I mentioned this book on our Family Reads list back from July, but I ended up setting it aside when we went up north and then I never really picked it back up again until recently.I finished it the other day. Overall, I think I liked the more general first half of the book the… Continue reading What kids need to hear
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3 Things
Happy Sunday morning! I slept in a little bit and man it felt good. I've got three things I want to share with you today....in no particular order. 1. Gratitude pumpkins!A friend of mine posted this on Facebook and I LOVED the idea!! It would be so fun to do for Thanksgiving. What a great activity for… Continue reading 3 Things
The return of the busy weekend
For the past several years (up until March 2020), our weekends have been notoriously busy. soccer games x2 kids, sometimes in different cities, at different times, different teams- spring and fall1-3 soccer tournaments per season mixed in (for each kid) in different cities...and as you can imagine, a tournament eats up, like, the whole dayindoor futsal… Continue reading The return of the busy weekend
Whirlwind
These are certainly crazy times.Last night we learned that the Wisconsin Supreme Court issued a temporary injunction blocking the emergency order that required all of the schools in our county to open virtually. (If you recall in this post, I explained how our private school was planning and was prepared to safely open this fall,… Continue reading Whirlwind
Snapshots
Good morning! Hope school and life and work and whatever you have going on is treating you well. I'm going to try to keep this brief on text today... I have been choosing to get up later currently (closer to 6 am instead of my normal 5:00). I can use the extra sleep to sustain my patience,… Continue reading Snapshots
An easy day vs hard day: parenting edition
Yesterday was the first "real" day of school, I would say. First day with regular schedule, academics, etc. It went fine. Overall, it was all fine. The biggest issue is that I already feel exhausted from just being "on" all the time. The easiest days by far of having kids home with me while I work… Continue reading An easy day vs hard day: parenting edition
U-rah-rah, it’s the first day of school
Hold onto your hats, folks, it's another school year. Today marks the official first day, though as I've already shared, we'll be starting back up virtually. I think these first couple of days will start out slow and mostly be getting their feet wet with the new virtual schedule and system.Over the past two days, the… Continue reading U-rah-rah, it’s the first day of school
The summer of __________
It is September 1st, which usually for me always marks the unofficial start to fall. September - December is by far my favorite time of the year, and going way back to when I was in school, I generally loved the whole "going back to school" routine. (I mean, of course I was always sad summer… Continue reading The summer of __________
The book is always better
Friday night after Asher's swim practice, we all watched The Hunger Games. A friend recently lent us the whole triology (the books), and Ethan devoured them all in literally a matter of days. On the way home from Florida, Asher finally finished a very thick book he had been working on, so he started in on… Continue reading The book is always better
School Update
I hinted at this in my post the other day, but I should probably address this fully. So, school. Just another one of the 1,000,000 hot topics of the year that gives people another thing to fight and disagree about. This one really gets me riled up personally, so I'm going to try to keep this… Continue reading School Update
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