Like many here, I loved participating and reading along with everyone’s FIG posts. It was great to focus on the good that’s present, and so I decide to reflect on some recent small good things. 1. St. Patrick’s Day. We have zero Irish heritage, and my main memories of the holiday as a kid revolve around my grandfather’s birthday (which was on St. Patrick’s day) since he would sometimes embrace the theme for his birthday parties. However, this year my older daughter was obsessed with the idea of catching a leprechaun and made a few traps. Seeing her tinker and problem solve on these traps was awesome, and her excitement was contagious. So this year, we embraced the holiday a bit more with green milk and overnight oats, lots of coins and shamrocks left near the trap, and a corned beef and cabbage dinner with beer bread. It was fun to have a randomly celebratory Tuesday! 2. I’ve posted before about trying to find good books for my first grader to read. We picked up a Dog Man book at ...
Happy Thursday! Does your area observe the time change? Like most parents of young kids, I find this to be a struggle, but we are enjoying more time outside after dinner. How’d it go for you? ` 1. The kids have been home from school a lot this week with an in-service day for one kid, and a kid at home sick one day. Given that I volunteer at school during the preschool slot on Fridays and we had visitors last week, my introverted self is definitely craving more alone time. Parenting can make it really hard to be alone enough to feel my best, but I’ve been trying to find ways to recharge even when the kids are around. While a lot of times this is really not possible, (hello toddler meltdowns), there are definitely times where the kids are playing together independently. Using that time to sit and read a book for 5 minutes helps a bit. A and I picked up a puzzle when we went to the bookstore on her day off, and it was so fun to work on it together. We brought it to the library to the puz...