Posts Tagged ‘back to school’
First Day!
We celebrate the first day of school in our house. Not only because I used to be a teacher and I think school years are exciting and fun, and not because I was happy to be sending them back as a stay-at-home mom (which I sometimes was). Here’s the thinking. Our kids notice what we celebrate. We…
Read MoreWhite Blanket
This post is a bit of a mish-mash of a few different ideas. First, this is our downtime before the first day of school. This journal entry perfectly encapsulates how we’d usually spend the last day of summer. Either outside by the pool or inside chilling out, we’d relax and get ourselves organized for the school…
Read MoreSleep Schedule
Don’t shoot the messenger! Back to school is just around the corner and with that comes a wake-up time that may be jarring for little ones who have been sleeping in this summer. As soon as you are ready, you can start to get the kids on that schedule, so it is not an added…
Read MoreBack to School Nerves
Is your child a little testy this week? A little clingy? A little argumentative? If anything seems out of the ordinary, it may be some back-to-school nerves coming to the surface. Think about it, there’s a lot at stake in the next few weeks for our little ones. They’re meeting a new teacher, some new…
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