It is already February 2023. Who can believe it? January was a blur. A cold blur. I guess that would be a brr blur. Anyway, here we are on the other side of Groundhog Day (thank you, Phil for six more weeks of winter), and Valentine’s Day is here! Flowers, conversation hearts, chocolate, and cute …
I’ve learned from both Ecclesiastes and The Byrds that there is a time for everything. A time to play, laugh, work, sleep, cry, and as much as I hate to admit it, a time to fold laundry. Time is something we all wish we had more of and once gone, you can’t get it back. …
Spring is here. This morning I heard the birds chirping and I felt like they were officially announcing the arrival of the season. For me, in the south, the temps are getting warmer, but there are still cool mornings and evenings where jackets are required. I can hardly believe Easter has already come and gone. …
If there was one time of year that I could experience in slow motion, it would be now. The start of fall. The weather is changing and those of us in the south are finally feeling a break in the hot, humid, sticky summer temperatures. The mornings and evenings are crisp and cool and a …
School is back in swing. Easy as 1.2.3, right? Wrong. I don’t know about you, but it is well into the third week of school, and I have that pop quiz feeling when I wake up, and I am not ready. There is a lot to keep up with. The boys each have folders sent …
Around the middle of June last year, our family decided to go to the beach. It was just our immediate family, and we had all been sequestered for a long, long couple of months. (Think back to the 2020 meme about February having 29 days, March having 300 days and April lasting 5 years.) It …
This time last year, we launched into a week’s worth of American history, starting in the year 1770. Since it was the week of July 4th, I thought it would be a great theme for a week of summer lockdown learning and activities. Specifically, we did a countdown, or timeline leading up to the historic …
I have always wanted to go to Australia. It’s on my bucket list. Given that it is around 22 hours flying time, I feel like I should commit at least a couple of weeks. There is plenty to do and see, so filling up a two-week itinerary should not be a problem. It will not …
Cars. Cars. Cars. That was the answer if you asked my two-year-old at the time, now eight-year-old what he wanted to play with. He wanted to race cars. We would sit, me or his dad or his grandparents at one end of the hall and he at the other. He would race his toy cars …
For our third week of SVL (supplement-to-virtual learning), I decided to focus on all things Spring. The weather is perfect this time of year, so we needed to be outdoors. I was so grateful for the days of sunshine because it lessened the feeling of being sequestered during lockdown. We headed outside and got our …