A couple months ago I was given some sunglasses to check out by Speckaboo. The kids loved them, but before I wrote a review, I wanted to have a chance to really check them out and see if they stood the test of my children who have never had a pair of sunglasses last more […]
summer
You Are Not The Only Mom
It’s about the halfway point of summer vacation here in CT. But if you are anything like me, you are way more than halfway to your breaking point, and you are starting to count down the days until school begins. You don’t really want summer to be over. Not the good parts of it. But boy do […]
Twenty-One Days
We’ve officially been out of school and on summer vacation for three weeks. And for three weeks I have been working from home with five kids here all day long. My husband has been working a lot and hasn’t been around much, and for three weeks, I have been taking all the kids to the pool with […]
We are already having a great summer and it’s not even officially summer yet.
Our last day of school was on Thursday, so it is officially summer for us here in CT now. But we unofficially kicked off our summer last Monday. I have been determined to make this summer one that is close to the kind of summer I had as a kid. An unplugged, less scheduled, more relaxed, […]
You can do Cross Fit. Or you can give me a pedicure.
Yesterday was Number 7’s last day of preschool and just dropping her off I was already very emotional and I knew I would be a total wreck, so I treated myself to a pedicure, which I hardly ever do. And I don’t hardly ever do it because of the cost. I mean, that is definitely a […]
It’s 5:00 p.m. Have you slowed down yet today?
Today is the official start of the #ShowYourSlow challenge. In case you missed it, I have teamed up with my good friend Eileen from Little Acorn Learning, and it is our mission to encourage and (hopefully) inspire moms to slow down, unplug, unschedule, and enjoy more mindful moments with your families this summer. In order […]