Is it just me, or was the end of this past school year lackluster at best. Admittedly I was a mediocre homeschooling parent, but even then it seems like we slowly faded into summer rather than the grand explosion of excitement and frenzy that normally unfolds in our household. Sure there have been the usual … Continue reading Summer Vacation in an Outbreak
I strongly encourage everyone to live a life full of music. Be it any age, in any place, music is accessible to all. It transcends class barriers and preconceived notions. It can transport you to anytime and anyplace. It can bring up episodes of nostalgia or help process big emotions and feelings. Through it, we … Continue reading Live a Life Full of Music
You have heard me say before that I am a snack bitch. Well, the global crisis has elevated me to the title of Grand Culinarian. I have a general experience these days that all I am doing is cooking and cleaning. And I suppose if I'm having this experience there are probably many of you … Continue reading Feeding Your Family
I recently voluntarily (those strongly encouraged) engaged in 26 hours of social silence. This meant no small talk over meals, no cracking wise-ass remarks to those around me, not complementing a passerby, or needing to filter the words I’m saying because I wasn't saying anything. This was part of the curriculum for my 200 hr … Continue reading Screaming In The Silence
It has been a month. A long month. A history-changing kind of month. A month of reassessing and reevaluating. A month of planning and re-planning. A month filled with cuddle puddles, hugs, boo-boo kisses, tears, fights. A month of deep breath and yoga and compassion. It. Has been. A month. In fact, it has been … Continue reading One. Long. Month.
My proudest parenting moment happened when my oldest child was 2 1/2 years old. We were doing the weekly grocery shopping trip to feed 12 people and have made it through the store successfully, all that was left was to pay for the food. He started making requests for candy bars and things of that … Continue reading Our Mood is Our Kids Mood
We are all stuck at home with our kids. I personally have never had the distinct luxury of sending my children away for an eight hour period five days a week. (Full disclosure and all sarcasm aside I am blessed to have been able to stay home with my kids, and it's also my own … Continue reading How to Survive Being Home With Kids
I reevaluate my meditation practice from time to time. As I've shared in a previous post https://thehotmesshomestead.com/2019/07/27/meditation-and-motherhood/ I take one minute to however many minutes I have available each morning to do a small centering before I start my day. I have noticed a vast difference in how I greet the events of each day … Continue reading A Mothers Meditation for 2020
My oldest turned six recently. On his birthday I explained why that is such a big deal. Me: "So when you are five and you hold up your fingers to show how old you are it is one hand. Now you need to add another finger so it takes two hands. That is a super … Continue reading Children and chores
I recently told my five-year-old that he could do anything for his sixth birthday and that we would do it as a family. Keep in mind that offer includes the trampoline park, movie theaters, interactive play museums things of that nature. However he responded that he wanted to hike to the top of a mountain … Continue reading Hiking With My Littles
