• Ex-Extracurriculars

    Parenting Lesson #5,426:  Just because your kids are the right age to participate in extracurriculars doesn’t mean they are ready to participate. ******* This was a big year for our family.  Bean turned…

  • Safe Start/ISR Classes, Week Four

    The kids are in week four of their Safe Start infant survival swimming lessons. Before we started classes, I scoured the internet for videos and articles on the program, just to see what…

  • Safe Start: Week One

    Since we moved to Florida, I have wanted Bean (and then Gracie) to take Safe Start swimming lessons. Well, they aren’t actually swimming lessons, per se. They are called infant survival research (ISR).…