Back to School

After getting back in the school routine, there is still nothing more stressful than the return to the dreaded homework. It can be a nightly battle centered around completing those after-school assignments. But does it have to be? I can...

Back to School means back to packing lunches. With three kids in elementary school who carry a lunch box four days a week (only buying on pizza day of course) it can become rather monotonous for me and them....

The countdown is ON until the last day of school (this is not a drill Moms!), now is the time to make your last day of school checklists because if you're like me, your mom brain is on overdrive...

I was intrigued by the title.  “Quit Doing These 8 Things for Your Teen This Year if You Want to Raise an Adult.” So I clicked and read the list of ways to make your teen more responsible, autonomous, and ready...

Will all the Room Moms and PTA Moms please rise? Now, please allow the rest of us a moment to complete a full round of slow claps and a curtsy. Ladies, the year is behind us, and you have...

I recently attended a baby shower and found myself fascinated by some of the gifts - new baby products that did not exist when my almost thirteen year old twins were babies. I thought of my own mother, who passed...

Raise your hands if you are ready to say "sayonara summer" and head back to school. You guys! Will. It. EVER. End?! Don't get me wrong; I'm glad we got to spend all the time. We laughed. We cried....

Today I was taunted by a box of tissues. Not even Kleenex, mind you,  but generic Target up & up™ brand tissues. The tissues sit in a bin in our utility room next to a disgustingly dirty backpack and mock me by...

The kids have only been back in school for a short while now and I'm already asking myself, "what am I going to send for lunch tomorrow?" Any other moms out there struggle with this as much as I do?...

I caved to the pressure last Christmas and convinced my husband that it was time to get our twelve year old daughters smartphones. They were two of the few sixth graders at their school without phones. Before sixth grade they were...

Summer, why do you always slip away so fast??? As we are {very} quickly approaching the start of the school year, we've decided to put together a First Day Ready Checklist to help us moms get back into the...

Transitioning back to school can be rough. The nights of staying up late and sleeping in are suddenly over. Playtime in the pool is mostly reserved for Friday nights, and schedules need to be followed. That being said, there...

We were at a family picnic at my daughter's school a few weeks ago, and her teacher casually pulled me aside. She inched closer to me and spoke low; "I just want to let you know that the kids...

Let's talk about the morning crush. It's that time between wake up and leaving for school when someone ends up yelling, someone ends up crying and some forgets something essential (sometimes it's all the same person). But as soon...

It's hard to find just the right calendar for tracking the activities of the entire family.  I went through several versions before hitting on a simple solution that works for us. Lots of articles have been written on this topic,...