I always think of Spring Break like a little preview of Summer break. I find out what worked well and what where I need to up my game to make summer go smoothly. Also related to this- aren’t teachers amazing?! They really are magical unicorns. How do they have 20+ kids every.single.weekday. and manage to keep order AND teach them things WHILE having fun doing it! They…
In my life Jimmy Buffett music has played in my Trans Am while I was on a road trip to the beach or on my way to college finals. It now plays in my 15 passenger van while we go on family trips or to ball practice. Jimmy Buffett music plays across our house on a regular basis. This music has pretty much been in the background my entire adult…
I carefully loaded my beautiful plant in the truck and secured it from falling over on the drive home. When we got home I unloaded it right away and brought it inside placing it in my bathroom where I knew it would be safe from kids. It looked healthy, but I decided to give it some water because I was going to keep a plant alive for the first time…
I love watching my kids just be kids and learn life lessons while they interact with each other and play outside. Sometimes I feel like I am just a bystander watching them grow and learn because I want to have a hands off approach to parenting- they are learning so much by allowing room to make mistakes and problem solve…
The mud room is heavily used. This is a place where kids come in and take their shoes off and hand up their backpacks after school. The lockers were custom made by Tomahawk Trading Company and the rug is from Butler Furniture. We love the function and look of this room. Until next time…
With 8 children I spend A LOT of time in the laundry room. I wanted this room to be amazing! We wanted 2 sets of washers and dryers upstairs and 1 set downstairs. These machines are used multiple times a day. There is a laundry shoot from the 3rd floor into the laundry room into a cabinet so that I can choose when to see the pile- haha! We added…
