Well, it’s Kindergarten Eve around these parts. All at the request of the PCP on his last day of summer vacation, we had cinnamon toast for breakfast, went to the pool, harvested a load of veggies from our garden, played games and made pies in a jar (a tragic fail but the last thing on… Read More
We spent the last 25 days on an alphabet inspired countdown to Kindergarten. Here’s how we wrapped-up the countdown: fly paper airplanes pick up shells at the beach catch lightening bugs decorate cookiesexplore the creek marsh go fishing lie in the grass and look at stars play hop scotch Mimi and John tackled this one out on the driveway last week! make and… Read More
Earlier this week I spent an evening printing, cutting and having a smashing good time packaging up a hand full of treats for our kindergarten friends, new kindergarten teacher and, while I was at it, for the PCP’s lunch box on the first day of school. (All of this while catching up on Pretty Little… Read More
Meet the PCP, purveyor of the finest Country Time lemonade and sweet treats this end of Georgia… After months and months and months of begging, pleading, wheeling and dealing, we finally set up shop for our first ever lemonade stand. We were even able to rouse Honey out of bed early this morning to set… Read More
Our neighborhood has a revered tradition of gathering up all of the rising Kindergarteners for an afternoon of ice cream, playing and socializing. There were a few familiar faces in the group and even more that we met for the first time. Without further ado, I introduce to you the Class of 2024 (the mere… Read More
August is here and school is near! We’ve made a grand effort at making the PCP’s last days of summer something to remember. And I must admit, the whole family is supremely enjoying the activities in our Kindergarten Countdown! Here’s the latest: fly paper airplanes pick up shells at the beach catch lightening bugs decorate cookies I broke out… Read More
Yesterday we celebrated John. I just feel this extreme and hard to explain fervor to make a few lingering last-summer-before-school starts memories. I know that there will be weekends, breaks, holidays and summers but when he starts school later this month it will be the first time he’s be away from me for more than… Read More