My boys went back to school today (and K starts on Monday!) so you know what that means right? Even though technically, there is still over a month of Summer left, it’s over. The lazy mornings and pool time and PJ days are a thing of the past. Well, until next June anyway. And here’s…
Take The Long Way Home
My oldest kiddo went to sleep-away camp for the first time last week. He was dropped off by Tim while I was on my way home from BlogHer. That wasn’t a really fun feeling, by the way – your kid being dropped off to somewhere they have never been before whilst you get to miss…
Growing Things & #HappyMamaSummer $125 Giveaway!
The boys’ school planted a garden back in the Spring and K and I went to assist on the day the soon-to-be pepper, tomato and zucchini squash plants went into the prepared earth. It was really great to see all the kids, teachers and some parents (even grandparents) working on it together. A few tomato plants were…
Thoughts From a Mother Whose Kids Are About To Be Out of School
So yeah, school ends for all of my children by Friday. How excited are we? WHEE!! I know they could use a break from the routine but I am not so sure I can survive it. Here it what is going through my head right now as the end is near… Oh yay! I can…
The Last of It
I wanted to go ahead and write about and post pictures from our last couple of days in Canada… you know, for posterity and all. On our way back from the mountains we hit up the super enormous mall in Edmonton, West Edmonton Mall. It’s in West Edmonton. 
They have both a water park…
And then we went to the mountains!!
If y’all thought I inundated you with photos from our time at the lake while in Canada, well… I took a FEW hundreds of pictures while we spent just a little over 24 hours (only, boo hoo) in Jasper. It’s this cute little, touristy town in Jasper National Park in the midst of the Canadian…
I Did Not Want to Leave…
I have so much to show and tell about our trip to Canada and right now I am still processing it all. I guess I could start with the people we spent time with, that mean SO very much to me. Just as I type that I begin to tear up because I love them…
Sink or Swim
Please welcome my friend Arnebya to the ole blog today! She is a writer, blogger, and speaker. In 2006 she was a recipient of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Larry Neal Writers’ Award (Adult Fiction) and is featured in The Washington City Paper’s 2013 fiction issue. In 2012 she was named a…
Summer Scratching
I am going to admit right here, right now that not setting my phone alarm for 6:45 every morning has been glorious. Summer is awesome for that. Did you know that I am not much of a morning person? Ask Tim, he’ll tell you. With fervor. He seems to be a morning AND night…
Just Keep Swimming
“Where did the big girl come from?” We say it a lot these days. The sun was bright and hot while we were at the pool yesterday. I kept one eye on G and the other on K while Tim and Ben went down the big S-shaped slide. Everyone is braver this year. Ben loves…