January first? Schmanuary schmirst! Every mother knows that the beginning of a new school year is the real New Year. While I prefer to have my kids home for the routine-free joys of summer, I also try to make the best of whatever stage/season/month of life I'm in. And yes, I've given that speech three times in the last 24 hours to my … [Read more...]
Over My Lifeless Body
Tomorrow is the first day of school. Yes, I've already cried about it. While I'll miss the joy of sleeping late and yakking with my kids over lunch, there is some appeal to getting back into a routine. Routines help. Days with definite obligations and definite assignments help me combat my Slob Vision and keep this place out of Disaster … [Read more...]
Let’s Try a(nother) New Way
Kids are always growing. And changing. And sometimes it's hard to keep up. Especially for a Slob Mama who gets overly discouraged about failed organizational methods anyway. But if I've learned anything through this deslobification journey, it's that I must keep trying. Again and again. And again. A few weeks ago, a few days after … [Read more...]
Summer of Clean Final Bathroom Report
Here's the short version of my final report on how we did cleaning bathrooms this summer: The bathrooms were thoroughly cleaned several times this summer. If I hadn't been purposeful about continuing to train my kids to clean them on a designated Bathroom Cleaning Day, they likely wouldn't have been cleaned at all this summer. The long … [Read more...]
Lunch Making Season Begins
Next week, it begins. The early mornings. The early bedtimes. The homework. And the lunch-making. Which is not really my favorite part. The first day that my first child went to kindergarten, I packed his lunch sack so full that it wouldn't close. It had a sandwich, chips, string cheese, an apple, carrots, and … [Read more...]
Summer of Clean is Almost Over (Laundry Report)
HOW does summer fly by so quickly? It's been another fun year and my kids are crazy-tan, in great shape from swimming like maniacs almost every day, and sad-as-can-be that school starts next week. While we're having Summer's Last Blast this week, I thought I'd report on how our Summer of Clean went. First, let's talk laundry. Mondays were … [Read more...]
How to Make Medicine Dosing Easier for Grandparents
For perhaps the first time ever (gross exaggeration possible), I sent the kids to their grandma's house yesterday and didn't have to worry about sending an ice-chest with must-be-refrigerated medicine. We're generally (and thankfully) healthy around here, but it seems like the last half of any anti-biotic falls during a trip. When that trip … [Read more...]
Snack Time Fun: Make an Apple Sandwich Creation Station
It’s the time of year when moms begin looking for healthy after-school snack ideas. Mott’s Snack & Go Natural Applesauce Pouches are a great option for on-the-go snack times! I don’t want to think about it . . . but school starts soon. Very soon. For this Mama who loves to have her kids at home during the summer, it’s … [Read more...]
Bobbing for Apples (for Germaphobes)
Little known fact about me: I am was a Champion Apple Bobber. That's right, every time I bobbed for apples as a child, I dominated. I was generally the only person at the party who was more-than-willing to stick my entire head into the bucket and push the apple to the bottom so I could grip it in my larger-than-average mouth. Half the fun … [Read more...]
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