Living Lovely with my family

I am following Heidi's lead in her first series:

Living Lovely: Making daily connections as a family

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A man travels the world over in search of what he needs, and returns home to find it.

-George Moore

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Mornings

~Cuddles and cartoons in our bed

~Breakfast: together, devotions, prayer, plans for the day

~Music always playing in the kitchen

~Circle up for memory time- verses, poetry, hymns

~School together

~Scheduled time for the children to play together in pairs or as a whole

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Afternoons

~Lunch: together around the table, except on Tuesdays (On Tuesdays we go to the pizza buffet), read-aloud time, discussions of "What did we learn today about our world? God? ourselves?"

~Reading aloud to the children

~Snuggle time in the rocking chair with my girl, reading, colors, counting, praying, singing

~Boys play outside together or in the room they share

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Evenings

~Dinner: together around the table, discuss highs and lows for the day

~Wednesdays: movie night, picnic, popcorn or candy

~Thursdays: game night

~Occasional stroll around the neighborhood at dusk to the lake and playground- my husband, the scientist, always teaching us about trees, bats or other interesting facts

~Sundays: church and out for lunch together, letters to grandparents

~singing and reading with the children in bed- always "The Lord bless you and keep you" sang with a back rub

In the past...

~Lit a small candle at dinner. We were allowed to blow out the candle when we had eaten our food.

~Questions in a mystery bag to pull and answer over dinner

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Hoping for...

~dates with each child alone

~more time in the garden with the kids and Andy this year

~Sunday hikes and nature journaling

~more mercy projects together this year

~more time with extended family and at our family farm