Once my two older kids entered elementary school, we entered the world of required nightly reading. In first grade, my daughter had to maintain a reading log, writing down what she read and for how long. She did not enjoy this task, but using bookmark timers has helped a great deal. Mark-My-Time Bookmark Timers...
GIVEAWAY IS NOW OVER — Congrats to #62 – Lindsey! It’s August 1st, do you know where your child’s lunchbox is? School doesn’t start for another month in my area, but I know many kids will be heading back to school soon, which means moms will be packing school lunches. Last summer, I was...
Mike & I celebrated our 13th anniversary on Sunday. Well, we didn’t actually do any celebrating on Sunday, but I told him I had plans to take him on a mystery date on Monday. On Monday, after an early lunch we dropped the kids off at our first mystery destination — friends with kids...
A review of the "Christian Heroes: Then and Now" book series by Janet and Geoff Benge, and a giveaway of the first five books!
I have been wanting to go to the National Aquarium in Baltimore for quite a while, but have held off for a variety of reason. The main prohibiting factors included: the exorbitant fee, distance, parking challenges, and my concern over my ability to wrangle all 3 kids solo, especially since strollers aren’t allowed in...
Visiting the Botanic Gardens Holiday display is always a “must do” Christmas activity in my book, but this year, I couldn’t get the whole family on board. The display features DC landmarks replicated in miniature using plant materials. It also has a a variety of trains set up, in various scenes — this...
Montgomery County Recycling Center 16105 Frederick Rd Derwood, MD 20855 (Map) County Website On Wednesday, a friend and I decided to take the kids to “Trashy Town” aka the Montgomery County Recycling Center. Earlier in the summer, I read that you can take tours of the recycling center and I thought this would be...
Homestead Farm 15604 Sugarland Rd. Poolesville, MD 20837 Recorded Message: 301-977-3761 http://www.homestead-farm.net/ HomesteadFarmEmail@gmail.com Saturday morning, we made another visit to Homestead Farm to pick some peaches. I love that Homestead is 20 miles outside the Beltway and only takes us about 35-40 minutes to get there. First we had to get some obligatory pictures…...
I got a handful of these Stainless Steel Condiment Prep Cups from Crate and Barrel ages ago. Like, pre-kids, with visions of concocting my own Melting Pot fondue masterpiece at home, complete with a bevvy of sauces. That never happened, and these cups languished from lack of use for years, until my kids got...
Last year, I bought this lunchbox for my daughter, when she was starting kindergarten. It was being sold through the PTA as a fundraiser and it looked pretty good on paper. A year later, with another kiddo slated to start kindy, I began to revisit the lunchbox options. The old lunchbox wasn’t bad, but,...
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