Gift Ideas
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My Neighborhood Library Box
You guys. On Mother’s Day this year, Chris and the kids gave me the best gift EVER. For weeks, they had been secretly building me a neighborhood library box for our yard! Have…
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Project EVO Planner
I wrote last week about my planning and calendaring process that I use to help keep my sanity while balancing three jobs right now. Then, on Mother’s Day, Chris surprised me with an…
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Teacher Appreciation Gift
As a former teacher, let me tell you a little secret… there is no such thing as a bad teacher appreciation gift. I PROMISE YOU. You can’t mess this up because you are…
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Books My Kids Are Reading: Ages 7 and 9
It’s been a while since I’ve shared about our books around here. I’ll do a post later about my summer reading list, but I thought I’d give some ideas for books for kids…
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A Christmas Present Idea for Elementary Age Kiddos
Two years ago, when Bean was in first grade and Gracie was in preschool, we got the kids an Osmo for Christmas. I found it on one of Amazon’s gift list ideas. I…
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End of Year Teacher Gift Idea
For once in my life, I am ROCKING the end of the school year. I’m teaching a unit right now that I taught at this same time last year, so planning each day…
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Gracie’s 5th Birthday Recap
Happy Easter, friends! A better blogger would have scheduled an Easter recap on Easter Sunday instead of a birthday recap. But… half-assed. So instead, let me just tell you that we had a…
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Easter Basket Ideas – 5yo Boy and 4yo Girl
I better mother would have had these finished weeks ago. A better blogger would have documented these weeks ago. Unfortunately for you all, I’m neither. So, here we sit two days before Easter, ready…
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Christmas Gifts 2014: Three Year Old Girl
My mother is notorious in our family for starting her Christmas shopping way too early. She starts requesting Christmas lists in August and by October, she’s pretty much finished. She spends November picking…
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Things I Love Right Now
1. Bean’s soccer games. I love cheering for him on Saturdays at his soccer games. It has been so fun to watch him grow and learn this season. He doesn’t seem to have…
