Plans for September

I am looking forward to a new month and a new start in a new home. My hopes and aspirations for this month are to ultimately be a great mommy and wife. However, I will be breaking them down into less abstract concepts and more concrete ones.

Home:
- Get everything unpacked and organized
- De-clutter and either sell or give away unwanted/unneeded items.
- Cook dinner every night other than my birthday
- Find a good cleaning/laundry routine

Religious:
-Help out with RCIA
- Pray a decade of the rosary each day
- say grace at each meal

Kids:
- Start Captain's speech
- Captain's tumbling class
- go to the zoo at least once
- do art/craft with Captain once a week
- Baby yoga class with Trumpet
- sort through kids clothes

Crafts:
-sew niece's stocking
- work on Christmas gifts

Pondering Childhood and the Home

I've been pondering a lot of stuff lately. Mostly, the sort of childhood I want my kids to have and the sort of home I want them to live in. I want my children to have a childhood of warm memories. Memories of laughter and fun. I want each day to be special and warm. I want my home to be tidy but well lived in. I want to be a family that loves and laughs together.

I want to be a homemaker who makes a home that her family loves to come home to. I want to make homemade bread and other wonderful dishes to feed and nourish my family. I want to make homemade items for my family to use.

And this is what I will endeavor to do as we move into the new month.