“I’m not the most popular mom on the street when it comes to kids and electronics.”
Brooke is a friend I met through blogging 6 years ago, and she has the kindest heart. We haven’t had much one-on-one time over the course of our friendship in the past few years, so it was really fun for me to hear about her life growing up in a small town on a FARM! That is just always so fascinating to me, to hear about how others grow up, so differently from me.
She talks about how she learned the value of hard work and how she aims to instill that in her kids, though they aren’t raising them on a farm. She shares the challenges of raising two babies a year apart WHILE getting her masters degree, so IMPRESSIVE, but of course, hard.
She has some GREAT thoughts on the cell phone with kids conversation, which was a kick in the pants to me about how I need to change some things up with my children.
I’m a little bummed that we had a shaky connection at times while on our phone call, and you may notice that here and there, but I felt like it was minor enough that it wouldn’t bother many, and crossing my fingers that’s the case. If you don’t yet know Brooke, you’ll see her MANY amazing home projects on her site, All Things Thrify.com, she is a HANDY tool-weilding gal!
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Remember to check out Brooke’s site, AllThingsThrifty.com if you want to stretch your creative skills a bit. I’d also love you to hop on over to this post on Instagram and Facebook and give Brooke some LOVE by telling her what you heard on this episode that inspired you or just something you loved learning. You can also refer to episode #5 with Brooke in an iTunes review.
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Favorites:
- Family game: Cover your Assets // Apples to Apples // Exploding Kittens
- Books: Child Whisperer // 5 Love Languages
- Favorite family meal: Crock Pot Pork Chops and Potatoes
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Here are some pictures of Brooke and some friends at a blog conference in 2013, I’m laying my head on her in both pics…haha!
And here is a picture of Brooke as a child on the farm!
