This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #BeHealthyForEveryPartofLife #CollectiveBias No doubt is is hard to when your child packs up and heads off to college. After unloading the car, helping set up the dorm room, meeting the roommate, and a few floor mates – the time eventually comes …
Here is an easy and totally fun Hallowwen art activity for the kids! I call it art, because this was a fun activity that I incorporated into my art classroom one year. We built sculptures out of Halloween treats! The kids had a blast and it was so easy to put together. I simply headed …
A new school year has just gotten underway. I have welcomed 66 new sixth graders to my classroom, and I recently met all of the parents at Back-to-School night. What I love about Back-to-School night is that so many parents come out in force to hear about what their child’s school year will entail. It was a very …
A little over a week ago, I took my daughter to the airport where she boarded a plane to Copenhagen, Denmark. This was most definitely a teary-eyed day. I have sent many children off to college. I helped one child move into her first dorm 3,000 miles away! I also drove cross-country with this child …
This is my 19th year packing school lunches! And I have five more years to go before the youngest is off to college. That is a whole lot of lunches! Every morning my kitchen counter becomes an assembly line of breads, proteins, chopped veggies, sliced fruit, and crunchy snacks. Trying to keep it appealing with a …
It is that time of year again! Kids are packing up and heading off to college. Some will be driven in cars by their parents, some will be driving themselves, and others will be boarding planes and trains to get to their new residence. However they travel – there are a few things these young …
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #Back2SchoolReady #CollectiveBias Oh, school starts soon – so very soon! In less than two weeks I will be back in the classroom welcoming 66 new students to my classroom. Inviting them into the world of sixth grade literature along with writing and …
It seems to be that we are hitting the long dog-days of summer. I don’t know about where you live, but we have had some really hot days here. And with that it seems like we can get lazier and lazier and getting the kids to go outside is harder and harder. The kids can …
I tend to cook most all our meals at home. Yes, we enjoy dinner out. but honestly dinner out is usually for my husband and me on our date nights. With the kids home – and we have a lot of them. It is usually easier (and much cheaper) to eat at home. But sometimes …
My children are mostly grown. With kids ages 13 − 25, I am way past the baby stage, and I have not yet hit the grandbaby stage. In fact I have told the older children that they cannot start having babies until the last one is out of the house. I know that sounds selfish, but …
