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👋🏽This past week was hard. All the things got me. Politics. Covid. Homeschooling. Work. Parenting. Life at home. 🧺Everything was triggering. The laundry. Making lunches. Political signs in people’s front yards. Crumbs on the floor. Bills in the mail. Noise. Questions. Trying to come up with dinner. ❌Quitting the news has helped. And snoozing and muting people on social media. Also, WAY lowering my expectations of basically everything. ✅Store bought, pre-made meals are okay. Stopping after an hour of instruction is okay. Sending the kids outside to play is okay. Ignoring the laundry for a bit is okay. Jammies all day is okay. Walking instead of running is okay. 👉🏽Admitting I’m not okay is OKAY.👈🏽 🖤The messages in my inbox tell me we’re all at some level of NOT OKAY right now. I wish we could all just cozy up in our jams and blankets and sip coffee and talk it out. Because talking about it all has helped me tremendously. 🤗This hug is for you.
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🥰It was basically impossible to choose my favorite nine photos of this sweet baby from the past year. I think I have hundreds. He has been the sweetest little addition to our family, with the most charming personality. 🍝🍩He loves donuts and spaghetti, his siblings, and a snuggly softie and paci. He had his First Annual Birthday Donuts this morning! 😱He’s into EVERYTHING, cruising furniture and emptying cabinets on the regular. 🗣He can say “dada, “bubba,” “uh oh!” and can name a few animal sounds, too. Dogs are his favorite and he woofs at them anytime we’re outside. (Also, super funny that the dogs in both houses to the right of us are named Charlie.🤣) 🤓Still rockin’ six choppers, but a couple more are on their way in. He’s eating his hands ALL THE TIME. 🤣He has a dozen nicknames, though CC, C.Bug, Chuck, Charzie, and Old C are the family faves. 😭How he is a year old already amazes me. Despite spending the last half of his first year amidst a pandemic, it absolutely FLEW BY. Every first has been celebrated and cherished. ❤️We all love him SO big! Happy first birthday, Charlie Michael!
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On this day last year, I had spicy Thai food for lunch and Mexican for dinner. I drank three cups of red raspberry leaf tea, and bounced on an exercise ball. I walked the neighborhood. The next day I had a baby. Two weeks early. Charlie will turn one tomorrow. SOB.😭 #cincinnatimom #septemberbaby #oneyearold #cincinnatiinfluencer #cincimom #mommyblogger #familyofsix #partyofsix #fourkids #fourkidsmom #momoffour #bonusbaby #kentuckymama #kentuckymom #kentuckyblogger #bloggermom #iteachtoo #teachermama #onederful
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🤷🏼♀️If this little corner of my bedroom isn’t just synonymous with my whole entire life right now, I don’t know what is. Falling apart. Overwhelmed. Burdened. Chaotic. Too much. Messy. Cluttered. Things on top of things on top of things. 💡But I also see the light. The actual light streaming in the window, and the light that is metaphorical. Everything is temporary. The mess. The overwhelm. The clutter. The burden. 🤍And, still there is good! There is still light! Despite all that mess. I’m grateful there is Jesus and new beginnings and that no mess is too messy for Him. Even on my worst days (and I feel like I’ve had a few of those lately), He is still good and still loves me and is still here to heap grace on whatever situation arises. 🤗I know life is messy for many of us right now. Literally. Metaphorically. So messy. Grace is for you, too. Light is for you, too. Take a deep breath and a virtual hug from me to you.
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🌟Theme of the Day: Realistic Expectations. Yesterday was not a shining moment for us. My patience was short, the kids’ behavior was poor, and the whole day was garbage (especially when I went to open a 95-page document at 9pm that I’d been working on for four days and ALL OF THE IMAGES WERE GONE😤.) I think 5 of of the 6 of us were in tears 😭 at some point yesterday. (Thanks for holding strong, B💪🏽.) Being mostly at home together for five and half months has definitely taken a toll on my patience, creativity, energy and mental capacity. Some days I find myself hearing my name said over and over and over before I realize, someone needs something. Again. I think this is some kind of coping mechanism for handling constant noise?😅 I think part of the problem yesterday was adjusting to being “back to school.” Ben and Faith are very different learners, so there is constant differentiation. I also hold myself to a high standard of instruction, so I’m disappointed when my delivery doesn’t produce the results I’m expecting. This is definitely an area I need to work on.👀 I dialed back today. Kept my expectations in check. And we played with all variety of slime as a reward for getting through.😝 #cincinnatiinfluencer #cincinnatiinfluencers #parentingquote #parentingblogger #mommyblogger #cincinnatimom #cincinnatimomsblog #kentuckymom #kentuckymomblogger #cincinnatiblogger #cincinnatibloggers #familyofsix #fourkids #family #familytime #wearefamily #wewillgetthroughthis #homeschool #homeschoolmom #homeschoolmomlife #distancelearning #iteachk #kindergarten #prek #preschool
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👩🏽🦱❤️Oh, this curly and cute sweetheart!
