Fun Things
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The First Day of School (…one week later)
So, I meant to post this blog post last week, but… life. Despite the late posting, our first week back was really great! The kids have excellent teachers this year and both have…
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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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Top Ten Tuesday
First, thank you all so much for your support and encouragement after my last post. It filled my heart and gave me confidence to just keep going. And thank you again for giving…
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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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Nerf War Birthday Party
Bean turned nine the last week of school, but we decided to have his party after school had ended and everyone’s schedules settled down a bit. Also, we wanted to wait until Gracie…
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Weekend Recap: Summer Countdown!
We had a long, lazy Memorial Day weekend. We were supposed to get some nasty weather from a tropical storm, but the rain never came. It was super windy and cloudy all weekend,…
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Day in the Life: A Crazy Saturday
I love to read “Day in the Life” posts from other bloggers. I just love seeing how people spend their time and collecting little snippets of ideas that I can introduce with my…
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Living that Orlando Life
On Friday, I took the day off to be a chaperone on Gracie’s class field trip to Sea World. It was such a fun day with her! I love getting to see her…
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It’s Good to Take a Break from Yourself
I am not a big music person. Chris is, so I tend to just listen to whatever he is listening to (mostly because he hijacks the music and I have no choice). But…
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A BOX TOPS CRISIS! and other suburban moments.
First of all, all day long I thought it was Wednesday until about 4:00 when another teacher said something about how excited she was that tomorrow was Wednesday and I was like, *record…