At any given time, my To Do list is hundreds of items long. Hundreds. That’s another problem for another day, but it does serve as a good reminder that I can’t really do it all. I try, and my list shows I really want to, but something has to give. When I was growing…
Yes, I’m that mom. My kids have asked (practically begged) for us to put up decorations for the last few years. My excuses for not doing so have finally run out. We built our current home about four years ago. Before that, lived in four different homes in less than three years. Needless to say,…
My kids are older now. They are 11 and 9 going on twenty. And sometimes, I get lazy. We bust our asses on Friday night to get everything ready for 9am football games (yes, be there at 8am please which means leave home at 7:30…earlier than a school day) and then the soccer games…
Due to my plate overflowing, this post will be shorter than normal. I have one big concern on my mind and I’m not sure what to do so I’m reaching out to my readers for help. A year or so ago, we had a parent-teacher conference with the teacher of one of my kids and…
Late last week, I started feeling the way I sometimes feel when I swim in a pool or hot tub with a lot of chlorine. I wasn’t sure what triggered it, but I had a strange feeling it was the 20+ mosquito bites I got on our family walk one evening. It was the morning…
Does anyone else struggle with “playtime”? When my kids were tiny, I didn’t find it difficult to play with them. Tickling, peek-a-boo, anything to get them to giggle and laugh. It always seemed so easy. “Playing” when they were babies was so simple and took almost no time at all. As they started to grow…
Anyone else a few weeks into summer and already looking ahead to the next school year? Nah, just me? My kids have been out of school now for a few weeks and although it’s been so nice in many ways, it has also stressed me out considerably more than I usually am. My husband…
TL;DR; Insane Mornings Going Out the Door List Kid Morning Routines Download Free Templates When my kids were smaller, our mornings were complete insanity. Both my husband and I worked out of the house for most of their pre-school years, so our mornings could be a busy time. Getting both kids up, dressed, looking…