Recently, we celebrated Mother’s Day, so I wanted to join so many others in giving a very well-deserved shout out to all the wonderful moms out there. Not too long ago, I scrolled through the news headlines on my phone, and clicked on an article about Blake Lively out with her children in New York. …
Spring is here. This morning I heard the birds chirping and I felt like they were officially announcing the arrival of the season. For me, in the south, the temps are getting warmer, but there are still cool mornings and evenings where jackets are required. I can hardly believe Easter has already come and gone. …
If there was one time of year that I could experience in slow motion, it would be now. The start of fall. The weather is changing and those of us in the south are finally feeling a break in the hot, humid, sticky summer temperatures. The mornings and evenings are crisp and cool and a …
Last summer, while still in lockdown, we decided to have a movie week. I picked some old ones, some new ones and then planned a week of activities with these movies as the theme. With each day and each movie, came a unique, important lesson. I love a good kids movie. The humor, the quirky …
School is back in swing. Easy as 1.2.3, right? Wrong. I don’t know about you, but it is well into the third week of school, and I have that pop quiz feeling when I wake up, and I am not ready. There is a lot to keep up with. The boys each have folders sent …
Around the middle of June last year, our family decided to go to the beach. It was just our immediate family, and we had all been sequestered for a long, long couple of months. (Think back to the 2020 meme about February having 29 days, March having 300 days and April lasting 5 years.) It …
This time last year, we launched into a week’s worth of American history, starting in the year 1770. Since it was the week of July 4th, I thought it would be a great theme for a week of summer lockdown learning and activities. Specifically, we did a countdown, or timeline leading up to the historic …
I have always wanted to go to Australia. It’s on my bucket list. Given that it is around 22 hours flying time, I feel like I should commit at least a couple of weeks. There is plenty to do and see, so filling up a two-week itinerary should not be a problem. It will not …
Cars. Cars. Cars. That was the answer if you asked my two-year-old at the time, now eight-year-old what he wanted to play with. He wanted to race cars. We would sit, me or his dad or his grandparents at one end of the hall and he at the other. He would race his toy cars …
For our third week of SVL (supplement-to-virtual learning), I decided to focus on all things Spring. The weather is perfect this time of year, so we needed to be outdoors. I was so grateful for the days of sunshine because it lessened the feeling of being sequestered during lockdown. We headed outside and got our …
