Kids, Life, School

Witnessing the next step- college choice

It's that time of year where high school seniors are finalizing their college choices for next year. Obviously I do not have a senior (yet, thank goodness), but I know many people who do! I love witnessing this next step! One of the cool things about Asher's swim team is that it's one big team-… Continue reading Witnessing the next step- college choice

Kids, Life, Random

Random…Thoughts from A Walk with Charlie

1) I was walking Charlie the other afternoon, on one of our surprise-spring-warm-days (not today which is absolutely frigid again). As I approached this one corner house, I saw 2 little boys playing in the front yard. Maybe... 4 and 6? 5 and 7? Somewhere in there. Anyway, it was such a nice day and… Continue reading Random…Thoughts from A Walk with Charlie

Holidays, Kids, Weekends

A swimming weekend and Christmas challenge check-in

This has been a pretty swim dominated weekend so far. Friday night Asher and I attended the high school swim meet. His best swim friend is a year older and already in high school, so we went to watch him swim. It made Asher very excited to do HS swim next year!! There is a… Continue reading A swimming weekend and Christmas challenge check-in

Life, Weekends

A “it’s really feeling like fall now” weekend update

The Packer game kicks off in 20 minutes, so I don't have much time. Just jumping on to say hola and give a quick weekend update. The weather has been BEAUTIFUL. Just beautiful. Well, yesterday and today, anyway. Friday night Ethan had a 4:30 p.m. soccer game and it was overcast and spitting a few… Continue reading A “it’s really feeling like fall now” weekend update

Friday 5, Life, Misc.

Friday 5: kid updates, parenting + tech webinar, 100 days to 2024?!

Happy Friday. Whew, it's been a week. A couple unfortunately non-bloggable stressful things popped up, but hopefully we're on the downswing now. Here are 5 things on this Friday.... 1. Kid Updates This week on Wednesday Ethan's school had a full day Community Service event. They do this every year. The entire high school gets… Continue reading Friday 5: kid updates, parenting + tech webinar, 100 days to 2024?!

Kids, Life, Misc.

More volunteering (but the okay kind) + a kids/tech webinar

Last night Asher and I volunteered for an event benefiting his swim team from 6:30- 8:15. Once a year, a locally based/ now-chain Wisconsin fan-favorite restaurant called Culver's does a benefit night for his team, where a % of the proceeds go to the team. As such, they ask for some team volunteers to "help… Continue reading More volunteering (but the okay kind) + a kids/tech webinar