Welcome to the new and improved raisingsmallthingswithgreatlove.com ! I have been working on updating my blog for awhile and am so happy to finally share it with all of you! I have spent a long time (I am not that tech-savy) designing my new website and hope you all enjoy it. It feels so good …
Back Home Again
We got upgraded to first class for free! They saw I was flying alone with 3 kids š The kids and I just got back home from our visit to Virginia to see my family. Our trip ended up being a little longer than we had planned, so we ended up being there for a …
Self Image
I donāt dress up much anymore. Most of the time you can find me in comfy clothes- leggings and a sweatshirt, workout shorts and a t-shirt with my hair up in a messy bun or pony tail; the classic āmom lookā. The only times I try to dress up a little more are …
Do You Believe in Fate?
Ā Ā “Do you believe in fate?”- I remember being asked this question by one of my friends in college.Ā Ā Fate is a topic that I find pops up a lot in romantic movies, where couples believe that they are destined to be together, and we had been talking about our boyfriends and what we saw …
Treat others the way you want to be treated
Happy Friday! This week felt like it went by fast since Monday was a holiday. Memorial Day has always been a kind of start to the summer. Usually its the time that pools open up, and the weather gets pretty warm from here on out. I’m assuming a lot of pools are not …
6 Months
The day has come! My baby Theresa is 6 months old. I canāt believe that it has been 6 months since she was born! I also canāt believe that in about year weāll have another 6 month old. There are so many changes happening in our household that are both exciting and scary. …
Mental Strength
Gabriel and Rebecca on our walk yesterday. Happy Sunday! We have had beautiful weather here all week and the kids have been able to play outside which has been so nice. This week went by fast for me, and itās made me realize how quick the rest of this year is going to be. The …
How are you handling the effects of the Coronavirus?
Theresa’s facial expression here captures my feelings towards the future because of the Coronavirus! I am sure that many of you like me are looking at all the articles and latest information on the Coronavirus and following the actions that the government or your particular state or country are enacting in order to slow down …
Everyone has bad days.
Ā Sometimes things with kids don’t go as we planned. That’s the type of morning I had. Everyone just woke up on the wrong side of the bed, myself included, and it just turned into a morning full of tantrums, anger, and tears from everyone. I thought that it would be fun to make a …
Count your blessings and hope for the best!
If you are like me, then you are probably not too thrilled about daylight savings weekend. I value my sleep, and do not appreciate losing an hour and the upset it will cause my toddlers when their routine is thrown off by the time change. But then I start to look at the big picture …