It’s the beginning of a new month, and that means (for me and my family!) the beginning of a new Fishful Thinking ingredient to focus on for the month. This month’s focus is Resilience. Resilience is the ability to bounce back from setbacks, learn from failure, be motivated by challenges and believe in your own…
Fishful in New York
A few years ago, if you had asked me what I envisioned for the year 2010 I would have said, “More of the same.” Honestly, for me motherhood has been a lot of the same routine, day in and day out. Month after month and year after year. Motherhood has its highs and its lows,…
Here It Goes Again…
I am spending the day with my sister and niece (who I haven’t seen since October!!) and sorting 200 boxes of Girl Scout cookies that Necco sold this season. It’s a busy and WONDERFUL day. For your viewing pleasure…..A video that everyone should watch: I have super-exciting news, and can’t do it justice today, but…
Savoring
Last week, we were snowed in. Plans were changed, school was put on hold, parties were rescheduled. This week has been a little bit more complicated than usual as we have tried to adjust. Today was the Valentine’s Day celebration at school. AJ and I joined Reese’s first grade class for snacks, games, and demonstration…
Valentine’s Day Craft, Fishful Thinking Style
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Fishful Thinking has a great activity (Favorite Photo Valentines) for you to do with your kids! Here’s what my kids did this week: How to make Favorite Photo Valentines I let the kids look through some photos and asked them to pick a picture that made them happy. Next,…
Looking at the Storm With Optimism
There is a chance that this may be my last blog post for a few days. I’m sure I will miss it much more than any of you will miss me. Today and tomorrow, the storm of the century is hitting the Washington DC area, and some of our neighbors have already lost power. We…
Optimism: Inspire an Attitude of Gratitude
I mentioned last Saturday that I was going to focus on one Fishful Thinking ingredient each month between now and June. February is Optimism month. I thought I’d post a little overview of what optimism is and why it’s important (as parents especially) to focus on this great value! From FishfulThinking.com, I found a list…
What is Fishful Thinking?
While we are all working hard relaxing and taking it easy this weekend, I thought it would be nice to share this new Fishful Thinking overview with you. Most of my regular readers know that I am a Fishful Thinking faculty mom, but some of you newer or first time readers may not have heard…
The Goldfish Guide to Raising Optimistic Kids
Today I am going to stay away off my computer and enjoy my family. I’m going to play games (like Bananagrams, which is our current daily game), read my book (if you’ve ever considered reading Three Cups of Tea consider this your motivation to do it–it’s great!), and maybe even sneak out on a lunch…