We started our school year yesterday. I have realized early August is the perfect time for us to begin school. We are all rather tired of the heat and it just makes sense to start now. My kids were not exactly thrilled, with the exception of Levi, my kindergartener. We always start our school year with new school supplies. …
What I’m loving Shapewear I heard about Hi-Waist Shapewear from Megan on Sorta Awesome Podcast and thought it was a great idea. Like her, I often wear dresses or skirts most of the summer and I sort of miss the feeling of everything being sucked in that comes from wearing jeans (I have had 4 babies, and my stomach …
Growing up, my family spent a week every summer at the beach. My grandparents had a trailer on the bay where they lived all summer long; and for 2 weeks, my aunt would rent a condo right across the street. My family stayed with her for one of those weeks. We spent the week fishing, …
After a full month of crazy busyness in June, things are finally slowing down enough around here for me to start planning our next school year. I have had several people ask me how I plan out my school year so I thought I would share it in a post. I already know what curriculum …
What I’m loving Our library’s Get Out & Go Program This summer our library is participating in a program to get families more active. They gave out booklets that listed many local parks and hiking trails. Each location has marker posts with unique etchings for the kids to rub on a rubbing sheet. The rubbings are then submitted for a …
Sometimes I just need a change. OK, if I am honest, I need change often. Being stuck in the same routine day after day sort of feels like a slow death. As I am learning more about myself, I realize that my craving for constant change is just my personality type. But I also know a lot …
All week we had planned on going to see a magician at our local library. At some point, shortly before we needed to leave for the library, my darling son decided he no longer wanted to go. So he put on his shoes in between crying and stomping, I physically moved him out the door and …
Kids love art projects and making crafts. It is good for their creativity, imagination and I’m sure a million other things. But sometimes having to clean up one more mess is just too much for me! I really do love giving my kids the freedom to engage and be creative in the projects they are interested …
Now that the bulk of our school year is done, I am taking the time to look back over my plans for the past year to figure out what worked well and what failed miserably. We finished our regular school year a week and a half ago, and we are finishing up our 2-week break before we …
I often say I feel like such a boy’s mom. While my oldest is a girl, the 3 boys that follow her regularly throw our house into chaos. Boys are definitely a whole different ball game. Recently, Carlos started reading my book on raising boys and as he read me quotes for the past few …