Both boys had their field days this week – the most anticipated day of the year still in fourth and seventh! I helped out with the tricycle race for fourth and fifth grade at Whit’s school. They had so much fun competing against their fellow fourth grade classes and, while they didn’t bring home the… Read More
We’ve done a lot of countdowns for all sorts of things over the years, and this one is SO easy that it’s been going on for eight years, since John was in Kindergarten, without fail. Starting a couple of weeks before the end of the school year, I fill up a snack sized zip top… Read More
It seems like just yesterday that I was attending John’s fourth grade wax museum yet here we are again! Time does fly. Each student got to pick a person that they felt has had a tremendous impact on society. I honestly had to choke back the tears when Whit carried his paper home saying he… Read More
I love carrying in special birthday treats to school. I’ve come up with some fun things over the years, but I think number 10 is one of my very favorites! This year I packaged up treats to make the number 1-0 and they were a huge hit with Whit’s class. These were really, really easy… Read More
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