So School starts in just over a month and I'm starting to think about what our family theme for the 2012-13 school year will be. Here are some of the ideas for future themes I came up with last year.
-Be a light
-Find joy in the journey
-"by small and simple things are
great things brought to pass " Alma 37
-Be Grateful, Be Smart, Be Involved, Be Clean, Be True, Be Positive, Be Humble, Be Still, and Be Prayerful. -Gordon B Hinckley-
-"Organize yourselves; prepare every needful thing; and establish a house, even a house of prayer, a house of fasting, a house of faith, a house of learning, a house of glory, a house of order, a house of God;" d&c 88:119
I also just saw this-
Philippians 4:13
I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me.
Sam's cousin Amy posted it on Face Book and I really need this particular message right now.
I don't know how well I did on the follow through with our theme last year. It was "I can do hard things". We had a few visual reminders in our home and we talked about it occasionally, but over all I feel like we had a great start of the school year, family night and then the theme was kind of forgotten. I'm hoping to come up with some way to carry the new theme through the whole year more effectively. Any thoughts? I taking about small, easy to execute ideas. If we go with D&C 88:119 or with the Gordon B Hinckley quote we could break it up and focus on a different part each month. I don't know.
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So while I was composing this here post, I decided what the theme should be (it is none of those listed above) and got on etsy to order my star. It's the lime green one and it will have our theme in the center of it. Remember last year's star. Although I have not yet decided on the perfect place to hang it, I love it!
Any way, I need to get started on some planning, because what I have in mind for our special family night is going to take some work. Why am I doing this?
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Sunday, July 8, 2012
When there's Love at Home
Yesterday Sam and I had to run into Littleton to pick up my car from the shop. It took us a little over an hour. The kids were given the assignment of getting all of their jobs done so that we could leave as soon as we got home to go to Aurora Resivore for a family BBQ and a day of fun playing on the beach. As soon as Sam and I got home we left. There was no mention at that time of what went down while we were gone. Which is probably for the best.
We went to the Resivore and had a great time playing in the sand and water and visiting with Sam's aunt and uncle and some of his cousins. We come home and relaxed and then some how at bed time bits and pieces of a very interesting story stared to surface.
The action packed story included chases and slammed doors and shoes being thrown and light bulbs being shattered and clocks being knocked off of tables and hitting and yelling and faces being scratched.
The stars of this action adventure were Nate and Bryce with special apperiences by Abby and McKay. How Gracie managed to avoid all of the excitement, I'll never know. I understand that most of this is normal sibling behavior. I remember have knock down, drag out fights with my brothers when our parents were away, but it's still not acceptable.
Abby's role in the morning's activities got her a firm talking to. McKay earned himself 2 days of no iPad. Some of Nate and Bryce's consequences are still being thought through. However, fase one is currently taking place. Last night we talked about several things, including some of the responsibilities that Nate and Bryce have as big brothers, members of this family and young priesthood holders. The three responsibilities that I came up with off of the top of my head were: 1. Being good examples. 2. Helping to bring peace into our home. 3. Protecting each other and the other members of their family. Right now they have the assignment of writing a 5 paragraph report on what those responsibilities mean to them and what things they should be doing to fufill those responsibilities. Later tonight they will present their reports to the family.
The longer I'm a parent, the more clear it becomes that I know nothing about being a parent. I have no answers, zero, none! All I can do is pray for devine guidance, and then cross my fingers and hope for the best.
Last night was rough. The kids lost a lot of trust. There are times that I need to leave them on their own for a bit so that I can take care of other responsibilities, and after yesterday I'm afraid to do it again anytime soon. It's frustering to really feel like you are doing your very best as a parent and then to see that it's just not good enough. Bla, bla, bla.
Anyway, I'm not ready be done with Nate's and Bryce's punishments/lessons. So if you have any creative suggestions, feel free to share. I've already thought of knocking their heads together, and decided against it. I'm trying to stick with nonviolent consequences, even though some of them sound very appealing.
We went to the Resivore and had a great time playing in the sand and water and visiting with Sam's aunt and uncle and some of his cousins. We come home and relaxed and then some how at bed time bits and pieces of a very interesting story stared to surface.
The action packed story included chases and slammed doors and shoes being thrown and light bulbs being shattered and clocks being knocked off of tables and hitting and yelling and faces being scratched.
The stars of this action adventure were Nate and Bryce with special apperiences by Abby and McKay. How Gracie managed to avoid all of the excitement, I'll never know. I understand that most of this is normal sibling behavior. I remember have knock down, drag out fights with my brothers when our parents were away, but it's still not acceptable.
Abby's role in the morning's activities got her a firm talking to. McKay earned himself 2 days of no iPad. Some of Nate and Bryce's consequences are still being thought through. However, fase one is currently taking place. Last night we talked about several things, including some of the responsibilities that Nate and Bryce have as big brothers, members of this family and young priesthood holders. The three responsibilities that I came up with off of the top of my head were: 1. Being good examples. 2. Helping to bring peace into our home. 3. Protecting each other and the other members of their family. Right now they have the assignment of writing a 5 paragraph report on what those responsibilities mean to them and what things they should be doing to fufill those responsibilities. Later tonight they will present their reports to the family.
The longer I'm a parent, the more clear it becomes that I know nothing about being a parent. I have no answers, zero, none! All I can do is pray for devine guidance, and then cross my fingers and hope for the best.
Last night was rough. The kids lost a lot of trust. There are times that I need to leave them on their own for a bit so that I can take care of other responsibilities, and after yesterday I'm afraid to do it again anytime soon. It's frustering to really feel like you are doing your very best as a parent and then to see that it's just not good enough. Bla, bla, bla.
Anyway, I'm not ready be done with Nate's and Bryce's punishments/lessons. So if you have any creative suggestions, feel free to share. I've already thought of knocking their heads together, and decided against it. I'm trying to stick with nonviolent consequences, even though some of them sound very appealing.
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