DD ❤ Our great, big, middle brother. Kind, caring, sweet, content, sensitive, smart, accident prone and Loud. Deacon still has the longest goodbyes, making it so hard to leave him every day for work. It never gets old. He is also the one who always tells (yells loudly to) his grandparents, I love you several … Continue reading Deacon is 5!
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
It really feels like spring around here. It was nearly 80 degrees today! The flowers are in bloom and little tiny leaves are beginning to grow on our trees. I love the florescent green color of the freshly grown grass in mid-April and hearing the birds chirping in the yard. Those two things always bring … Continue reading Spring has Sprung
A story about how I decided to go back to school as a working Mom of 3. We decided we wanted to have a 3rd child. Actually, my husband was ready before I was. Once Hunter turned 4, for whatever reason, I decided, I was ready too. Maybe it was because I had transitioned and … Continue reading The Power of A Mommy Tribe: My Story
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
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