It has been 2 full weeks since the boys have started school and the excitement is still in high gear! Wyatt has begun kindergarten, Deacon is in 3rd grade and Hunter is in 4th grade. The boys ride the school bus together and are on the same schedule and in buildings right next to one … Continue reading Arm Circles
As Josh and I are adapting to, or even beginning to understand what life is like with a pre-teen, I find myself looking in the rear view mirror and missing our babies. Whenever meeting someone, at a new job or what have you, when I get to the part where I share that I am … Continue reading Parenting a Pre-teen, a new phase
July 31st and here we go, 1 more week until school starts for us here in the Mid-west. In fact, many of our teacher friends are already back at work and in the classroom. Now being from New Jersey, it is absolutely appalling to think that kids are ending their summer and heading back to … Continue reading 10 Things we all do at Back to School time
Like so many of you, I wear all sorts of hats in my current work. But very basically, my team and I welcome professionals, executives to our building (and virtually too) and help to facilitate their learning with the Kelley School of Business faculty. We are the liaison between the group of students and the … Continue reading One Giant Leap for Working Moms
If there was ever such a thing as the Cutest Gesture in the entire world THIS was it. Hunter's kindergarten class invited us to a Mother's Day Pampering Spa at their school, the Friday before Mother's day. Work honestly couldn't be busier, the Friday before our busiest week of the entire year but there was … Continue reading Mothers Day Pampering Spa at Kindergarten
Have you ever been woken up to two boys creeping around your bedroom in the pitch dark, on their hands and knees, full cowboy gear complete with hats? You hear whispers as they attempt to hide and as you wake up, and open your eyes, "Bang, bang, bang, Mommy! We got ya!" Chaps, bandanas, hats, … Continue reading Cowboys like us
And here we are, settled into our new routine. Hunter takes the bus from the end of our driveway each morning, we wave goodbye and then Deacon and Wyatt are off to daycare/ preschool which is practically next door. Unless, of course, it is Wednesday or Friday and then my mom has Wyatt. Hunter then … Continue reading New routine
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