This week Caroline started third grade and Thomas started first grade! I had very mixed emotions about the kiddos returning to school. In some ways, it felt like summer flew by and in others, it felt like it was unending. We have all been ready and excited for the new school year, our teachers, and …
Summer
This week I am getting our family packed and ready for a few days at the beach for Spring Break so I thought it would be fun to share some of my favorite items we’re bringing with our Spring Break Packing List… 1.Towel Holder Clips I’ve been using these for years! They are so great …
We spent a few days in Holden Beach last week with Matt’s family! It was the perfect last trip of summer and now I’m feeling all sorts of emotions prepping for back to school. A few snapshots from vacation… We had perfect weather the entire trip and spent many, many hours boogie boarding, attempting to …
We spent an amazing weekend playing in the mountains! I had been counting down to this past weekend all summer long and was ecstatic when it finally arrived. I was nervous about the weather forecast (thunderstorms all weekend) but we decided to roll the dice and go anyway — and we were incredibly lucky to …
Last Friday afternoon Caroline hopped off the bus for the very last time as a first grader and Thomas finished his last day of daycare…and our 13 weeks of summer break officially began! I mention this every summer but being a working mom during summer break is really hard for me. Like really, really, really …
We spent most of our last week of summer in Florida visiting my family. It was the only week of summer we didn’t have a camp booked for Caroline and we wanted her last few days of her first summer break to be special, so we decided to head to Orlando kind of last minute. …