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March is Resilience Month!

Saturday, March 6, 2010 by Lolli 1 Comment

Fishful Thinking - resilience

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…

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Filed Under: That's life! Tagged With: Fishful Thinking

Fishful in New York

Tuesday, March 2, 2010 by Lolli 42 Comments

Lolli, Pepperidge Farm, and Dr Karen Reivich

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,…

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Filed Under: Blogging, Travels Tagged With: blogging, Fishful Thinking, Wordful Wednesday, writers workshop

Here It Goes Again…

Saturday, February 27, 2010 by Lolli 17 Comments

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…

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Filed Under: Family life, Video Tagged With: Family life, Fishful Thinking, travel

Savoring

Friday, February 19, 2010 by Lolli 10 Comments

Valentine's Party

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…

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Filed Under: Holidays & Celebrations Tagged With: Family life, Fishful Thinking, Holidays & Celebrations

Valentine’s Day Craft, Fishful Thinking Style

Saturday, February 13, 2010 by Lolli 13 Comments

valentines day photo craft

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,…

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Filed Under: Family life, Holidays & Celebrations, Projects and crafts Tagged With: crafts, Family life, Fishful Thinking, projects and crafts, Valentine's Day

Looking at the Storm With Optimism

Saturday, February 6, 2010 by Lolli 26 Comments

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…

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Filed Under: Family life, Parenting, Washington D.C. Tagged With: Family life, Fishful Thinking

Optimism: Inspire an Attitude of Gratitude

Saturday, January 30, 2010 by Lolli 11 Comments

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…

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Filed Under: That's life! Tagged With: Fishful Thinking

What is Fishful Thinking?

Saturday, January 23, 2010 by Lolli 7 Comments

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…

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Filed Under: Video Tagged With: Fishful Thinking, video

The Goldfish Guide to Raising Optimistic Kids

Saturday, January 16, 2010 by Lolli 5 Comments

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…

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Filed Under: Family life, Parenting, Video Tagged With: Family life, Fishful Thinking, Parenting, video

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