Courtney D'Avella - Birth Doula & Kids Yoga Teacher

Yoga this week! We explored feelings through COLORS🌈! Dr. Seuss’s “My Many Colored Days” 📖and Kira Willey ‘s “Colors” 🎶were our guides. We connected the colors to fun poses, too!

"There’s so much to celebrate here:
bravery and wisdom,
surrender and teamwork,
medicine and healing,
your babies and your big kids.

For all you have endured,
learned,
and grown-to-become…
the celebration is for you."
🖊excerpt from A Cesarean Scar Celebration (courtneydavella.substack.com/s/poems)
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I pull a random affirmation card at the end of each class - and 3 out of my last 4 classes was “I am cheerful💐.” So - guess we all needed that one?! Our zoo adventure included jumping like a monkey, balancing like a flamingo, using our breath to watch a feather move through the air, and talking about how Oliver was feeling after a GIRAFFE ate his LOLLIPOP 🍭 (oops should’ve put a spoiler alert!)

My messy house is a reflection of who I am as a person.

My kids make their own dinner sometimes. And it shows.

My kids have access to all the art supplies they could ever need to create, imagine, and send thank you notes

There are Legos on my floor because I refuse to pick them up. I hope my kids will learn to appreciate the value of keeping things where they belong.

There’s a crab apple on my floor. And I’m glad that my kiddo found enough beauty in nature to cherish it.

My house sometimes smells like cats because yeah, we adopted our fosters. (Oops).

My house is full of unkept shoes because we have been the recipient of so many hand me downs, and we are grateful.

My bedroom is full of American Girls (and their accessories) because who am I to deny my kids the pleasure of my favorite childhood toy?

As I plop on the couch, my son’s new tennis racket handle pokes my leg. But I know that’s only because he can’t seem to put it down long enough to find a place to store it.

Stickers stay on mirrors and cabinets and pantries remain stuck, because I actually like the one that says “brave”.

My kitchen is always dirty, Because my family has enough to eat.

There are sticky handprints on our stair railing because my kids leave the table before I can make sure their hands are clean - because I’m enjoying a conversation with my husband.

I’ve tried to adapt the narrative that my messy house is not a reflection of me, but maybe it is - in ways I can appreciate.
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