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Disrupt Aging and Change Your Perception as a Parent

July 11, 2018 by Alisha 8 Comments

This post is made possible with support from AARP’s Disrupt Aging. All opinions are my own.

Twenty years ago if you asked me if I wanted to have kids the obnoxiously loud answer would have been **** no! Which is why it’s so crazy to think that now at the age of 45 I’m the mother of two daughters. Having children was something I never set my sights on. I never baby sat kids and the thought of having any meant “there goes all the fun”. Even when my husband and I met I wasn’t thinking about kids either then when I hit 28 the baby bug hit me bad! It was like some sort alien creature entered my body…and the rest is history! haha

Today my daughters are 16 and almost 9. I have no idea where in the heck the time went but I would seriously like for it to slow the heck down. My husband and I always joke about how it was a lot easier having our first daughter because we were younger. That 7 year difference ain’t no joke! We recently started talking about how our oldest daughter is going to be heading off to college soon and that being in our late 40s is so different from how we viewed 40s when it came to our parents and even thinking about our grandparents!

There used to be a time where you worked “for the man”, retired at 65 and then just sat around the house doing nothing. Well times have definitely changed and now I work for a non-profit, blog on the side and my husband is self-employed! Now when I look at getting older I look at the endless possibilities of living life to the fullest and enjoying that time with family and friends.

These are 2 people that refuse to be the old, fuddy duddy parents LOL

AARP’s initiative is to disrupt the beliefs that a lot of us have about aging. The mindset should not be about what you haven’t done or what you’re too old to do but encouraging others you to shift your attitude about growing old into a positive one. Had a chat with the hubby about the following questions to see how he feels about how things have changed over the last 16 years as parents. And parenting our 2 girls will keep anyone young! [Read more…]

Dealing with the Possibility That Your Child Has a Learning Disability #NaBloPoMo

November 7, 2015 by Alisha 6 Comments

You never fully understand “no two kids are alike” until you have more than one!

My husband and I are the parents to 2 daughters (13 & 6) that are like night and day. When my oldest was born she was the calmest baby ever. She slept through the night by the time she was 10 weeks old and has been pretty independent all her life.

My youngest daughter was a preemie, in the NICU for a week, had bleeding on her brain (possibly caused by birth trauma) and pretty much cried for the first 10 weeks.

Everyone always says to not compare your kids but sometimes it’s hard. My oldest was reading on a 3rd grade level when she was in Kindergarten and my youngest is struggling and still behind with her reading in 1st grade. The other night she started crying while we were doing homework and it literally broke my heart!

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Game Night with Hedbanz

March 2, 2012 by Alisha Leave a Comment

Game night with “The Lamps”! So all this week it’s just been my oldest daughter and me hanging out. After much pleading and whining, I broke down and bought the Hedbanz game. This game is so much fun!

Playing Hedbanz is simple. After dealing one card and three chips to each player, take your card and place it in your adjustable headband without peeking. When your turn arrives, ask each player a question about who, or what, you are (“Am I a food?”). If you get stuck, the sample questions card offers tips on the types of questions you might ask.

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“Mimi” and I with are game faces!

When you get a yes, your questions will become more specific (“Am I cooked?” or “Did Dad serve me for dinner last night?”) until you’re ready to guess the answer (“I am spaghetti!”). For each identity you guess correctly, you’ll discard one of your chips. If you give up, you’ll collect a chip from the chip bank and be dealt a new card. The first player to get rid of all her chips is the Hedbanz winner.

**This post is made possible with support from AARP’s Disrupt Aging. All opinions are my own.**

This post is made possible with support from AARP’s Disrupt Aging. All opinions are my own.