At the risk of sounding like a real helicopter mom, tiger mom, mom with too much time on her hands (that one is DEF not the case), fill-in-the-blank mom, my bedside stack currently consists of three titles that the seventh grader will be reading. Soooo… while I hated every second of required reading in middle… Read More
I mentioned yesterday that I’ve been running a bit crazy the last few days. I threw together our traditional first day of school snack with stuff I had around the house, believe it or not. I did have the foresight to order some cute iced cookies from a local mom and they were *supposed to… Read More
Just like that and school is back in session!!! I know, I know…. we go back ridiculously early. We do! But, my kids know no different. We get 10 weeks of summer and a couple extra week long breaks during the school year and we really do like the schedule. Whit was all smiles headed… Read More
As hard as it is to believe, it is August 1 and we are headed back to school here in Georgia. Like last year, Mother made “team tassels” in Whit’s school colors to give his teacher and principal. Mother can make these in any two color combinations – just send a link to your school… Read More
We go back to school quite early here in Georgia, but it still hurts to admit that our door hangers are out, school supplies have been purchased, back packs are ready, we’ve met teachers and summer has come to a close. Both the bus and the apple (below) are from Bronwyn Hanahan on etsy. As y’all… Read More
The years seem to be speeding by faster than ever as the boys get older. I love that they are growing up, as children should. But I do miss having them come home together. Along with the other slew of moms at the bus stop, when the elementary aged kids arrived home we attacked them… Read More
I was in a real pickle over what to do about our long standing (six years!) last day of school “special snack” tradition. With the kids in different schools coming home at different times PLUS that fact that they want to immediately hang with their friends (I get it), I decided we’d all be better… Read More