In addition to our pancake breakfast, our other first day of school standing tradition is a special snack to welcome them home. I started this on John’s first day of Kindergarten and it never got old. You will see that I seamlessly transitioned our breakfast set-up right into snack time. The theme for this year’s… Read More
Summer flew by and it is already back to school time for my boys. While the night before was comprised of a steak dinner rather than sweet story books about school and sprinkling of confetti around their bedrooms, we did kick off the morning in the same manner we have for the last nine years… Read More
After nine years, I’m going out of elementary school with a bang! Haha! I’ve volunteered for the hospitality committee, room mom and front office substitute, and I’m hoping to score a job on the Fifth Grade Finale team. Whew! As for the hospitality committee, our first event of the year was a luncheon to welcome… Read More
UPDATED JULY 2021 HERE I’m headed back in my Disney archives today to bring you pictures and information on the updated Grand Californian Hotel & Spa in Disneyland! I visited last November before the holiday rush and had an incredible time. The Disneyland parks are much more casual, relaxed and convenient than here on the… Read More
Keeping with tradition, I let the boys agree on what they wanted for their last supper of summer before school starts. They immediately agreed on steaks on the grill, baked potatoes and roasted brussels sprouts. (Could they be more predictable little men?!) The Magnolia Table Lemon Pie seemed like the perfect summer dessert and a… Read More
We spent our last weekend of summer with dear friends at their home on Lake Hartwell. Mornings started like this, on their quiet cove with a gorgeous view… Afternoons rotated between the tube, zup and skis… Our crazy captain Mr. Todd, as he’s been known to my kids for over a decade, tirelessly pulled the… Read More
With my boys headed back to school, the last week of July always has me plotting for a wonderful kick off. Since John started Kindergarten NINE years ago, I have welcomed them home on the first day with a special snack. Inspired by my “theme” of “Rolling into School” for 2019, I made up a… Read More