For Thanksgiving this year (2019) we decided to do things a little differently than we normally do. Scott’s family (parents, cousin, and aunt, & uncle) joined us for 5 days and 4 nights in Puerto Rico. It.Was.Amazing! Ever since moving away from family, Thanksgiving can be a bit of a bummer – so when we learned that other family members were willing and excited about
Early Education | How to fight the summer slide
The summer slide, simply put is a learning loss. It is when kids lose the achievement gains they made the previous year. Did you know that during the summer slide kids can lose 30% of what they learned over the school year during the summer? That leaves teachers having to reteach all that was lost while trying to teach a new curriculum for the new
How to be more successful
Are you ready to be more successful? How would you like to stop feeling like you are not living up to your potential? I know so many people that want to do better / be better – and all of them can! Wheather you are a blogger (like me) who is trying to reach the next point in their career. Or, maybe you are sick and tired
DIY Christmas Dishes
For years I have wanted Christmas dishes. For years I have looked for them – but I have never found anything that I truly loved. I need to love these Christmas dishes because what I really wanted was for them to become part of our family tradition. Using them every Christmas day, with our over the top Christmas Breakfast. I never saw any that felt
Lunchbox Jokes & Fun Facts for young children
If you’ve been around these parts for any length of time, you already know that I really like to take the ordinary and make it something extra special. Greyson is starting 1st grade in just a couple of weeks – and our lunchbox routine went so well last year, I wanted to share some of our favorite ideas. I know that I will be packing
15 Back to school breakfast ideas!
We are just shy of two weeks before the kiddos head back to school! As we gather the school supplies, new clothes, and get our space organized and ready for the back to school season – I wanted to share some fun / adorable breakfast ideas. Everybody knows that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. It can be so easy to just
Everything you need to know about ticks!
Lately, I am not able to go a day without seeing a warning about ticks. Living in Western New York, it is certainly something we need to be conscious of, and take precautions to prevent them. Despite the constant chatter around ticks, there is still a lot of questions and misinformation out there. SO, I went ahead and compiled some important information, that everyone should
We Bought an RV
To be honest we bough the RV 2 years ago. I have shared it a few times on Instagram, but never on the blog. To be honest, I was worried that I would met with a lot of criticism, judgement, and “meanness”. I know that it sounds pretty silly dumb, buying a motor home, when you are up to our eyeballs in student loan debt,
Road Trip Activities for Kids
When planning our summer activities, i immediately start planning road trip activities for the kiddos! With the cost of airfare, we will not be flying anywhere this year (plus, since we own an RV, we need to make it “worth it!”) – but a road trip with young kids can quickly turn into a disaster – that can quickly ruin a vacation, or even a
Honest Osmo Review
Before I start let me being by saying that this Osmo Review is not a sponsored post. Osmo has no clue who I am – and they have no clue what I am about to write… For Christmas this past year (2016) Greyson was given the the entire Osmo collection (Minus the Pizza Co. box) including the creative board. When his grandparents told me that they
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