You guys, we took our kid’s skiing. Am I even for real right now? I sure am! Who in their right mind takes three kids and a husband who has NEVER skied in his life, to the slopes? This girl. That’s right. I have always said that I travel with […]
Category: Parenting
Tips to Cut Back Gifts & Give Love
Here are some tips/ideas for cutting back at Christmas. 1. Budget- Schmudget. This trips me up every year. I think I need to spend THIS AMOUNT on each child. Then because I need to spend more money, I waste it on junk that only clutters my house and drains my […]
Christmas Cut Back
This was published on my other little blog, where I wrote letters to my children. You can find the blog here, but in order to not self plagiarize, I am, well, citing myself. Self-plagiarism is a thing, look it up. This was one of my most popular blogs over there […]
Not Into Snow Day 2
So we are day two of no school, day 7 of Thanksgiving break. Remember how much I said I loved a snow day? My job is super fast spaced at school and I LOVE not going to work for a couple of days. All of the other educators are out […]
Snow Day
Do you know what I love about the midwest? SNOW DAYS! We experience all the seasons here in good ole Illinois. Sometimes two or three seasons in ONE DAY. How you like that, East and West Coasters? It doesn’t matter that this day is adding ANOTHER day to the 5 […]
Going to The Movies with Kids
I love the movies. A lot. You might be surprised to find out that going to a movie with your family is like piloting a rocket to the moon. I remember the luxury of time before there were kids. When we were dating, we would do dinner AND a movie. […]