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Maybe This Is A Good Time To Change The Way We Educate

July 14, 2020 by not your average mom 2 Comments

I would not want to be a teacher right now. NOT AT ALL. They are normally in impossible situations, but now the impossibility factor has leveled up a couple dozen notches. Teachers have been sailing through uncharted waters for the past few months, and the unfamiliar seas are about to get even rougher, I think. […]

Filed Under: Parenting, Personal Tagged With: paradigm shifts in education, public education, teaching in the US

Hiking In Connecticut — Paugussett State Forest

July 12, 2020 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

It was a beautiful day in CT today, and the kids and I checked out a new place to hike. I was looking for a place where they could swim, and we found the best spot (thanks to a tip from a friend). There are multiple entrances/parking lots, and we parked at the entrance on […]

Filed Under: Exercise, Life at My House, Parenting, Self Care, Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: hiking in CT, hiking with kids, places to hike in CT, swimming holes in CT

Massive Action and Sitting In Discomfort

July 8, 2020 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

Right around this time last year, I wrote a post entitled I’m Taking Massive Action. As I look back on that post, I find myself in almost the exact same situation right now. Trying to work from home with the kids here 24/7 for the last four months has made things a little more challenging […]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: discipline equals freedom, sitting in discomfort

I’m Out Of Shape. And I’m Totally Okay With That.

June 30, 2020 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

Four months ago I was operating at a level of insanity I was pretty much oblivious to. It wasn’t until the world came to a screeching halt and I was forced to abandon all activities and appointments that I had this epiphany. Actually, that’s not true. About four weeks ago some things started creeping back […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Life at My House, Parenting Tagged With: overscheduling your kids, Simplifying your life

Not Your Average Chopped Kids, Episode 1

June 12, 2020 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

I’m using a new video uploading service, and I’ve been playing around with it a little bit. It makes embedding videos really easy and simple, which is exactly what I need because tech stuff overwhelms me pretty easily. One of Number 5 and Number 7’s new favorite things it to play Chopped. Last week we […]

Filed Under: Food, In the Kitchen, Kids' Corner, Parenting Tagged With: activities to do at home with your kids, chopped kids, get your kids interested in cooking, teaching your kids to cook

Are You Suffering From MMFS (Meal Making Fatigue Syndrome)?

June 11, 2020 by not your average mom 2 Comments

Are you suffering from MMFS? Meal Making Fatigue Syndrome? I am. 100 or so days in a row of making breakfast, lunch and dinner for seven people has officially taken its toll. I have major burnout. How did Caroline Ingalls do it? How did she make three meals a day, every day for like… EVER??? […]

Filed Under: Food, In the Kitchen, Kids' Corner, Life at My House, Parenting Tagged With: delegating, teaching kids responsibility, teaching kids to contribute at home, teaching kids to cook

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