiencing. In fact, you modeling how to handle real life things is a great learning experience for them. When I was having trouble keeping up with all the housework, I involved my child in coming up with a solution. We talked about all the things that need to get done to make a household function, the best days and times to do them and barriers that keep us from them. As a result, we decided we needed a visual chore board to help keep us on track! We did some searching together for boards we liked. We now have a couple of chore boards that we both picked out on Etsy and use daily!
  4. Vision Board Together: This is a great way to bond with your kid! It is also a surefire way to speed up manifesting the things you want in your life. You can read my blog all about vision boarding with your children here.
  5. Pray Together: Develop this beautiful habit together and pray out loud together. This is something sweet and simple you can do with your child daily. Not only are you teaching your child the invaluable skill of prayer, but you also get an extra benefit! If you teach them to give thanks to God, as well as ask Him for the help they need, it doubles as a way to hear the ends and outs of what is going on in your child’s life. You get to hear what things they are struggling with and things they are really enjoying. You now have another way you can provide help and guidance to them.
  6. Exercise Together: This is one of my favorites. We have a little neighborhood gym that lets me take my son. If that doesn’t work for you, you can build a little in-home gym or workout outside. The point is simply to find ways to involve your kids in exercise with you. I love doing sit-ups with my son. He can always do more than me. This makes him proud and me cry/laugh.  I also bought him a little two lb. weight set. He uses those right alongside me when I am lifting weights. Also, I find dancing aerobic videos are something we can enjoy together!
  7. Garden Together: This is something my son and I love to do together. It gets me outside, he learns how to take care of plants, pull weeds and find bugs. We both learn how to grow food and use it to cook together. Gardening together has also been a great segway for me to teach him about the health benefits of food.

Remember

These are suggestions. They are not meant to overwhelm you. Pick one or two that work for you and leave the rest alone!