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April: The First full month of spring is fully here! It’s a tough tie between Fall or spring for which is my favorite season. They both feel like the start of something new and wonderful. But April is the celebration of Easter and my birthday month. It’s the second to last month of school.Mother’s day is around the corner and the lure of summer and swimming pulls us further into the calendar. It’s finally warming up, we have longer sunnier days, beautiful things are growing everywhere. It’s time to pull out the sandals, and rain boots, open up the windows and let the breeze in. Dust away the cob webs from winter and get some dirt under our finger nails outdoors. In honor of April and spring I’m rounding up a few of my favorite ways to celebrate spring with my little people on the blog today, click the link in bio! And I finally got to create a picture for @sunshineinmynest hashtag #seasonsinstory 📖☕️ ( I’ve been following her beautiful seasonal book flatlays for awhile! Go checkout her images in this hashtag😍) what are your favorite ways to celebrate spring with your children?🌿🍃
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#aquietstyle
#styletheseasons
#embracetheseasons
#flowerstagram
#readmakegrow
#slowlivingforlife
#themindfulapproach
#bookstagram
#simpleandstill
#pursueprettythings
#ofquietmoments
#littlecornersofmyhome
#seekthesimplicity
#alittlebeautyeveryday
#seekinspirecreate
#smpliving
#abmhome
#documentyourdays
#coffeeandseasons
#cupsinframe

“Some good old fashioned things like sunshine and fresh air are hard to beat” -Laura Ingalls Wilder. Just a photo from my phone from the weekend. Two boys watching a ladybug and the first spring eggs. #fromwhereistand
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#babiesandseasons
#wildandfreechildren
#exploringnaturewithchildren
#childhoodunplugged
#ourcandidlife
#our_everyday_moments

My 4 year old asked for French toast this morning and then all my years in catering kicked in and this is what we ended up with 🍓 there’s nothing a little powdered sugar, honey, and berries can’t fix 💯 also there’s nothing a little strategic crop, lighting, intentional placement in a photo can’t hide... swipe right to see Instagram vs. reality. Insta caption: easy like Sunday morning. Alternate caption: jk I’m a mom no morning is easy😆. Just remember the next time you see a photo of a mom and baby in a bed with clean white sheets and a cup of coffee and flowers.. that the rest of the room is probably filled with dirty laundry and toys just like yours. And that my messy reality and yours and hers are just as beautiful. #honestmotherhood
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#morningslikethese
#mymonthofsundays
#igmotherhood
#slowlivingforlife
#themindfulapproach
#thehonestlens
#myquietbeauty
#our_everyday_moments
#lookslikefilm
#thatsdarling
#therealinstamoms
#Thisismotherhood
#thebakefeed
#aquietstyle
#littlecornersofmyhome
#simpleandstill
#ofsimplethings
#nestandflourish
#thefeedfeed
#theartofslowliving
#memoirsofmotherhood
#inspiredbymotherhood
#thesimpleeveryday
#darlingweekend
#verilymoment

I think blue might be my favorite color 💙💚 #whpfavoritecolor between the little blue house we moved into several years ago, my little boys in blue shirts and it being bluebonnet season it’s safe to say this color means a lot too me💙swipe right to see more bluebonnet goodness. And be expecting to see more this is one if my favorite things about spring #babiesandseasons
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#theblessedlittlelife
#mmm_springtime
#documentyourdays_hometown
#themagicofchildhood
#theartofchildhood
#exploringnaturewithchildren
#wildandfreechildren
#ourcandidlife
#thesincerestoryteller
#clickinmoms
#candidchildhood
#flowersandotherstories
#embracetheseasons
#posttheseasons
#igmotherhood
#myquietbeauty
#themindfulapproach
#thehonestlens
#inspiremyinstagram
#our_everyday_moments
#writeyouonmyheart
#momentslikethese
#the_sugar_jar
#dearphotographer
#inspiredbymotherhood
#memoirsofmotherhood
#gooutside
#goexplore

Happy April Friends!🌿🌱🍃 it’s the first full month of spring, midterms are finally behind me and finals full steam ahead. This month is my birthday and Easter and the celebrating of new life🌷I’m hoping to put the crazy of the past few months behind me. And in honor of spring and new things my first blog post of 2019 is live☀️ this is one of my favorite books I read last year, and a book that every creative person should read. See the link in bio for all 3✨ (and a few bonus reads too) #readmakegrow .
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#theblessedlittlelife
#flowerstagram
#styletheseasons
#postthesessons
#embracetheseasons
#littlestoriesofmylife
#abmhome
#flowersandotherstories
#underthefloralspell
#alliseeispretty
#moodforfloral
#myquietbeauty
#simpleandstill
#theslowdowncollective
#thesimpleeveryday
#simpleandslow
#alittlebeautyeveryday
#thefeelfreefeed
#thatwinterspringthing
#mybeautifulsimplicity
#thesincerestoryteller
#storytellingmama
#seekinspirecreate
#smpliving
#pursuepretty
#slowdownwithstills

Holding victory✨as I danced around the kitchen with my youngest this morning this phrase came to mind. My youngest son almost never came into existence, a relationship that felt broken and almost ended was healed and restored, a body that was broken and weakened with health problems was strengthened to carry and deliver this baby. During a dark time in my life I prayed for healing and hope not knowing what the future would hold, if my family would stay together or grow. But God knew and God answered✨ I know how hard it can be to hear about another happy ending when you are in pain but for those praying and hoping to see relationships mended, bodies strengthened, and for those praying and hoping for children my heart and prayers are with you today🙏🏻 keep standing, praying and hoping and I pray for you today that you will get to hold your victory soon , whatever that looks like for you🙏🏻 #memoirsofmotherhood .
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#theblessedlittlelife
#motherhoodintheraw
#thyroidcancersurvivor
#gritandvirtue
#bedeeplyrooted
#inspiredbymotherhood
#therealinstamoms
#igmotherhood
#motherhoodthroughig
#thisismotherhood
#ourcandidlife
#thehonestlens
#themindfulapproach
#our_everyday_moments #ipreview via @preview.app
#inspiremyinstagram
#dearphotographer
#thedocumentyourdaysproject

Little hands 🌟 Ezekiel Charles at 15months. Someone asked us the other day what his favorite toys are. And his favorite toys are everything that aren’t toys😆 he loves throwing stuff away, and taking things out of the trash, taking books off the shelves, videos off the tv center, unfolding the laundry, dishes out of the dishwasher, you get the idea😄 but I love that he’s always learning and exploring I don’t wAnt to forget these chubby grabby little fingers 🌟 #writeyouonmyheart .
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#theblessedlittlelife
#themindfulapproach
#thehonestlens
#awakethelight
#dearphotographer
#our_everyday_moments
#inspiredbymotherhood
#memoirsofmotherhood
#simplychildren
#thesincerestoryteller
#candidchildhood
#childhoodunplugged
#storytellingmama
#momtogs
#pixelkids
#igmotherhood
#clickinmoms
#dearphotographer
#ourcandidlife
#memoirsofmotherhood
#inspiredbymotherhood
#documentyourdays
#magicofchildhood

“This is the beginning of a beautiful friendship” 💛 #memoirsofmotherhood
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#theblessedlittlelife
#our_everyday_moments
#ourcandidlife
#inspiredbymotherhood
#awakethelight
#exploringnaturewithchildren
#wildandfreechildren
#simplychildren
#momtogs
#clickinmoms
#pixelkids
#candidchildhood
#childhoodunplugged
#thesincerestoryteller
#storytellingmama
#inspiremyinstagram
#theartofslowliving
#slowlivingforlife
#themindfulapproach
#dearphotographer
#magicofchildhood

You know your a mom when you spend your spring break researching and putting together learning activities to do with your kids...🙈 but after midterms the most relaxing thing I could do was look up sensory and seasonal activities for toddlers and preschoolers right?!😄 well apparently it is officially spring as of a week ago and I’m brightening things up around here with today’s invitation to build a birds nest❤️ it was less than $20 to put both of these together for my boys and we have plans for reading bird books and playing bird bingo etc and I’m so excited for spring🌷🌺🌹☀️🌱🌿🍃 you can see more of this activity in stories! #wildandfreechildren .
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#theblessedlittlelife
#reclaimourhands
#readmakegrow
#embracetheseasons
#aseasonalshift
#lookslikefilmkids
#letthembelittle
#inspiremyinstagram
#thefeelfreefeed
#thesincerestoryteller
#memoirsofmotherhood
#momtogs
#agameoftones
#acolorstory
#exploringnaturewithchildren
#themindfulapproach
#thehonestlens
#unschooling

“Happiness is letting go of what you think your life is supposed to look like and celebrating it for everything that it is” - Mandy Hale. Apparently it was #internationalhappinessday yesterday and I couldn’t let it get far without sharing a moment of the boy whose been changing my plans since the day he was born and bringing me so much joy along with the changing plans. And swipe right for the other boy who changes my plans everyday❤️😀 #memoirsofmotherhood
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#theblessedlittlelife
#babiesandseasons
#candidchildhood
#themagicofchildhood
#theartofchildhood
#ourcandidlife
#our_everyday_moments
#motherhoodintheraw
#thehonestlens
#themindfulapproach
#thefamilynarrative
#letthembelittle
#thesincerestoryteller
#storytellingmama
#awakethelight
#momentslikethese
#momentsofmine
#inspiredbymotherhood
#nothingisordinary
#simplychildren

Tired bad ass - a poem for mother’s and women.
It’s not just the physical weight of carrying another human being for 9 months, or birthing them into the world- though that’s part of it. It’s not just the growing and stretching that happens during breastfeeding and post partum, the loss of physical space and a sense of self. It’s the mental load of life we women carry. The doctor appointments, the rescheduling, the birthday party’s ( did I order that gift?), the clipping of little nails, wait when was bath night again? Remembering to search for the lost beloved toy all over kingdom come, finding room for the beloved artwork on the fridge, remembering to hunt for the missing socks. It’s the caring for everyone else when your sick because moms don’t get sick days, making the magic for the holidays that doesn’t magically happen on its own. And not just Christmas, did I get the class valentines? Did I iron the blue jeans? Filing the income taxes during nap time - wait what am I making for dinner tonight? It’s true what they say” we expect women to work like they don’t have kids, and have kids like they don’t work”. Whatever your work is ; a paying job, a side job, running your home, going to school, we expect ourselves to do it like we don’t have people who need us 24/7. And then we expect ourselves too mother like it’s the only job we have and our time attention and energy isn’t also invested elsewhere. Multitasking isn’t your only identity even if it’s your most used skill.you research cloth diapers vs. disposable, Pinterest the best kids toys, go on the field trips and play dates even when you can’t think of one word to say to another adult human being because your brain is fried. I think every mother has earned her PhD by a baby’s first birthday. We’ve consumed every article and book on sleep training, teething, fevers, milestones and development, diaper rashes, rhythms and routines, and more. We make individual special meals, wash the must have plate or cup. Lose hundreds of hours of sleep. And the minute we have a moments peace?( continued in comments)

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