Archive for the ‘12 Habits’ Category
One of the better uses of my time and energies over the past year was the focus on habits. In 2012 we focused on the following habits; January -Thankfulness February – Listening to What is Being Said March – Encouraging Others April – Put Away What you Touch May – Pay Attention to Others Needs [...]
Whew! This year is almost gone – can you believe it?! Less than two months and we’ll be welcoming in 2013. This past years challenge to focus on one habit a month with the children has been incredibly beneficial for all of us. It has served to heighten an awareness of character and discipline. We [...]
Part of what drew my heart to writing about communicating with our children for 31 days straight has been the journey we’ve been going through with our Year of Intentional Habits. It has been so good for us to put focused energy into one habit or trait each month and just work towards that. There [...]
::re-post from two years ago as it directly relates to where we are at right now with our September habit; Getting rid of Clutter:: The War on Stuff :: getting rid of clutter Over the past year Paul and I have become increasingly aware of the amount of stuff we have and how it slows [...]
Getting Rid of the Clutter I have one little boy that treasures everything. While cleaning out his drawer one day I found an empty pack of gum. I asked him about it and he told me it was his very first pack of gum and couldn’t he please keep it so he’d always remember his [...]
Developing the Habit of Speaking Well of Others :: August’s Habit A few days late in sharing this, but here is the introduction for our habit for the month of August! This month we will be focusing on the habit of speaking well of others. We will be focusing on speaking well of others to [...]
I am convinced that you can learn just about anything through playing games! The habit we are focusing on this month is Keeping Your Word {which is both meaning what you say and following through with what you say you’ll do.} I have found a few fun games that help build up this habit of [...]
July’s habit is Keeping Your Word; meaning what you say and doing what you say you’re doing. {Like all those times I tell the boys I AM listening to their lengthy stories when really I am mentally running through the grocery list … need to start doing that!!} I think this is such an important [...]
There was a decided absence about June’s Habit on this blog - in part because we were gone for half the month, making a 30 day plan impossible to maintain. But also because our habit is a simple one: Put away things without being asked. While it is simple in concept {so simple that while [...]
Hot, glorious summer is upon us! My very favorite time of year – mainly for good memories of summers past spent at camp, the enveloping heat and the juicy fruit that is in abundance throughout summer. While working out our summer schedule and activities, I thought I would ask the boys what they wanted to [...]
