- my home. how it feels now and how i can glorify God in the ways i care for it. i am desiring simplicity in so many areas that are right now lacking but potentially could change with a bit more thought on my part. there are lots of little ways that our home's aroma is affected by simply doing one thing instead of another, and i'm on a quest to discover the ways i can move in the direction of more restful, more ahh-i'm-home, more i-don't-constantly-feel-like-i'm-forgetting-something-where-are-my-keys feelings. one area of needed simplifying begins with admitting that i'm terrified of meal-planning. really, i'm terrified of any kind of planning. there i said it. first challenge, right? although, i have a feeling the week or so prior to welcoming newborn babe linneman may not be prime-time for me to take on meal-planning, but in time? what are ways you are simplifying in your home? what are things you really like about your home/routine/rhythm? i'm really interested.
- this babe who's growing and moving and pushing my ribs up-up-up. i can't wait to meet this autumn baby. soon oh soon.
- joseph bourne and how to help him thrive and enjoy and wonder in this stage of life. yesterday we walked around our friends' apartment complex for over an hour and he loved it. more enjoyable fall temperatures could not come at a better time for joseph or mama. and for the coming stages -- i'm thinking about education and what jeremy and i think about it. and what joseph will think about it. and how he'll best learn. and what learning even is. and where i can find a big roll of newsprint paper so that he can have a bit more room for the lightning mcqueen marker creations he's been working on. probably where they print the newspaper; we just have yet to make the trip there.
huh. i thought there were more thoughts, although, the above thoughts have lots of thought-layers to them. i think i think too much. hmm...
pictures instead? :)
- this babe who's growing and moving and pushing my ribs up-up-up. i can't wait to meet this autumn baby. soon oh soon.
- joseph bourne and how to help him thrive and enjoy and wonder in this stage of life. yesterday we walked around our friends' apartment complex for over an hour and he loved it. more enjoyable fall temperatures could not come at a better time for joseph or mama. and for the coming stages -- i'm thinking about education and what jeremy and i think about it. and what joseph will think about it. and how he'll best learn. and what learning even is. and where i can find a big roll of newsprint paper so that he can have a bit more room for the lightning mcqueen marker creations he's been working on. probably where they print the newspaper; we just have yet to make the trip there.
huh. i thought there were more thoughts, although, the above thoughts have lots of thought-layers to them. i think i think too much. hmm...
pictures instead? :)
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Please do share your research in simplification. I lose my keys once per week. Luckily I haven't locked them in the Jeep since I've had the two kids, but I am not holding my breath.
Something that might be working well for us is maintaining Daniel's day routine as well as possible. Its easier somehow to get the baby flexible around his food/play/bath/bed times and much harder for him to deal with the baby changing things. Its much louder dealing with a two year old than a baby and more frustrating, too. I think pretending I am a baby expert but a toddler novice is helping me, too. I feel confident about parenting Elsa and meeting her needs, so its almost like I took that stressor off my plate. Its a new day every day with my son, but the routine of babyhood is familiar and feels more simple.
Another thing that I've noticed that has simplified things is using a manual breast pump instead of electric. Daniel is fascinated by the electric pump and can assemble and disassemble and describe what is happening with it and that really gets on my nerves! Not having that out and about really help me.
Please continue to write your thoughts on mothering and being at peace in the home. This is an area of my life that God is growing me in, and I need good role models of those who feel similarly called to these things, and I need to find some charm in chores and delight in the daily grind!
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