For as long as school as has been around, children have dragged their feet when it comes to doing homework. There are all sorts of reasons for it. A child might be struggling in a class and homework might feel like hitting their head against a brick wall. A child may be very bright and…
Kaplan Tutoring Test Drive
Keeping on top of the progress of five children in school can be tough. I’ve got a couple of kids who are very independent and self motivated. And then I’ve got a couple of kids who need a little bit more help and prodding. AJ, my kindergartener, is yet to be decided. My kids are…
Kids and the F-Word
When I was newly engaged and was waiting for my engagement ring to be ready (it was behind schedule and I was heading home in a few short days to take engagement pictures), CandyMan broke the news to me that the ring would not be ready for our pictures and our trip. I was steaming….
An Apple a Day…
Help me win the Amazing Avocado Big Hit Grand Prize ($5000!) for my yummy Avocado recipe by voting daily for me at https://www.theamazingavocado.com/bighit/vote.php?id=8 I wish I could say that I eat an apple a day. I would if I hadn’t become allergic to them after having kids (I blame the summer I spent in Russia…
Critical
Help me win the Amazing Avocado Big Hit Grand Prize ($5000!) for my yummy Avocado recipe by voting daily for me at https://www.theamazingavocado.com/bighit/vote.php?id=8 I love my kids. They are strong, caring, beautiful children. I love being a mom. I love that I can stay home with them, even if I am busier now than I…
How to Avoid Before-School Melt-Downs
Help me win the Amazing Avocado Big Hit Grand Prize ($5000!) for my yummy Avocado recipe by voting daily for me at https://www.theamazingavocado.com/bighit/vote.php?id=8 Mornings can be hectic with five kids in school. Heck, afternoons and evenings are hectic with five kids in school. But mornings present a completely unique and challenging…. challenge. Getting five kids…
Framed
The time has finally come. I’m taking Twizzler in to have his eyes checked, and I fear that it’s finally his turn to have his own set of eyeglasses like his dad and big sisters. He’s got all of the signs: squinting, complaining that he can’t read things, ans sadly…..family history. My girls got their…
Day One
This week, I had the joy of meeting my new niece on her first full day on earth. She was born over a month early, but was perfect in every way. It was love at first site. Of all the joys that lighten suffering earth, what joy is welcomed like a newborn child? ~Dorothy L….
Revisiting my Happy Place: Back-to-Blogging Day 2
The SITS girls are holding a week-long challenge to get all of us back into the blogging routine after Summer. Yesterday, I reposted my almost-very-first blog post ever, from October 2007. Today the challenge is to find a post that you wish more people had read. That’s a tough one. I thought about posting one…
Apparently, I’ve Become THAT Kind of Mother
I was doing so well sending the kids off to school this morning. Everyone woke up at a reasonable hour (meaning, no one refused to wake up), everyone ate a good breakfast and got dressed in clean clothes. Hair was brushed. Shoes were put on. Pictures were taken. And then, I got a text message….
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