The little kids are here at the dining table playing play-doh (I know, I’m a saint) while I’m contemplating going to the gym. I haven’t felt quite right since I got back from BlogHer. I felt pretty good on Wednesday but I think that was because I actually exercised. This morning I got up earlier…
This post sponsored by the letter “K”
I’m a little nervous about Gavin starting school next week. And by the way, a little means a lot. I do not feel like he is as prepared as he should be. In so many ways. But I am trying to have faith that he is more prepared than I think. The other night we…
Miss Elaine-ous Monday at it’s best…
I did a little shopping for BlogHer this weekend. I admit I have a bit of an addiction to clothes and shoes. But since I added some new items to my wardrobe I also bagged up some older never worn really things to take to the local resale shop. It’s a process. I still have…
So this week’s been a little different
Sometimes things don’t always go as planned. Especially when kids and erratic weather are involved. And that’s okay. Monday, Gav had a Trike-a-thon at school and even though he kept telling me he had a tummy ache before school, he still wanted to go. He kept saying the night before, “The trike-a-thon is tomorrow, awesome…
Awesome Kid of the Week! (or Century, whatever…)
Sometimes I forget how very awesome my kids are. I just get wrapped up in the craziness of the days or weeks and I have little moments where I momentarily recognize their awesomeness in something they say or do but because we have a pretty busy household and life goes fast at age 36 and…
11 Hours a Week!
I somehow found myself with 3 whole hours to myself this morning. How did this happen you ask… Well, it’s because all three of my kiddos are now in some sort of “school”! I took Little G and Baby K for their first day at their same school today. K is technically in “Mother’s Day…
Lunchbox Love (A Giveaway Too!)
The B Man takes his lunch to school every single day. I can count the times he has eaten the school lunch on one hand. Actually, I can make a “Peace” sign with the fingers. 
So, I pack his lunch every single morning. When he first started school two years ago he wasn’t completely…
Gifted
Last night, while playing in Baby K’s room with the kids, I suddenly found myself describing (in basic terms) to The B Man how babies are born. He knows that my belly was cut open and “sewn” back together when his younger brother and sister were born so he assumed that he was born the…
On to 2nd
I went to The B Man’s 1st grade, end-of-year program this morning. And cried while we all said The Pledge. It always gets me. Memories of my own time in elementary school plus all those little voices saying those words while placing their small hands over their hearts…. Yeah, you try not to cry. …
WW – My “Biggest”*
I’ve been pretty proud of my first “baby” lately. He’s been doing SO well in the first grade, learning to read like a pro and coming home EVERY Friday with a “Good Conduct Badge”. Last week he was featured at school as the “Super Star Student of the Week” and brought home a stuffed animal…