Monday February 1st, 2010

Monthly Goal:

Sometimes us women are WAY too hard on ourselves and I think that we need to celebrate our accomplishments rather than dwell on our weaknesses.  So this month’s goal is to focus on the positive things you do.  Then leave a comment about something good you did that day.  Every mom needs a little recognition and we all know that our husbands and children don’t always give it to us so I say, let’s toot our own horn!  It doesn’t have to be huge.  It could simply be, “Today, I really wanted to yell at my kids and I didn’t!”  Let us celebrate your accomplishments with you.  Because focusing on our best qualities can be hard I’m going to motivate you with a little bit of a prize.  The person I get the most comments from will win a $25 gift certificate to a restaurant in their area.  If there is a tie then I will do a random drawing.  Please only leave one comment at day.  No fair leaving ten every day.  I will participate in this as well and post it on my daily blog posts.

Today’s Activity:

Plan an upcoming Birthday party.  If your kids are like mine they love to plan and talk about their next birthday even if it is eleven months away.

Note:

If there is a birthday coming up right away you can do some detailed planning, otherwise just let your kids brain storm about their dream birthday party.

Evaluate:

Max’s 6th birthday is just around the corner.  At first he said he wanted a baseball party but then it was a Batman party and then an Iron Man Party and then a Super Hero party.  Personally I thought the baseball party was a great idea and he had a super hero party last year so I did a little manipulating.  I told him a few game ideas that I had for an indoor baseball party and he seemed semi excited but then I thought of something that I knew he couldn’t turn down.  Pinatas are generally hit with bats and he LOVES pinatas!  So there you have it, we will be having a baseball party.

Prepare:

Next Thursday we will be having a family etiquette dinner so if today is your grocery shopping day then plan for a really nice formal meal.

Month Goal:

The nice thing I did for my kids today was bring them along on my birthday celebration.  We spent the weekend at Daniels Summit snowmobiling and doing the kids favorite thing (jumping from bed to bed in the hotel room).

PS…HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!  I’m 30 but I still feel like I’m 19!

Tags: birthday party, Giveaway, goal, plan, prepare, recognition
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Sunday January 31st, 2010

Enjoy your Sunday.  Today is the last day before a new month goal.  How did this month go?

My kids are flushing the toilet more than they used to but it’s not as consistent as I would like.  I’ll have to keep working on it.

Tags: goal, Sunday
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Friday January 1st, 2010

Monthly Goal:

I’m sure you all have a pet peeve involving your children.  Mine is them constantly forgetting to flush the toilet.  If you’re like me you just let it slide and hope that someday you will have the energy to put a stop to their nasty habits.  Well in the spirit of New Years Resolutions resolve to help your children improve in some way.  Now this does work as a monthly goal for YOU because most likely you will have to do plenty of reminding or even come up with a few consequences or rewards to make this happen.

Today’s Activity:

Odd’s are Daddy has today off work.  You may not even check the website today…but if you do…do something fun as a family.  Go to the dollar movies, go on a hike, find an indoor climbing wall or even eat out at a favorite restaurant.  Whatever it is make sure you have a fun time together as a family.

Note:

If daddy did have to work maybe a working mom you know is home for the day and you can get together and let the kids play.

Tags: family time, goal, resolution
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Tuesday December 1st, 2009

Monthly Goal:

With all these holiday parties eating healthy meals is not always an option so lets combat it with increasing our physical activity.  Not only will this help us burn those extra calories but more importantly it will help relieve some of the stresses brought on by Christmas shopping and budgeting.

Today’s Activity:

Do something physical that you wouldn’t normally do.

Note:

You can pull out that exercise DVD that’s been hiding in the back of the DVD case, head to the gym, shovel the walks (if they need it), carry your little ones around on your back and use them as your own personal free weight, do push ups during the commercials of your favorite daytime or evening TV show, take a few extra trips up the stairs today, do some calf raises on the steps, do sit ups with a child sitting on your belly or knees and see if you can give them a kiss while sitting up, squat a few extra times before actually sitting down at the table, or take a nice walk around the block with or without the kids.

Evaluate:

Elese has a favorite DVD.  It is called Dance Baby Dance by Infantastic.  I’m almost positive they don’t make it anymore.  Anyway I got this DVD just after she was born.  Basically it is mom’s dancing with their babies as a way to loose that baby weight.  Today I woke up feeling gross because of all the junk I ate over the last week and the last thing I wanted to do was exercise but lucky for me that is this months goal so I HAD to do it so I could evaluate it.  Elese and I had a fabulous time.  This was the perfect exercise for me to do today because I’ve been feeling like Elese is getting harder for me to carry so this was the perfect way to build some strength in that area.

Tags: exercise, fitness, goal, holidays
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Thursday October 1st, 2009

AND THE WINNER IS…Chosen by Random.org…

LINDS

Congratulations Linds!  Email me at mediocremomsguide@gmail.com with your address and we will mail you the DVD’s right away!

NOW LETS GET STARTED!

Help create a more peaceful environment in your home by playing uplifting music everyday for the month of October.  Music can help clear your mind of all the junk that we let seep in and it also has a way of calming down your kids and I’m sure we could all handle a little more tranquility in our homes.

Get your kids together and pull out your photo albums or set up a slide show on your computer.  Enjoy this time together celebrating the fun times you have had together.

This is a no guilt website!  Organizing my photo albums is one of those things that is always on my to do list and never gets crossed off.  The truth is your kids aren’t going to care if they are viewing photos from the back of your digital camera or from a miraculous scrapbook; they are just going to enjoy having mom right by their side talking about how cute they were as babies.

Tags: Giveaway, goal, indoor, photos
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