Note to Self

Today, more:

• Playing with kittens
• Hugs
• Reading books
• Crafty fun
• Lapbooking
• Looking at old pictures
• Long talks
• Cooking with kids
• Drawing and coloring with kids

Less:

• Time on the computer
• Perfectionism
• TV
• Being too busy to play

Note to Self

• More saying yes
• More grinning
• More playing outside
• More fresh local melons
• More reading to everybody
• More snuggling
• More art challenges
• More crab apple cider
• More family chore times
• More toddler kisses
• More family puzzles
• More badminton
• More fashion design challenges
• More hugs
• More open windows and September breezes
• More walks
• More counting blessings
• More empathizing
• More sleep (talk about dreaming!)  😉

Happy weekend!  What do you want to do more of?

Note to Self

Goals for the week….

• Make fruit juice sorbets
• Play cards
• Do watercolor painting
• Go camping
• Take more walks
• Make a list of Alex’s words
• Be more patient
• Play Hyper-Dash in the back yard
• Invent a craft
• Read more books to the boys
• Start a new family read-aloud novel
• Finally watch that movie together
• Laugh more
• Donate more stuff
• Remember our vitamins

If all else fails…

• Hug more
• Be silly
• Model love & kindness
• Eat lots of dessert  🙂

Note to Self

Family goals for the week…

• Play in the mud
• Play more badminton
  
• Read more books
• Go to the lake
• Do more art
• Make bread, bagels or popovers
• Be more patient
• Get grass stained
• Laughmore
• Hug more
• Play more card games
• Find some puzzles
• Find the good in each other
• Donate more clutter
• Make every day magical (at least for a minute!)
• Savor summer

Note to Self

This week I should….

• Run through the grass with Victoria
• Splash in more puddles with the kids
  
• Read more books to Jack
  
• Lead a big, messy art project
  
• Snuggle more with Anna
  
• Make more granola bars
  
• Wear bright red lipstick
  
• Go on a late night walk with one of the kids
  
• Be sillier
  
• Savor Alex’s toddlerhood
  
• Spin in circles with the kids until we’re dizzy
  
• Play frisbee
  
• Cut myself some slack
  

How about you?  What’s on your list?  Make sure it’s largely fun!
~Alicia

Note to Self

• More bubble blowing
• More hugs
• More tickling
• More mud play
• More homemade play dough
• More Sandra Boynton books
• More "I love you’s"
• More rambling walks
• More extreme silliness
• More nature collecting
• More library trips
• More homemade slushies
• More fresh air
• More play dates with fun families
• More pictures
• More chocolate (good mothering requires chocolate, right?)