We are officially saying goodbye to Summer today. My kiddos are starting at a new school, leaving one they had been at forever. This year is a time of a lot of changes for us. Naturally I want to make friends with the other moms but can I find my people? So I thought it might be important to share how to spot the crunchy mom on the first day of ...
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Advice from Kids
You're going to laugh at me for this one. I was playing the Inside Out game on my phone and could not get past this one level- 133. I even looked up the youtube video on how to beat it. Shameful I know. It was so bad and after a week of being unable to free all the workers, I was ready to stop playing. My cheerleaders however had other plans. They ...
10 Reasons Why I LOVE Summer it’s Finally Here!
Summer vacation is here. Finally. I mean could it have taken any longer? Sure we had a lot of snow days but it seemed like the school year would not end. Hmm I think I might even be a tad more thrilled about it than the kiddos. Some parents dread Summer, all the noise noise noise noise! Yes the kids are home, chaos ensues, and we are starting ...
5 Lessons Learned from being a Dance Mom
Since October, our free time has been consumed by the Princess' Ballet Company production of The Nutcracker. It all culminated in a jam packed, 5 shows weekend right before Christmas. I walked away from the experience with some new insight on myself and what it means to be a dance mom. I also learned how extremely unprepared I was to dive into this ...
Gifford’s Famous Ice Cream is Now in the DC Metro Area
One of the fun things about doing what I do is getting to attend awesome events my whole family gets to enjoy. This one happened to be on little man's birthday- food, ice cream, and golf? It was like another present for him! You mean we have to choose? Toppings time and that would be my little one's hand creeping up in the ...