Lately it seems my personal Facebook feed is blowing up with parents desperate for solutions and advice to various parenting woes. Conversations with friends have revolved around the kids and as we head into summer, I'm sure a lot of parents are beginning to brace themselves. I have spent my entire life working with children. I'm the oldest of four, began babysitting for neighbors in middle school, worked as a camp counselor over the summers, was a teacher assistant in a preschool class in ...
Mom Musings
Time is Flying
Eleanor turned 3 today. Hudson just turned one and Quinn is 5! I have no idea how this is all possible. We enrolled Quinn in the lottery for three magnet schools and then crossed our fingers and toes and waited. We also started to entertain the idea of homeschooling. It started to become something I was very excited about and regardless of the outcome on the magnet schools--was seriously considering. I never expected to feel that way. I actually have been imagining, since the day Quinn ...
When You Want It All
I have been struggling lately. I love this blog. I love my readers. Today when I got on the computer after being absent for a week--or more, who knows, I lost track-- my heart sank. 566 pageviews yesterday. For those of you who don't blog, that is like logging into your bank and finding out you have $5. My heart sank, instantly. It is an odd phenomenon, because I haven't blogged or pinned or shared via social media. In other words, I haven't been putting anything in the bank. Yet there I was, ...
When You Feel Like Whining
I have been feeling pretty whiny lately. I just got braces on Tuesday and they hurt. My mouth is sore and chewing is painful. Day one was no big deal. I may or may not have said to the husband, "I think these braces are no big deal, because I have a really high pain tolerance. I mean....I did carry three babies and have three c/s". Then day two happened and I haven't stopped whining. The husbands wants to know what happened to my "high pain tolerance" and keeps quoting me. Good thing I can ...
My First Job & a Printable
This post brought to you by BMO Harris Bank N.A. Member FDIC. All opinions are 100% mine. I went to school for education. I really have known no work that wasn't working with kids. I held down babysitting gigs in middle school. Through college I worked at daycare/preschools and summer camps in the summer. I graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a degree in English and Elementary Education. The summer following graduation I got married and accepted my very first job. I ...