Week Two Challenges!

Hi everyone! You can find all your challenges for next week HERE!!!! This week we are focusing on play and reminding ourselves that family relationships, like any relationship, take time and effort! I think you should be proud of yourselves for taking the time to do these challenges everyday, because in doing so you are giving your family the time and effort that it needs to thrive!!! I love all your stories and you are all doing so great!

How was no internet yesterday?! Don't forget to comment on the post with any thoughts you have regarding it! I completed my day...and survived just fine! :) We got a lot done and had a great day!

I also wanted to let you know some prizes are going out very soon! Here's a little look at some of the prizes we have coming up! I was careful in selecting prizes because I really wanted to share with you guys some of my favorite products!!! I'll have more info on these soon! Have a great weekend everyone! ♥

Things I'm ♥ing Friday!

1. Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Sandwiches via Two Peas & Their Pod 2. Turquoise & Rose Gold Bracelet via Sabo Skirt 3. Floral Shorts from Delia's 4. Porcelain Stripe Trays from West Elm 5. My new Lily & Laura Bracelet from...me!

Trying a new layout this week, which involves me not being such a chatty Kathy. More to the point and hopefully easier for you all to navigate! Let me know what you think!! ♥

30 Day Challenge Followers!!

Don't forget tomorrow is our no internet day! Please check in here whether you did/did not complete this days challenge! :) & Let's chat about the kind of days you had with no internet! ♥

"Welcome to Ava's Restwant! Nice to meet chu!"

I don't know about all you but I had a TON of food to eat last night at Miss Ava's restaurant! We had so much fun playing and pretending! Steve and I would come visit her restaurant and I would push her play stroller with her baby in it and she was so thrilled by this simple concept, lol. Ava was quite the hostess and got the baby a high chair just like a regular restaurant would.   I love hearing all your stories about the challenges so keep them coming! ♥

For today I hope you all have fun reading with your little ones! Don't forget about the dancing challenge tomorrow! Again you can refer to the full list of challenges HERE. I will try to get on tomorrow to do a little update quick before NO internet on Thursday because I will obviously not be posting that day!

So far, I think this will be the biggest "challenge".  But it should be fun & I know we can all do it! Friday is an easy day and I will be back on Friday to do a small update, Things I'm ♥ing Friday will be back, our new challenges will be up---if you stayed off the internet Thursday be sure to pop in some time on Friday and let us all know! Again you can do as many or as little of the challenges as you'd like but I love to hear which ones you do/do not do!

Have a good night everyone! ♥

Weekend Catch Up!

I hope you all had a great weekend!!! I just wanted to catch up a little bit. Saturday was no TV which I talked about already! Then Sunday we went out for some lunch & shopping before coming home for family game night! We played candyland, the girls favorite! How was your family game night if you are participating? Also, we'll have some prizes coming up by the beginning of next week, which I am really excited about! Have a great week everyone! I'll do my best at getting reminders up for the challenges, if you are coming in late--you can find the challenges HERE. Thanks ♥

Here's a reminder of your challenge today!

Here we go, our first full week! Did you get your gratitude rock this weekend? What do you think? Isn’t it nice to have that moment to yourself to remember all the things you have to be grateful for. Share your thoughts on it in a comment on the blog.

Here’s your challenge: Do your dishes this morning. What?! Yes. Go do them when you wake up, or maybe after breakfast. Because you won’t be doing them tonight. You are actually NOT allowed to do your dishes tonight. Don’t even look at them. Instead, you’re going to take that time and play in your childrens’ kitchen. You can do their play dishes instead if you must :) If they don’t have a kitchen , just play with play food. Or you could even make a pretend kitchen with a cardboard box.  This is not only about taking spending that extra time with your children, it’s about realizing that sometimes, things can wait. Granted, household chores need done...but realize that sometimes it’s okay to relax a little, get OUT of routine, and focus on the more important things. The dishes can wait till the morning.

I hope your....

TV is OFF! Share in comments below how your day without TV went if you participated in todays challenge!!!  I wanted to share a little quick while my girlies are napping!

Normally on Saturdays we are out and about...so not having TV probably would not have been any issue. But, today we have been home and plan to be home all day! The TV has been off and honestly I don't think the girls or the hubby has even noticed, no one has asked or mentioned it. So it is going smoothly! This morning I did some freshening up of the girls play area taking out those random unnecessary things that (somehow?) always seem to find their way over there.  I think that helped with distracting the girls, they suddenly always want to play with everything as I am cleaning it ;) and we played a little "restaurant" after. We then spent some time in the pool which distracted them too.

I don't let them stay glued to the TV regularly anyway, but, I do definitely let them watch it! Today was a nice little eye opener that no one has seemed to notice it and definitely an encouragement to do this more in the future!

I'd love to hear how everyone else's day went too!

Happy June! Your first challenge!

"First thing tomorrow is taking my lil miss on a gratitude rock search.. 
The search on it self would already be something i will be very grateful for and will treasure it forever.. I also want to tell you im grateful for finding out about your blog ;) Love, Kimberley "

I am grateful for all your sweet messages! ♥ Thanks for sharing Kimberely!

Alright everyone, this is just your reminder! 

Today is your first challenge!!! Simply keep the weekly focus in mind...gratitude. Remind yourself as the day goes on just how grateful you are for your children. Also remember that you will get out of this challenge what you put into it, so remember to give it your all. If a day goes by where you forget, or "slip up" on a challenge...just keep the weekly focus in mind and stay on the right track. The purpose of the weekly challenge is just that to serve as a reminder all week long.

Onto the challenge: Do you have a gratitude rock? I do! If you don't, maybe think of adding it to your to do list for the weekend. You can use any rock, typically a smooth one. It doesn't matter where it is from, pick one up from your backyard, I had one left from a project. Keep it with you in your purse, your pocket, and each time your hand touches it...think of something you are grateful for. Even if you are just staying at home...keep it on your nightstand and each night before you go to bed, hold the rock in the palm of your hand, close your hand, close your eyes, and think of what you are grateful for...and say thank you. Gratitude allows you to keep your mind in a positive place. We all know that is the best place for our mind to be. :)

 “Gratitude is riches. Complaint is poverty.” -Christian Science Hymnal

Now...QUESTION! Should I continue with Things I'm ♥ing Friday during June?! 

Also, feel free to share any thoughts you have on today's challenge below in a comment!