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do toys ruin children?

11/19/2018

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so here
we are in
pre holiday bliss

i always get
a little barometer
preview
of where
my son is at
in terms of
giving + receiving
materialism
+
commercialism
after his birthday

we had such
a beautiful
10th birthday
celebration

(thank you 
for all the
sweet wishes)

then it didn't end
the festivities lasted
a whole week...
we had family 
in town
(which was grand)
we celebrated
his real birthday
a couple days later
then our annual
wonderfully fun 
school fundraiser
was the same week

somewhere
in the middle
i no longer 
had a child
i had a puddle
of tears

of over-stimulation
of too much sugar
+ not enough sleep
of missing family
we love who live
farther away
than we'd like
and
of too.many.toys.

so it's not fair
for me to blame
too much birthday
just on
too many toys

in fact
he was blessed
with wonderful
+ educational
toys
but still they
were objects
bought in stores
nonetheless

and it got me 
thinking lots
about the holidays
of all my values
for giving
for homemade
for winter nature

and phew
i'm so thankful
i'm hosting 
the 3rd annual
holiday magic
~ not madness 
next week

i hope you'll
join us too
for simple
FUN + MAGIC
for less stress
and wayyyy
less consumerism ​
(and i'll be sharing
my fav positive parenting
tools for when your kids
are over-holidazed :)

Join us for
Holiday Magic
​~ not madness!


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Holiday Magic ~ not madness! 2018

and sleep
golden SLEEP
in this season
of hibernation
when it's
go
go
go
with holiday fun
but everyone
is ssooo tired

join us 
TODAY!
monday, 11/19
at 9:30 am pst
for a special
fb livestream
here with
Brittney Stefanic
we'll be talking
holiday sleep!

i seriously
can't wait
because
our sleep is
already off
and it's not even
thanksgiving yet

You Got This
Holiday Magic
​~ not madness!


Click here to join us for Holiday Magic ~ not madness!

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Rachel Hadiashar Photography
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