Saving money & nurturing family life
Preface: Teaching during a pandemic is hard! My son has been doing a hybrid learning model but started virtual learning yesterday. While I was at work I received a text from my husband, “the teacher just said she doesn’t know what to do – she is so frustrated”. She chugged through the day and concluded…
Not much is certain these days but I think we can all agree that Halloween will be different this year. Trick-or-treating has already been canceled in our city. Honestly, I’m not a fan of the going door-to-door for candy so no biggie here. But, the school halloween party with matching family costumes is something I…
I know, 30-minute weeknight meals that are wholesome and delish seems hard to believe but I promise you they exist. As moms, we want our family to eat healthy – but that can sometime mean hours spent in the kitchen. Let’s put those days behind us because healthy eating doesn’t need to take hours in…
Dear Olivia, Grayson and Teigan, You don’t know this but I created an email account for you and I’ve been sending y’all emails since 2016. I love handwritten letters but I thought email would be safer – they can’t get lost in a move or burned in a fire. But I sure love a handwritten…
First day of school was today and I was feeling all the emotions a mama could possibly feel in a time like this. Originally both kids were to do 9 weeks 100% remote learning but then there was a last minute opening at a school we applied to almost a year ago for Grayson. They’re…
I have been wanting to give Teigan’s bookshelf a refresh for quite some time. When God Made You by Matthew Paul Turner and illustrated by David Catrow was recommended by several IG mamas. You can find the book on my Amazon storefront. When I saw the beautiful hard cover book, I quickly put it into my…