Finding our place in life

So I haven’t been updating for a while.. been thinking, browsing as usual, and I came across this from thepioneerwoman, Wow what an inspiration! People should check it out, I’m itching to do something right away. But I have to bed now, however I leave with an excerpt, well it’s the whole letter from a father to his daughter Addie (just go check it out at thepioneerwoman) The words really resonate with me at the moment, I find it so true, this is the kind of parent I want to be:

We are all placed here to do something. It is for us and not for others to find out what that something is, and there with all the energy of which we are capable, honestly and prayerfully to be gone about our business. Your father…

Age Appropriate Chores

links from MontessoriCandy:

http://www.focusonthefamily.com/parenting/parenting_challenges/motivating_kids_to_clean_up/age_appropriate_chores.aspx

http://www.txstate.edu/mathworks/about/news/migsatscmisd07/contentParagraph/00/document/pnl2007b.pdf

just have fun before seven

http://www.redshift.com/~bonajo/early.htm

Playful Parenting

http://www.playfulparenting.com/resources-enews.htm