Old is a relative term. To a kid, parents are older, siblings can even be older. For this topic I am talking about our kids chatting with older people who could be their grandparents or even great grandparents age/ages. There is a wealth of knowledge that comes from life experience, and people love sharing that […]
Learning to make a phone call is an important skill for all to learn. My kids don’t need to make phone calls often but when they want to talk to loved ones over the phone I want them to be polite and respectful. If there is an emergency and mom and dad are not able
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Our family is planning a big road trip that we will be on for a few weeks. We are planning to see some sites which means we will be in the car for a good amount of time. If you have ever been on a car trip with kids you know it can get UNfun
2020 has been an interesting year!! It started off normal, then March hit and the world was in pandemic mode. My state in particular shut down for quite some time, we never really fully opened back up. As I write this we are preparing for another shut down through December because cases of COVID-19 have
Snack time is really popular around here. For some of my kids snack time the only time they are excited to eat anything. Knowing my kids value snack time, I try to make our snacks healthy and pretty close to small meals as possible. Sure we like the easy grab and go type snacks, but
Do you have a good morning routine? We have fallen into one this year that seems to be a little frustrating at times. But just the other day my daughter was telling me she really likes our morning routine. As long as someone is liking it right?? Don’t get me wrong, our morning routing is
Lately in school my daughter and her class are learning all about and communities making maps. They started by designing and constructing buildings from recycled materials. Then they learned about maps and locations. After all the student buildings were turned in (a photo of them because of distance learning) the teacher made a big map
Have you heard of the “terrible twos”? What about a “threenager”? Twos can be hard as your child is learning to communicate and express what they want or need. But age three is also challenging because this is when children really start to experience emotions and feelings. They are trying to adjust and manage them
Yesterday Eleanor asked me how many weeks she had been in school so far this year. I realized at some point I had stopped keeping track of our time in school and I had to get out a calendar and check. Well it has been three months of distance learning. Three months of zoom calls
Remember that one time we forgot Oliver’s life jacket and he showed us he could swim without it? I think our son just showed us up and made a great memory all in one week. We took a week long vacation in Palm Springs this month and accidentally forgot to bring our son’s life jacket!
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