Summer Lovin’
Summer is officially over here as school has started back and it’s no longer hot enough to fry an egg on the sidewalk…even before the sun rises in the mornings. I fell in love with a lot of things this summer, so I thought I’d share some of my discoveries with you as we often have similar taste. The Botanical Gardens launches some sort of park-wide exhibit every summer. This summer? Treemendous Treehouses. It was SO MUCH FUN. Some of them were just small... Read More
Teaching My Kids Life Management Skills, 42 Errands At A Time.
Wes has gotten the most out of me as a Mother. I worked when Nikki was little, and then added Wes to the family before she was 3. E had me to himself as a child, but I went to school the first 3 years and then school and work until he started Kindergarten. He definitely didn’t get me to himself as much as Wes does. As a matter of fact, my last year of college when he wasn’t in Kindergarten, he was in college. I would pick him up from school and then we’d head... Read More
The Simple Ideas Are Always Spot On
I wrote recently about being overwhelmed by my To Do list and many of you suggested things like calendars and lists. They seemed like suggest obvious suggestions (especially for a pen-lover like myself) but I hadn’t really organized my life enough to even try either. So, I bought A Mom Calendar which made me roll my eyes a little because – REALLY? A MOM Calendar? But I slapped a TOMS sticker on the front of it over the “MomAgenda” part and was ready... Read More
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Sunday night Wes woke up with another leg cramp before Nikki had even gone to bed. She and I gave him a banana and I brought him (and her, she wasn’t going to miss out on the fun.) into our bed and I rubbed his leg off and on trying to ease his pain. After an hour or two of no sleep I decided to give him a warm bath. When I got severe leg cramps as a child, my Dad would fill an old paint bucket (Cleaned!) up with hot water and I would soak my leg until the water turned... Read More
Fighting The Giggles
NikkiZ came down the stairs yesterday morning after a Coloring With Markers session in the playroom. I have mixed feelings about markers. I don’t really mind that they end up on fingers and hands sometimes because they’re easy to clean off. But once in awhile this happens and I am reminded that maybe Wes shouldn’t be using them unattended. So, I was letting her color with markers while Wes ate breakfast. So – she comes downstairs but stops halfway and calls... Read More
