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…
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…
We moved to a property with 160 acres and made sure we had homes on the property for both sets of grandparents. Not a day goes by when the kids do not see their grandparents- sometimes for a few minutes, sometimes for a few hours, and sometimes for a whole weekend. They think this is a normal part of childhood to be able to walk to their grandparents house for…
When we first moved here we had a vehicle break down, but you wouldn’t know it because we didn’t miss a beat- you see the only three people we knew at that point stepped in without hesitation. The first person gave us a ride to where we were going, the second person gave us a loaner vehicle to use ‘as long as we needed it’ and the third…
Finding beauty in the mundane is a funny thing because once you start looking for beauty it fills your heart with so much gratitude that you end up seeing even more beauty and the cycle continues leaving you with a full heart ready to ‘run’ again…
I am usually flying solo without the daddybear when I am driving our 15 passenger van that we call the vanbus with our 8 kids. The thought of that may give you anxiety and I won’t lie and tell you that we are calm and collected all the time in the vanbus, but more often than not it is one of my favorite times to be with my kids…