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Your Kinder Source Weekly Dose of Kinder and Kindness Hello Mama, Monday was World Sea Turtle Day — and if you know me, you know I LOVE sea turtles! 🐢 Just take a look at the logo 😉 I have a small but special collection that started with a few figurines from my Grammy. Over the years, I’ve added to it through my travels and sweet gifts from loved ones. When we built our pool, I even requested a sea turtle design in the pool — that’s how much I adore them! Our pool Why sea turtles?Because they...

Your Kinder Source Weekly Dose of Kinder and Kindness Hello Mama, Fathers are built differently… and let’s thank God for that! From the big picture to the small daily moments, our husbands and fathers bring strength, creativity, and a whole lot of humor to our homes — even when they do things totally differently than we would. 😅 But the truth is: that difference is part of God’s design. All throughout Scripture, God gives us examples of imperfect but faithful fathers: Abraham, who led his...

Your Kinder Source Dose of Kinder and Kindness Hello Mama, As Father’s Day approaches, I wanted to do something special with my kids — something simple but meaningful that would celebrate the amazing daddy they look up to every day. I started searching for a fun Father’s Day questionnaire to help capture their sweet (and often hilarious) thoughts about their dad. But as I looked around, I realized something was missing… Most of the questionnaires didn’t reflect the values we hold dear —...

Your Kinder Source Weekly Dose of Kinder and Kindness Hello Mama, All your kids home for the summer… it’s hot… not as busy as you were doing the school year... and those close quarters? Starting to make everyone a little stir crazy? The sibling squabbles might not have started yet — but we both know they’re coming. At our house, it’s the copying that gets us. One kid copies another, the other gets annoyed, and before you know it — BOOM. Full-blown meltdown. Can your kids look like this? Or...

Kinder Source Weekly Dose of Kinder and Kindness Hello Mama, I wanted to share something that happened at the park the other day — something that reminded me just how powerful prayer can be, even for little hearts. While we were there, another child wasn’t being very kind. You know the type — pushing, shoving, using unkind words.My daughter, 6 years old, was especially upset because the behavior was directed at her little brother. She tried to stand up for him and told the child to stop… but...

Kinder Source Weekly Dose of Kinder and Kindness Hello Mama, It's May in South Florida. That means one things... Florida is preparing for afternoon summer thunderstorms!! No really... It rains almost every afternoon down here. Us native Floridians love it! Truth! As Florida begins this preparation (and catches up from the dry season), we get some longer storms passing through. The other night there was a LOUD thunderclap. And of course, the power flickered and my kids came running to me...

Kinder Source Weekly Dose of Kinder and Kindness Hello Mama, One of my favorite times of day is bedtime with my kids. 😴 Not because the house is finally quiet... or because my husband and I can finally have some uninterrupted time together. It's one of my favorite times of day because I spend some quiet time with each of my kids alone. My 3 year old picks a book of his choice and my 6 year and I are reading a chapter of the Junie B. Jones series together. (Occasionally my will read a picture...

Kinder Source Weekly Dose of Kinder and Kindness "I don't wanna go!!" Our home has been focused on expectations. Since we are having new outings this summer and just so happened that we had 2 birthday parties this week, we have needed to discuss what is expected before, during, and especially when it is time to leave. Setting these expectations can be mentally draining for us Mamas, but the outcome has been extremely less draining (and embarrassing). 😬No one likes to have to pick up their...