{"id":1270,"date":"2012-12-27T10:24:28","date_gmt":"2012-12-27T15:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/lifeasaconsciousmom\/?p=1270"},"modified":"2012-12-27T10:24:28","modified_gmt":"2012-12-27T15:24:28","slug":"celebrating-the-new-year-with-your-child-what-will-you-create-in-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeasaconsciousmom\/2012\/12\/27\/celebrating-the-new-year-with-your-child-what-will-you-create-in-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating The New Year With Your Child \u2013 What Will You Create in 2013?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The New Year offers us both a time to reflect and a time to set out our intentions for the year ahead.<\/p>\n

As adults we do this, but it\u2019s great to get your kids in the habit of doing the same.<\/p>\n

At the end of 2008 we decided that we wanted to buy a house and move out of New York City.<\/p>\n

This was no small endeavor for us. We didn\u2019t have a down payment, we had no cars, the move itself was going to be quite expensive, but we were certain it was what we wanted to do. On the eve of 2009 my husband, son and I stood in the living room (which was also our kitchen and dining room) of our Brooklyn apartment and we set out our intentions for 2009. We stated what we wanted to create \u2013 a home we loved, land, a pool, a dog, a fence, a barn for Chuck to paint in and the money to be able to make the move.<\/p>\n

As 2009 moved forward we saw all of our intentions fall into place. An estate gift gave us the money for the down payment, a client needed to rehome a dog and we happily welcomed him into our family. We looked at more than 60 houses between July and December 2009 and finally found IT, a beautiful old Victorian Gothic on 3 acres, with a barn and a pool, already fenced in. Even when it came time for our move, my husband got a deal from a moving company, which made the move simple and fluid.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s great for kids to see that they have the ability to manifest and it\u2019s even better to have things that the family works to create together.<\/p>\n

As we move into 2013, take some time as a family to consider what you want the year ahead to be. What do you want to create? What do you want to experience? Then create a ritual through which you launch these intentions into the universe, to Spirit or to God, whatever you may believe.<\/p>\n

Here are five things to do with your child before the New Year<\/p>\n