You searched for label/Project Walking into a Hug - Overstuffed Life https://www.overstuffedlife.com/ purposeful parenting and simplified living Mon, 03 Jul 2023 00:54:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.overstuffedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/favicon.png You searched for label/Project Walking into a Hug - Overstuffed Life https://www.overstuffedlife.com/ 32 32 Ask Your Kids for Good Behavior https://www.overstuffedlife.com/asking-for-good-behavior/ https://www.overstuffedlife.com/asking-for-good-behavior/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 02:26:00 +0000 Asking your kids for good behavior means telling them exactly what you want them to do—not what you don’t want. One year ago yesterday, we ended our Caribbean cruise.  I thought I should maybe start posting the rest of the pictures.  This is the girls getting ready to go to the beach on Grand Cayman...

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]]> https://www.overstuffedlife.com/entitlement-trap/feed/ 7 Becoming a Joyful Mother of Children https://www.overstuffedlife.com/becoming-joyful-mother-of-children/ https://www.overstuffedlife.com/becoming-joyful-mother-of-children/#comments Mon, 08 Aug 2011 07:00:00 +0000 While we were in Chicago, we stayed at a hotel that was a considerable distance from downtown, and took the train in every day. This was (usually) fun for the children, and it saved us lots of money so that we could actually do more exciting things on vacation. The only downside was that we often found ourselves on...

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