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Chores for Elementary Aged Children
I started to write this post and it reminded me of a little spelling test Gracie took a few months ago in which she forgot a very important letter in one of her…
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…And here I am!
So, today at 9:00am, I was sitting in my classroom at my desk, grading papers and waiting for the school day to start at 9:30, when my phone rings. It’s my kids’ school…
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Horrible Parenting: Exhibit A
Oh, friends. I messed up royally this past weekend with Bean. I have felt horrible for days now and try as I might to tell myself that these things happen, I just can’t…
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Regretting My Summer
I love teaching and I would do it whether we had summers off or not, but I do love having that time every year with my kids. Summers have always been my favorite…
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A Different Kind of Summer
In the first few weeks of summer, I quickly realized that this summer would be… different. For one thing, Bean and Gracie are starting to separate themselves from each other in some ways.…
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Raising Stubborn Children (named Gracie…)
My mom gave Chris and I the very best piece of parenting advice ever when the kids were about two and three years old. She said that she and my dad spent a…
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I Was Mean Girled by My Own Daughter
We are heading to the Keys for a week-long vacation soon, and so I loaded the kids up late last week to head over to Target for the dreaded bathing suit purchase. Can…
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Summer Schedules
A few years ago, I learned that the trick to enjoying my summer was to have a very loose, flexible daily schedule. When I would wake up and just “see where the day…
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Double Trouble
The older kids get, the harder it is to keep a straight face when they are in trouble. AmIright???? The other day, we were driving down the road and they were getting on…
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Lessons Learned on a Baseball Field
Last night we had Bean’s end of season baseball party. We met with our team at a local sports bar and had dinner and a little awards ceremony. It was a nice way…
