The last week of school seems to get crazier and crazier each year and this round was no exception. Between class parties, swim wrap-ups, scouting gatherings, performances, field days, game days and graduations, we felt swallowed up by that entire last week. Thankfully, along with the chaos came a lot…
Our end of the school year family awards night was such a success last year that we knew we had to keep the tradition going. We are always pushing our boys to work harder and do better, but we think it is equally important to recognize their accomplishments. We gathered…
We started the tradition of having a fancy dinner to commemorate the first day of school last year. It was such a success that I knew we had to incorporate it again. It takes an extra amount of effort to plan and implement “extras” like this, but it is always…
When it was announced that Blake’s Kindergarten class was putting on a talent show on their last day of school, he had a hard time narrowing down which talent to perform. He was a little too nervous to demonstrate the cup game in front of his whole class, and he…
I’ve seen lots of back-to-school ideas and I knew I wanted to start a tradition in our family with the launch of the new school year. We had a fancy first day of school dinner party to commemorate the big event. As I sat the table in the dining room…
When I had my first child, I was clueless about how important an organized offense would be in successful mothering. I thought that it would be easy for family dinners to fall into place, that I’d want to spend every waking moment on the floor playing Little People with my…
For Family Home Evening, we went to the park and brought a picnic dinner. A picnic is something we have been meaning to do all summer. I am loving that it is slowly cooling down a little bit. I love being able to finally whip out sweatshirts. Usually I am…
We went to a minor league baseball game for Family Home Evening. It made us all miss the Red Sox a little bit, but it was still fun. Blake especially enjoyed himself. He “danced” by stomping his feet on my legs every time they played music. He played the “take…
