Hug Twice

Thanks to everyone who has supported this new little blog venture and has been coming to visit, reading, or subscribing. I hope that we all can share in the ups and downs and the joys and sacrifices of being parents together, as well as provide some insight to those who are not parents as well. Starting this new blogging adventure has been really exciting for me and is already very rewarding. I’m so glad you’ve joined me!

I also entered my first carnival with this blog this past week, The Carnival of Family Life. A carnival is a collection of posts all about a single topic, in this case, family life, all linked to in one post and posted at a volunteer host blog. This carnival seemed to be appropriate to enter given the subject matter of Hug Twice. I’m excited that my submission, Riding the Bus ~ Mommy Letting Go was included in this week’s edition at An Island Life. Be sure to visit the carnival and pick out your favorites! Here are some more posts from other blogs about families that I really enjoyed:

• Life Without School: Making It Work, Not Child-Led. Although right now I am not homeschooling my kids (I honestly planned to and well, CJ’s needs got the best of me) , I empathize with this post a lot. My kids have such different personalities from each other already, as I talked about yesterday, and different even from their dad’s and mine, and sometimes it is hard to just let them be them and not force my expectations on them. But it’s worth it.

• Facipers and Stinky Toes: Scaredy Pants. These are interesting reasons for kids screaming - being scared by loud noises. My kids don’t seem phased by loud noises usually… they just like to scream for the sake of screaming. Lucky me!

• This Wasn’t In The Plan: Christmas Letters With A Twist. I love the regular traditional Christmas newsy letters, and I really need to start writing one myself but I’m too lazy. This post though makes the writing of one of those letters fun for the writer and the recipient!

• Raising A Healthy Family: Warm Your Body and Soul With Soup. I LOVE soup. This is a great list of yummy soups - I bookmarked it for the cold months ahead. Yum!

Thanks again for including me in the carnival and may everyone have a happy and joyous Thanksgiving!

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