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Sunflower Circle – Letting Go

By Elise | Published: June 13, 2011

When my daughter was little, we checked out a book from our local library about a family who planted a circle of sunflowers in their yard.  All summer, they played in their magical sunflower house.  It seemed like a wonderful idea and dream. I always wanted to create this for my own kids.  So, on [...]

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Awesome Beets

By Elise | Published: June 10, 2011

My family and I spent $200 this winter joining a local, organic farm’s CSA.  CSA stands for Community Shared Agriculture.  This means we, the local community, invest in the farm up front before the growing season starts.  In return, we get a bag full of produce once a week for 23 weeks – after stuff [...]

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Summer Blues

By Elise | Published: June 7, 2011

Grouchiness has overcome my home.  I am grouchy.  The children are grouchy.  It is hot. I am working on accepting all of this as part of the summer process.  Accuweather.com tells me it is 93 outside at this very moment.  The thermometer in my backyard registers 110 in the sun and 98 in the shade.  [...]

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The To-Do List Gets a Makeover for Summer

By Elise | Published: June 3, 2011

As a Soul Coach, I am always encouraging my clients to celebrate what gets done and let the rest go.  This is a radical concept, and even though it feels really good to do, it can be hard to put into practice. If you are like me, in the morning you make a to-do list [...]

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Serene Summer Plan

By Elise | Published: June 2, 2011

It is officially the 3rd day of summer vacation for my family, and yes of course we had carrot cake for breakfast again.  Don’t you think that’s healthier than cinnamon buns?  I really want the kids to start off  happy dontcha’ know. School was actually out last Thursday, but I’m not counting Friday – Monday [...]

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Relaxing into May Mothering

By Elise | Published: May 5, 2011

It has been a busy week here.  Fine Arts Day was all day Tuesday at Kindergarten.  I spent most of the day with my hands in a bin of soapy water cleaning out paintbrushes.  Each class got to paint their own trash can – which was really fun.  The trashcans looked terrific, and the kids [...]

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George Costanza’s Jerk Store and The Zoo

By Elise | Published: May 1, 2011

Last Monday, my family and I went to the zoo.  It was a beautiful (shockingly rain-free) day, and we had a really terrific time…mostly.   Towards the end of our day, we were riding the zoo train back to our entrance.  Because we were in the back seat of the train, my little boy got [...]

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Screen Free Week – Final Report

By Elise | Published: April 25, 2011

Last week, my family and I turned off the TV, the web, the video games, and hung out together.  I was prompted to do it by the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, and I was quite nervous considering the week they picked coincided with my kids’ school spring break.  However, upon reflection, I think it [...]

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No TV – Day 5 (Happy Earth Day too)

By Elise | Published: April 22, 2011

Last night, my kids were sad.  Some of our neighbors were going to go see a movie.  We, on the other hand, were going to eat pork chops. This morning, I tried to talk to them about comparison being the root of much unhappiness.  I told them how they were just talking to me about [...]

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No TV for a week – Day 4

By Elise | Published: April 21, 2011

Last night wasn’t great.  I freaked out a little on my dear hubbie.  I’m not sure why either.  The kids played outside for almost 5 hours yesterday, so it’s not like they were really even bugging me.  We ate dinner, we went to Home Depot and picked out paint to match my son’s giant fish [...]

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