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Leave it all on the field. By the lovely Grace Farris.
P.S. Fall memories and magical nights.
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Currently sharing a smoothie with my 1.5 year old who refuses to sleep past 6am. (😭) Apparently I have become a smoothie parent now too. The journey was roundabout and subtly COJ influenced.
The recent VP debate was the perfect excuse for me to finally try Tater-tot hot dish. My search for a classic recipe led me to Molly Yeh’s cookbook “Home is Where The Eggs Are. She waxes poetic about her love for her Vitamix and has 3 amazing smoothie recipes. I found out you can buy a refurbished Vitamix from the company that still has a warranty for a less expensive and environmentally friendlier option.
Moral of the story? I highly recommend:
– Tater-tot hot dish
– Home is Where The Eggs Are
– Certified Refurbished Vitamix
– Being a Smoothie Mom
Ha ha yes to Coach Mom
I am 100% desperate smoothie mum with a vegetable avoidant 3.5 year old! He has no clocked that veggies are important for his body, but doesn’t want to eat them, but wants to know that he is eating them because he wants to grow strong. 😵💫
Luckily he will eat bright green smoothies happily! Squash, kale, cauliflower, as long as there’s some fruit in there it’s going down 💪 happy mum, happy preschooler
A smoothie will fix all my parenting errors, right? RIGHT?!
All of the above, but lately, my go-to is desperate smoothie parenting. Love all of Grace’s work, but wow, does this one ever make me feel seen!
Hi beautiful people, I loved this post and it reminded me that a couple years ago I reached out on this site for books that might help my young teen deal with bullies. So many of you shared your experiences and suggested some great books (which I bought, and then passed on to my local library to share the good). Anyway I thought I would share a suggestion a friend made earlier this year. (My son’s struggles continue, but this suggestion from my friend has made a tremendous difference). My beautiful friend started teaching two years ago – she’s 52, it was a change of career. Then she taught at a co-ed public school, and her experience told her this “compliment your son 10 times a day, even 5 will do”. So when the school called me to discuss his disengagement, instead of buckling down on how he was being treated, why he let them get under his skin, why he wasn’t getting is work done etc, instead I just kept complimenting him. Sometimes it was how cute he looked, or commenting on his new rituals (like making smoothies “good food choices”, or seeing his grandparents), or how he described something to me – anything… at all, just positive affirmations. Seeing his face light up at a kind word, hearing him say “Thank you mum”, and then things like this out of the blue “I love you” “You look great today”. “You are so smart – how did you get to know so much” (oh my god…. yes he really did). Whilst his school life and social life might be beyond my control, this wonderful act of complimenting him has opened up room for us to love each other, in a world where teens don’t get so many people saying “good job” unless they are the elite ones, it’s important for home to be kind.
I love this! I want to pay some compliments to my 2 little boys today. I often forget to point out the good and yell at them to hurry and wash their hands or put their backpacks on the hooks, but you bring up an amazing point. Compliments and kindness at home are so important for self confidence too.
This is a great tip. I would also love to hear the names of the books you found helpful. Would you be able to share?
This is beautiful. I will try this too with my teen.
What a lovely comment! Thank you for sharing this wisdom. Will use this on my kids!!
Love this Kirby! I’m a teacher at an alternative high school where most of our kids are really struggling. As a staff, we did extensive trauma-informed care training last year. Our facilitator (a trauma therapist), said this is actually evidence based! She told us to compliment our students using their name (Like, “Johnny, your hair looks nice today!”). She said that doing that enough builds kids’ resilience.
Glad your son has a safe and supportive haven in you.
Thank you for your positive comment–especially appreciated at the end of a personally difficult day. Life can be hard sometimes. Having home be kind is so, so helpful. Being reminded to lead with kindness is also so, so helpful. Even thinking about it makes my body feel more relaxed. In the end, we’re all on this planet together. Unless someone is a total monster we can hope to find some common ground, even if it’s just a shared smile as we wait together in some long line. (And if the person *is* a total monster, we can be glad that we didn’t sink into incoherent rage in their presence.)
Thank you again, from this internet stranger. I wish you a peaceful evening and weekend.
Hi Kirby,
Thank you for the follow-up. I remember your first comment/question about your son and continue to wish you both well. I am going to implement this with my own kids, especially the older one who is a new tween and feeling aaaaaaaall the feels.
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