Minding My Peas

Pursuing Mindfulness in Motherhood and Life

Category: Daily Life: Celebrating Motherhood’s Moments

You know those funny things that the kids do?  Or the really hard days that you want to remember when this early motherhood phase is past?  Or maybe the blissful moments of quiet at naptime, with a newborn baby asleep on your chest? This is daily life: where we celebrate Motherhood’s moments. These sometimes quiet, sometimes crazy, altogether too fleeting, daily life moments of Motherhood.  Because the one thing I know for certain is that I want to remember these days forever.

Sometimes we don’t feel like we can celebrate the mundane moments of Motherhood.  We worry that we’ll overshare, and then we worry that we’ll forget too soon.  I think we all just need to stop and take a breath.  Write it down, take a picture, remember these sweet moments of daily life any way you want to, Mama. The good, the bad, the sweet, the beautiful, the ugly, the mundane, the joyous… write it on your heart.

Paragraph in the Life

February 12, 2020 Daily Life: Celebrating Motherhood's Moments No Comments
Every so often I like to do written snapshots of life, just to capture a breath of our life in the spaces between these tiny black lines. There are so many little things in life with children that fade in and out of focus. Little quirks, lisps, interests, favorite games–the…

Dealing With February

February 7, 2020 Daily Life: Celebrating Motherhood's Moments No Comments
I have a tendency to tell myself I like all seasons of the year equally, but every year when we come around to February I astound myself. The depth and breadth of that lie! I do not like February. It is a month best contemplated from a broiling day in…
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Building a Morning Routine

January 30, 2020 Daily Life: Celebrating Motherhood's Moments No Comments
Throughout my adult life, I’ve repeatedly come face to face with the necessity for a morning routine. Mornings can make or break your day, regardless of whether you have children or not. A good morning routine should prepare you for the day as well as propel you forward into it.…

Traveling with Kids: 3 Planning Principles

January 17, 2020 Daily Life: Celebrating Motherhood's Moments No Comments
Traveling is one of our favorite topics. Josh and I love to talk about the countries we want to visit, places we want to see, and when we want to see them. And since we have kids, naturally, we want to take them along with us. They’re with us for…

Learning Home Management from Ma Ingalls

December 18, 2019 Daily Life: Celebrating Motherhood's Moments 1 Comment
Learning Home Management Do you ever read through books that you loved as a child and find yourself marveling at entirely different characters? It’s not an infrequent occurence for me. Sophia has been reading through the Little House on the Prairie books recently, which is both making me sweetly nostalgic…

Little Moments, Passing Days

November 22, 2019 Creative Writing Daily Life: Celebrating Motherhood's Moments 1 Comment
I sit on the floor, legs going slightly numb beneath me as I fold a small mountain of laundry. It’s a weekly occurence, but one that can engulf an entire evening. We’re watching a cheesy Christmas movie (my favorite kind) and the kids are milling around the room, in various…

The Next Best Thing

November 13, 2019 Budgeting Creative Writing Daily Life: Celebrating Motherhood's Moments 1 Comment
When we’re dealing with mindful stewardship of our budgets and how they fit into our lives, we frequently come to twists in the road. Sometimes there are potholes or speedbumps, and sometimes the nicely paved road you were on turns into a dirt road and you have to drive through…
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Building Habits Before the New Year

October 23, 2019 Budgeting Daily Life: Celebrating Motherhood's Moments No Comments
The beginning of a new year always inspires me. There is endless potential wrapped up in every blank calendar page, and as a planner kind of gal, I just love it. I am great at making plans. I’m not always great at following through. Recently though, I’ve made plans (hahaha,…

5 Quick Ways to Reset For Moms

October 18, 2019 Daily Life: Celebrating Motherhood's Moments 1 Comment
Resets in Motherhood Motherhood is a patchwork quilt of rollercoaster moments. There are the big dips and wheels–like adding a new child to the tribe– that are wild and tumultuous, but you see them coming and are somewhat ready for them. There are those rare moments of calm where you…

A Year With Four

September 25, 2019 Daily Life: Celebrating Motherhood's Moments No Comments
Siegfried turned 1 in June. It says a lot about the business of life with four, just to admit that I started this post on his birthday…. and am just now finishing and posting it! He is jolly and active and already has a sense of humor–which is a very…

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Welcome to Minding My Peas

I’m Elizabeth, wife of superman and mother to my four little peas. We’re on a quest to pay off our second house, travel as a family, and spread the feast of a living education for our children.  I’m obsessed with books, budgets, chocolate, and learning new things.  Right here is where I’m trying to record the story of this life. Welcome!

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