Below I share our family's favorite books to read together. Books not only open up a whole new world for our children but as they've gotten older it provides us a springboard of great conversation to chat about their thoughts on the situations, issues and adventures we read about. We Get our Books at... We read as a family at home before getting them in bed, on long car trips using audio books, while camping in our tent or around the fire, at the beach or anytime were traveling with … [Read more...]
Kids Fitness Games & Activities
It was scary was when I noticed at some point in the last school year that my son was slouching a lot. I realized that some of that is habit and simply him being a tween but then I read somewhere that kids also do that because they have "weak" back and core muscles. I didn't pay much attention to it but it stayed filed in the back of my mind. One day I had my boys doing a fun kid fitness activity with me and I noticed one of my boys was struggling with all the exercises that required core and … [Read more...]
5 Things My Kids Do Every Day in the Summer
These are the five things my kids do every day, well mostly every day in the summer. I used to work in an inner-city school where the only routine they got was in school. The minute the last bell rang they had no idea if their guardian would be home to greet them, where they would eat dinner or if they would eat dinner, no The minute the last bell rang they had no idea if their guardian would be home to greet them, where they would eat dinner or if they would eat dinner, with no bedtime or … [Read more...]
Summer Fun: Ice Cream in a Bag
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #GladToGo #CollectiveBias For me, it's not summer until you've had some homemade ice cream. So this year, I've decided that our new summer fun tradition is making homemade ice cream in a bag. Yes, you read it right. You can make ice cream using sandwich bags! Now that I have found a fun way to use these sandwich bags I'm taking this idea camping with us. We are a camping family and we … [Read more...]
Our Flexible Summer Schedule
Our Flexible Summer Schedule with free printable to help you enjoy your summer! I perused Pinterest trying to find some ideas and activities for our summer. Wow, I was impressed! I discovered there are lots of summer schedules out there. These schedules had exact times and activities allotted for that block of time (all day). Some amazing blogger moms put these schedules together. How I wish I was that kind of organized mom with allotted times for each thing that will take u our day, … [Read more...]