I’m a mom, stepmom, and theatre educator helping exhausted parents access their inner creative playfulness for more connection and joy. No messy crafts, complicated setups, or sensory bins here! Just simple, silly moments that bring your family back together through laughter. My short weekly emails share reflections from real life and a simple invitation you can try for yourself or with your kids.
Here’s what dropping the ball looks like today (pic)
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this is what me dropping the ball looks like today: Yep. Snuggling the kiddos who didn’t sleep well. But baby girl couldn’t settle last night. So here I am, winging this email, hoping there’s some value in it for someone out there! 💞 My invitation for you this week: If there is even some tiny ball you can drop, just drop it. Cheering you on always, Mia Announcements! ⬇️ 1. Big App Update All my apps are now available in one tidy, cute Playful Heart App Hub. If you’ve already purchased one of the previous bundles, you should have an email from me about this. If you don't see it, let me know! This includes eight apps in one place: all my prompt-based games plus the Little Moments collection with silly, low-lift ideas to make life more fun without extra time or effort. You’ll also get a printable PDF with 340 prompts in easy print-and-cut card decks for a screen-free option in the car, at dinner, or anywhere you want a quick little reset. If you want a tour of exactly what it looks like inside, tap HERE. (P.S. You can also gift this to someone!) 2. Advent Calendar If you’re playing the games from “Laughing All the Way,” I hope you’re loving them! And if you meant to grab these for some holiday silliness and connection, there’s still plenty of time to enjoy them. Pick your favorites, draw them from a hat, bring them out at a gathering! Tap HERE to learn more and grab it. 3. HANUKKAH GAMES! Happy Hanukkah!! In case you missed it, I made this fun new freebie of silly Hanukkah games, and you can download it right here: Festival of Fun - Silly Hanukkah Games.pdf MORE FROM PLAYFUL HEART PARENTING: Playful strategies for navigating everyday parenting challenges and reducing power struggles. |
Playful Heart Parenting
I’m a mom, stepmom, and theatre educator helping exhausted parents access their inner creative playfulness for more connection and joy. No messy crafts, complicated setups, or sensory bins here! Just simple, silly moments that bring your family back together through laughter. My short weekly emails share reflections from real life and a simple invitation you can try for yourself or with your kids.
I was working upstairs the other day when I got a text from my husband, who was downstairs with the kids. It said, “He did this all on his own. Keeps saying, ‘Hope no one eats this when I’m not looking!’” and included a short video. In the video, my son was holding my daughter’s toddler fork with a bite of butternut squash. She was in her highchair, gazing at him. He brings the fork toward her mouth, then looks away, humming casually, as if to say, Nothing to see here! She smiles...
My weekend was SICKK (and not in a good way!) Yep, after caring for sick kiddos, the virus finally caught up to my husband and me this past weekend and knocked us on our BOOTANGS, as my friend Angela calls it. TV was working OVERTIME as we literally just tried to make it through and keep our kiddos alive. 😮💨 (SO thankful for power, it’s a mess in Nashville and many STILL don’t have power!!) Was I silly and playful this past weekend? Heckkk NOPE. But there was actually one moment. My 4yo and...
Reasons we've been spiraling over here: Our town was hit with a severe ice storm and we lost power for 12 hours... We are so grateful because so many are still without power in Nashville and are having to seek shelter. To top it off, we’ve got sick kiddos. (like, throw-up sick and I have emetophobia... not fun) And we’re feeling the weight of the world. So last night when my stepdaughter started spiraling about something else entirely, at first I was thinking… “come on, pleeease… everything...