Maybe this is purely anecdotal. Or maybe it’s not. Either way, I want to share this story with you. For the first two years of school, Number 6 cried for a good 50% of every weekday morning. He didn’t want to go to school. He hated school. School wasn’t fun. It was boring. It was […]
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Mommy, You Don’t Love Me As Much As You Did Yesterday.
Last night when I walked upstairs to put Number 5, 6 and 7 into bed (they all share a room) around 8:15, I realized they hadn’t done what I’d asked them to do earlier that day. All three of them had clothes lying around on the floor, and Number 7’s dresser in particular was a […]
Help Teach Your Kids To Be Bucket Fillers
Yesterday Number 6 came home from school with this book: I had heard of (affiliate) How Full Is Your Bucket before, but I had never read it, and I had never read this, either. Every night when I put Number 5, 6, and 7 to bed we read a book. Number 6 was excited […]
Moms, This One Is Kind Of On Us
We had our first swim meet with the new team this weekend, and on Saturday afternoon when everyone was done swimming, all the kids and parents went to Dave and Busters to each lunch and the kids all played games for about an hour. It has been interesting to watch Number 3 and Number 4 […]
Words Of Wisdom From A Seven-Year-Old
Today Number 6, who is seven years old and in second grade, came home from school with this piece of writing. He handed it to me and said: “Mommy, read this. I got to go to a special room to make a copy of it with my teacher because she liked it so much and […]
52 Things You Can Do To Effect Change In The US
The past month has been pretty brutal for the United States. There have been multiple hurricanes. Controversy over standing or not standing during the national anthem. The largest mass shooting in the history of the country. Name calling. Racism. Millions of people suffering. Hundreds of deaths. What do we do? We voice our shock. We […]