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Do You Want Company?

April 21, 2025 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

Yesterday we went to my parents’ house for the annual Easter egg hunt. Every year my dad hides plastic eggs for the kids out in their back yard — 24 little eggs, and 1 big egg per kid. The little eggs have candy in them, and the big egg has money in it. The eggs […]

Filed Under: Life at My House Tagged With: Easter, Easter with older kids, Simple Easter Celebrations

The Kitchen Is Open

September 2, 2024 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

The kids were with their father for two weeks of vacation the second half of August. It’s the longest stretch of time I’ve ever been away from them. The weeks leading up to this were overwhelming with relatives visiting from Texas and swim meets in Florida and Virginia and a college move in North Carolina. […]

Filed Under: Life at My House Tagged With: cooking with kids, empty nest

The Trip of a Lifetime (Gretchen’s Paris Vacation)

January 9, 2024 by not your average mom 2 Comments

In February of my junior year in high school I went to France on an exchange trip. For some reason I saved the program acceptance letter. I don’t know whose phone numbers are written across the top, and I have no idea who Harry is, but that’s definitely my brother’s handwriting. Fourteen students from my high […]

Filed Under: Life at My House Tagged With: Paris, vacation in Paris

Grad Walk

October 19, 2023 by not your average mom 2 Comments

The school district we live in does something pretty cool every year for the seniors. On one of the last days of school, they participate in the Grad Walk. All the seniors wear their caps and gowns and load onto busses at the high school. From there they go to the elementary school and the […]

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Marit’s 12th Birthday (Part Deux) – The MPB

October 17, 2023 by not your average mom 2 Comments

Marit’s 12th birthday celebration was a two-day affair. On Friday (the day after her actual birthday) we played Birthday Hooky. Part II was the next day, on Saturday. That afternoon Kristofer had a swim meet at Fairfield University which is a little less than an hour from our house, and 30 minutes from my parents’ […]

Filed Under: Life at My House, Moneysavers Tagged With: simple birthday celebrations

Onto the Next Chapter

June 8, 2023 by not your average mom 1 Comment

Last night was Gretchen’s 8th grade moving up ceremony. I don’t want to say what everyone else says about the days going slow and the years going fast. BUT THEY ARE RIGHT. I mean, this is where we were eleven years ago when I first started writing this blog. She was only 3 years old. […]

Filed Under: Life at My House Tagged With: 8th grade graduation, letting go, moving up ceremonies

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