The Ups and Downs of a WAHM
As the weather warms up, it is good to know signs of heat stroke since your pets can feel the heat too. It is important to keep your pets protected during the heat of the summer since there can be serious injury or even death if over-exposed to heat. Here are some tips that may [...]
Finding enough activities for children during their summer break can be challenging at times. I do not know about you but there is a big countdown of days until school is over in our home. My twins “graduated” from preschool last week and Megan will be done with 4th grade at the end of Thursday. [...]
Summer Camp? Here are some tips on how to help your child prepare for summer camp. Summer camp is a tradition for many children. It allows them to spread their wings and get a taste of independence before they fledge and leave the nest completely. It also gives parents an opportunity to experience their first [...]
Here in Illinois, the months of January and February are usually the peak of our winter weather. These months for me are usually the most difficult. Not only because of the cold but because by this time I am really missing the warm weather and being outdoors. One thing I have started doing to cope [...]
Are you gearing for the summer music festivals yet? Here in Chicago we have several festivals that occur each year. We have a huge park called Grant Park that is located right on the Lake (Michigan) downtown that has a band shell. That is where some of our summer festivals are held. A few of [...]
National Anti-Boredom Month I realize I am very late on this, in fact, I don’t think I could get too much later! Does that even make sense? I just found out that it is National Anti-Boredom Month and National Hot Dog Month. Dang, I could have had fun with both of those. But in celebration of [...]
Pure Leaf Iced Tea There is nothing better then fresh brewed iced tea during the summer. I normally drink my tea as unsweetened, with no lemon flavoring. Probably pretty boring to a lot of people. My kids even love iced tea, which I find a little strange since I do drink it a pure iced [...]
My children generally stay at my in-laws at least a couple of weekends a year. My oldest has started to doing sleep overs at her friends house every now and then – but I try to keep that at a minimum. My oldest daughter is also in Girl Scouts, but they really do not do [...]
I was talking to someone this morning, while at swim team practice with my daughter, about how busy everyone is. We both kind of laughed because summer is supposed to be the time to relax! As adults as much as we want to relax, that is the last thing in the world kids want to [...]
The fact that we are practically living up at the pool is a sure sign that summer has started! :-) Megan is on swim team, she has practice every morning and then swim meets Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Besides that she has stroke clinic, to improve upon the different strokes and we then we go [...]
School is almost done for the year – eeeekkkk! :-) No, it’s fun – but I definitely need a game plan since 3 children can get bored and get on each other’s nerves very easily! Here are some fun summer activities to help prevent bored children over summer break! Numero Uno – the pool. It’s [...]
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