Tuesday’s Activity Challenge

huddlestonh — Tue, 20 May 2008 13:45:34 +0000

I hope to post activity challenges often. These will be easy to do simply to remind me (or any of us who needs it) to get down and actually play with our kids. I don’t know about you, but I am often so consumed with the house, cooking, “watching” the kids, etc. that I realize at the end of the day I spent little to no time just having fun with them. Anyone else struggle with this?

So, today’s challenge is to play one of those classic games we grew up playing, like

Red Light, Green Light
Mother, May I
Red Rover
Duck, Duck Goose
Simons Says
Tag
Follow the Leader

Keep in mind that these games can be adapted to children of any age or any number of children and many can be played indoors or outdoors. There’s no right or wrong way to play these games, so pick one or two and have fun today.

Let me introduce myself

huddlestonh — Mon, 19 May 2008 14:28:24 +0000

My name is Hope and I’m a 30 year old stay-at-home mom. Three years ago I went from working full-time to staying-at-home but worked part time from home until a few weeks ago. I have 3 boys: Cole is almost 4, Connor is 2, and Caleb will be one next month. I also have a wonderful husband Jason who is my best friend but also just a big kid. People who know him often tease me that I have 4 kids to keep up with as I’m sure many of you can relate.

I love being a mom, but I feel like it’s taken me forever to realize what’s important. I have struggled with feeling guilty for not being the “perfect” mom trying to live up to some idea of supermom or something that doesn’t even exist. Well, a few months ago I decided I’m done with this guilt and trying to be something I’m not that only leads me to headaches and busyness, which keeps me from focusing on those little guys like I should. My kids don’t care if I’m perfect or if I have it all together. It’s taken me almost 4 years to realize all they want is ME. They just want their mom to play with them, set boundaries (even though they complain about it;)), keep them safe, and most of all love them.

With this realization, I also started journaling about my journey as a mom, jotting down ideas of things to do with them, etc. That is where this site comes from. My plan is to share easy activity ideas to do with our kids, share with each other tips on how to manage a home and children, and so on. My hope is that we can help each other relax and focus on what’s important.

Hello moms!

huddlestonh — Sat, 17 May 2008 16:42:41 +0000

Welcome to my new blog! I’ve been journaling and jotting ideas in a notebook for awhile now and wanted to share that with other moms. I want this blog to be a fun and encouraging resource for you. Thanks for checking this site out!