One Month Online School Update

One Month Online School Update

It has been one month since my five year old started online kindergarten and it felt like a good time to give an update. We’ve figured out some things that have helped but also have come across new complications with having school online. Overall things are much...
Preparing for Online School

Preparing for Online School

Since getting back from our cabin vacation our schedule has suddnely become pretty busy with school preparations. When schools and activities closed down we became pretty secluded. Anna had a 3 year check up early in the summer which was a big deal at the time since...
2020 Cabin Trip

2020 Cabin Trip

My family recently took a much needed and somewhat last minute vacation. Early in the summer it seemed that work was too busy, and traveling too unsafe, for us to plan any vacations for the foreseeable future. But my coworkers and I came to the agreement that we all...
Decisions for the New School Year

Decisions for the New School Year

Like so many other families we are struggling with the decision of what to do this fall. Parents and teachers across the US are facing fears and uncertainty of what the upcoming school year will bring. Our oldest will be starting Kindergarten this fall. A few weeks...
How I Make More Time for Family

How I Make More Time for Family

As a working mom the one thing I never seem to have enough of is time. Between school runs, work, cleaning and cooking, and after school activities it seems like there is never enough to it. I regularly work weekends so even family days need to be planned and...
6 Tips to Help your Kids Sleep

6 Tips to Help your Kids Sleep

For the first 2 years of my oldest’s life she resisted sleep with every cell in her body. We spent countless nights rocking her, holding her hand through the crib bars or sleeping on her bedroom floor. I remember one night it was my turn to spend the evening getting...