I’m not exactly sure how it happened, but Eden turned 8 this week! I wrote about our birthday traditions back here. The kids love them, but they are all still simple enough that it isn’t stressful. This year I decided to give the kids coupons in addition to their gift. They were a huge hit, and Judah …
I’ve been wanting to create family rules for a while. I love the idea of having something in writing that I can refer to when I am talking to the kids throughout the day — something that will help create an understanding of how they need to behave, without having a list of 75 specific …
I have a planner problem. I love them. I want them all. I have had an absurd number of planners in my life. They are so pretty and fun. Every time I purchase a planner, I think it will change my life. Every time I purchase a planner it ends up in a drawer somewhere after a …
When planning out my school year I try to keep a loose plan and not lay out the year in detail because I know I will end up changing it as time goes on. I started by going through the school year and marking off the days I knew we wouldn’t be doing school. I then broke up the remaining time into …
I am working on making a foam board (I have also used a tri-fold display board in the past) that has all the things I want to review with my kids in the morning. The days of the week, a calendar to cross off days and we often do memorization that I add to the …