about me – Naptime Chai http://thebenroecks.com Motherhood and adventure in the PNW! Sun, 07 Mar 2021 04:43:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.10 Terrible Things I Love /post/2020/02/14/terrible-things-i-love/ /post/2020/02/14/terrible-things-i-love/#respond Fri, 14 Feb 2020 22:06:33 +0000 /?p=8410 A few months ago The Bloggess wrote a post about the terrible things she loves. Read the post, read the comments! In honor of Valentines Day… Here are some things that no one believes I actually love, but I do! Mondays. … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2020/02/14/terrible-things-i-love/feed/ 0 130 things that made my year (2019) /post/2020/01/01/130-things-that-made-my-year-2019/ /post/2020/01/01/130-things-that-made-my-year-2019/#respond Thu, 02 Jan 2020 05:34:14 +0000 /?p=8394 100 130 Things That Made My Year (2019) (This idea stolen borrowed/stolen from Austin Kleon) Celebrating the first day of the new year (2019) by walking on the beach (at Carkeek Park) with my two little ones. I even set up … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2020/01/01/130-things-that-made-my-year-2019/feed/ 0 Being a Mom + Enneagram Type 7 /post/2019/08/23/motherhood-enneagram-7/ /post/2019/08/23/motherhood-enneagram-7/#respond Fri, 23 Aug 2019 11:34:27 +0000 /?p=8320 I received a comment the other day and (per usual) I had so much to say about it I decided to answer it in a post! Here was the reader comment: “…I just found your blog while googling “how to … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2019/08/23/motherhood-enneagram-7/feed/ 0 Why I’m A SAHM /post/2019/02/06/why-im-a-sahm/ /post/2019/02/06/why-im-a-sahm/#respond Wed, 06 Feb 2019 12:37:52 +0000 /?p=8126 I received a reader comment on here the other day, and it asked such a good, thought-provoking question. The reader asked, “Over the years you’ve mentioned numerous times how you don’t really enjoy being a SAHM. Can I ask why … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2019/02/06/why-im-a-sahm/feed/ 0 A new way to think about resolutions (especially for overwhelmed moms!) /post/2019/01/31/a-new-way-to-think-about-resolutions/ /post/2019/01/31/a-new-way-to-think-about-resolutions/#respond Thu, 31 Jan 2019 18:52:55 +0000 /?p=8096 I’ve been in some group discussions about resolutions this month (who hasn’t?!), and I’ve been really surprised with the number of people who have told me they “don’t do resolutions”. I don’t even know what this means, honestly. I mean, … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2019/01/31/a-new-way-to-think-about-resolutions/feed/ 0 Being an Enneagram Type 7! /post/2019/01/24/enneagram-type-7/ /post/2019/01/24/enneagram-type-7/#comments Thu, 24 Jan 2019 19:18:54 +0000 /?p=8089 One of my obsessions of 2018 was the Enneagram. Anything and everything related to the Enneagram. I first came across the Enneagram in high school, when we did a mini-study of the nine types. Back then I enjoyed it, but it … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2019/01/24/enneagram-type-7/feed/ 8 Celebrating Love /post/2018/02/14/what-i-love-2/ /post/2018/02/14/what-i-love-2/#comments Wed, 14 Feb 2018 21:55:32 +0000 /?p=7843 I’m going to be honest here, I was a bigger fan of Valentine’s Day before it became a Pinterest-worthy event. Or have moms always spent the days before making heart shaped cookies and preparing gifts and all of that photo-worthy … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2018/02/14/what-i-love-2/feed/ 3 What I Love /post/2017/02/15/what-i-love/ /post/2017/02/15/what-i-love/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2017 08:03:56 +0000 /?p=7225 In the past I’ve had a love/hate relationship with Valentine’s Day, but now that I have kids, I’m in a major ‘love it’ phase. I loved creating little valentines for their friends and I loved the craft Clara made at … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2017/02/15/what-i-love/feed/ 17 Turning Thirty and Thinking About My Twenties /post/2016/04/04/thirty/ /post/2016/04/04/thirty/#comments Mon, 04 Apr 2016 20:38:10 +0000 /?p=6533 This past weekend I turned 30. THIRTY! Doesn’t that sound old(ish)?! I feel like if getting married and becoming a mom didn’t make me an adult, turning 30 certainly did. I love looking at my life and seeing how far … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2016/04/04/thirty/feed/ 16 My revised perspective on being a toddler mom /post/2016/01/04/toddler-mom-3/ /post/2016/01/04/toddler-mom-3/#comments Mon, 04 Jan 2016 13:52:54 +0000 /?p=6153 About a month ago, I wrote this post on my feelings of being a toddler mom. It was (and is) one of those posts I wasn’t super thrilled to be writing, but I wrote and published it anyways because I want to … Continue reading →

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