by Brooke Romney | Apr 23, 2014 | Parenting
I Never Thought I Wanted Kids But I Was Born to Be a Mother Born to be a mother — that is the unexpected truth of Brooke’s life, from someone who never thought she wanted children at all. Kids were never really her thing. She didn’t play with dolls...
by Brooke Romney | Apr 22, 2014 | Parenting
I cannot believe we are nearing the end of the year! If your school is on a similar calendar, we are in the midst of teacher appreciation week, which is one of the best school weeks of the year. I love that it gives my kids (and me!) a chance to reflect on the work...
by Brooke Romney | Apr 17, 2014 | Parenting
Our Best Parenting Tool: Prepping Our Kids Prepping our kids is, by far, the best parenting tool in the Romney household — and they use it all the time, for every age. The idea came after years of trying to take four boys to places they were not made for:...
by Brooke Romney | Apr 9, 2014 | Parenting
In our home we talk about kindness A LOT. We try to model it in our interactions with people. We try to catch our boys when they are being mean and make them take notice, apologize and change. We try to catch them when they are being kind and notice and compliment....
by Brooke Romney | Apr 2, 2014 | Parenting
If I had to list the 5 most important things I want my children to learn from me, hard work is in there…unfortunately, it is also incredibly difficult to teach. A few years ago, I found myself mostly working alone so I didn’t have to listen to the whining,...
by Brooke Romney | Mar 27, 2014 | Parenting
A few months ago I blogged about one of our favorite Science Fair projects, How Much Sugar is in What you are Drinking. It was such an engaging experiment for my boys and me and a big hit at the Science Fair. In that post I suggested that you could do the same...
