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I used to dream of going to Paris and gawking at amazing art while taking breaks and enjoying amazing french cuisine in between my museum visits and kissing my husband under the Eiffel tower or weekend away in the mountains while soaking in a hot tub but then I had kids. Now I dream of …
Box Tops for Education has been around for as long as I can remember. It’s such a great way to purchase items for your school and you really don’t have to do much other then collect the Box Tops. I’m a teacher, my husband is a teacher and we have lots of teacher friends who …
Well, this is only a small glimpse of our life here in Quito, Ecuador. We love the slow paced life here. We love that our boys still get to be kids without the societal pressure of growing up faster than they should. I regularly get to watch them play hide and seek, tag, pretend play …
No, My Child Does NOT Have to Hug You and our Hi, Hug, Handshake and High Five system that empowers our kids to listen to their bodies but also learn to greet others. I remember my shy toddler telling me, “No kissing. I no kiss.” When we first arrived in South America he was only 14 …
It wasn’t Christmas or Thanksgiving it was just another month in the year when I watched my dad unload baskets of fruit, vegetables and bread out of the back of our car. He laid the baskets on the side entrance of a low-income apartment complex and we then we drove away. He didn’t wait to …
