WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE: SUMMER
Hot summer days need cool water balloons! What do you do to beat the heat?
It blows my mind how every sports season, despite agreeing not to do it, adults lose it and SCREAM from the sidelines. This crushes the self-esteem of their child, and puts a damper on the fun for the rest. I hold coaches in high esteem for volunteering to pour their hearts into practicing every possible…
Minimizing morning melees through routines and planning works for most parts of the morning. Trying to prepare sporting things, sign 3-ring binders, and prepping parts of lunch positions us to get out the door on time. Breakfast, however, has yet to hit its stride. My kids rotate favorite foods they “have to” get, but the…
I love these two mantras: 1) Learn Something New Every Day 2) One Step at a Time! I recite them with successes, however, am hard on myself and forget the learning process if I make mistakes or don’t know “everything” immediately. Recently I’ve improved my skills evaluating my missteps to figure out their gift, but…
Here I am again, daydreaming and trying to distract myself from the election! I’m hopeful for a quick and final decision so that we can shrug and move onto holiday preparation! If you’d like to give yourself something else to think about and and do this exercise, share your links below! CURRENTLY LOVINGHolidays are a…
Remember wandering through childhood, savoring each day? From pre-school we crawled through each milestone year and couldn’t grow up fast enough! I knew it all (you too?!) because I’d been alive for “forever!” Then, with working-woman and wife routines, time blurred a bit. When kids showed up, we all piled in the Millinivan Falcon traveling…
Am I the only one who was glad to not be harshly yanked from my dream of driving down a scenic cliff side road in a vintage convertible with sun on my face, breeze in my hair only to find cinnamon toast showering her sheets as the kids get ready to rumble? Even as youngsters, holidays never started…
Colorful ballons and Summer…fun and beautify!
Thanks! I love your name, what was your favorite island? I’ll have to check out your blog tonight! Thanks for wandering by!