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First Day Of Summer

June 20, 2022 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

Today was our first official day of summer. Here’s how we spent a big chunk of it. It was a good day.

Filed Under: Life at My House Tagged With: lake life, paddle boarding, summer, summer vacation

Lessons From My 11-Year-Old

October 1, 2020 by not your average mom 3 Comments

I don’t know if you remember, but back in March when we were 15 days into the Pandemic and the kids were really over winter and couldn’t wait to go swimming, I wrote this post. They were so desperate to be in a pool that they had filled up a garbage can with water and […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Life at My House Tagged With: gratitude, perspective, summer, transitions

Meltdown Day

July 11, 2019 by not your average mom 8 Comments

Our last day of school was on June 19th which was three weeks (and one day) ago. Leading up to June 19th, the weather here in CT sort of sucked. We had a lot of rain and it seemed like the sun was never going to come out and stay out and summer weather would […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Life at My House, Parenting Tagged With: meltdowns, midsummer meltdown, summer

In This House We Do Half And Half Summers

June 14, 2019 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

Yesterday a friend of mine shared this (from Smashed Peas and Carrots) on her Facebook wall: I love this. In theory. And I know it works for some people. Maybe it works for most of the people. But for me it doesn’t work. Not all of it, anyway. We do the sleeping as late as […]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: laxy summers, summer, summer routines, summer schedules

What Do You Do During The Summer With Your Kids?

August 13, 2018 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

I got a message last week asking the following question: I would love to see a post though on what you do during summer, etc. Do you go out all the time? Do you have a billion “playdates” for the kids? Do you hit every local museum or theme park? Do you feel like you […]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: kids and boredom, summer, summer activities with kids, what to do with your kids over the summer, why boredom is important for kids

Day 1

August 7, 2018 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

Today was Day 1 of our 3 night/4 day mini vacation. It was awesome. And it didn’t really start until 4 p.m. Can’t wait for tomorrow!

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: Jersey Shore, Jersey Shore Beaches, summer, vacation, Wildwood Crest

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