Chore Expectations
I am always amazed when talking with other moms that there are many who don’t expect their children to do chores. Our children have regularly been doing chores for a couple years now. I remember summers when I would be home along all day starting in 6th grade – high school. I could sleep in…
Read More Tip of the Day
I don’t know about you, but it has certainly been hot where we live. Today it got to 97 degrees and I don’t even want to know what the heat index was! One of the best ways to cool down is with ice cream and our kids LOVE ice cream! Who am I kidding? So do I!!!…
Read More Celebrating the Last Week of School and a Recipe
Summer begins today for us. We had a great year of school and each of our kids excelled and had awesome experiences. Even Patrick is still wanting to be in school. I’m thinking since he is still sleeping at 7:30 that he will change his mind today. I had a lot to be proud of…
Read More How to Survive Summer With Your Kids
If you have been reading my blog, you know that every summer I try to plan fun activities for our kids. It doesn’t always work, but it is nice to have some ideas layed out. This summer we have 87 Days of Fun to fill. So I better get busy! The first thing I do…
Read More Moving on to the Next Thing
This weekend we finished up our soccer season with all three of the kids. As I posted on Saturday, it was fitting that we finished it in the rain. Most of our soccer games seemed to have been played that way this season. Patrick also scored his first goal ever in Saturday’s game. He really…
Read More A Recipe Repeat on a Beautiful Saturday
This morning we had to get up WAY TOO EARLY for our final soccer games of the season. And, true to form, it started raining as soon as we got there. It rained all the way through both of our games and everyone came home muddy, soaking wet, and glad we have one less thing…
Read More Princess Diana
Last Friday was my first day off after substitute teaching for 8 weeks. First on the agenda was packing for a trip to Kansas City. My mom, sister, and two nieces joined me for a trip to see the Princess Diana Exhibit. The Diana Exhibit is only in Kansas City for a few more weeks….ending…
Read More Our 1st Snow Day of the Season
Last night our area, along with many other states in the midwest, were hit with our biggest snowstorm of the season – and maybe a record snowstorm for some areas. I think we were hit with about 10 inches of snow, but it is hard to tell with all the blowing and drifting going on. …
Read More Helpless
Yesterday our son had a basketball tournament, so my sister decided to come and watch a game. She drove an hour to come watch him which we really appreciated. During the game it had really started snowing and we were starting to hear that the roads were getting slick. So, my sister decided she better…
Read More Christmas Traditions
Our family has many Christmas traditions. On my mom’s side of the family, each one of the sister’s takes their turn and hosts Christmas as well as making an ornament for each member of our large family. So, our Christmas tree is full of numerous homemade ornaments from years and years of Christmases. Since we…
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