Summer
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Five Fun Trampoline Games
I don’t know what we would have done over the past two months without outdoor toys. Or without being outdoors at all! All of you imaginary friends living in cold places, I tip…
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Weekend Recap
After a particularly brutal work week (prepping for upcoming travel, beginning onboarding prep for three new ClassMax schools, and completely feral children), I needed a relaxing weekend like nothing else! One of the…
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Report from the Homefront
I feel like a do a pretty good job of telling it like it is around here. When we struggle, I share. When we fall short, I share. When we face challenges, I…
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Sunday Back to School Prep
Yesterday, the kids started another school year. I’ll share pictures of that and details about our first day tomorrow. Before they could go back to school, though, we did some back to school…
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The End is Near
This week we had Meet the Teacher night at the kids’ school. Both of them got really great teachers this year and I am anticipating another great school year for both of them.…
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An End of Summer Arts and Crafts Project
We have two more weeks of summer before the kids head back to school and – MAN! – am I counting down the days! My kids are restless, annoying, short-tempered, and B-O-R-E-D. So,…
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Laid to Rest
This past weekend, my family met in Blountville, Tennessee, to lay my sweet Grandma to rest. It was what you would expect a funeral weekend to be, but it was so much more,…
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Self Care for Business Owners
If there has been a bright side to our miserable summer, it has been the rapid growth and success of ClassMax. What started as a little something I was cooking up for my…
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Another “Hypothetical” Disney Resort Day
A few times every summer, my friend, Danielle, and I think about taking our kids to a Disney resort pool for the day. We would NEVER sneak onto Disney property and mooch their…
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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…