School Years

This post has been sponsored by Explore Horizons. All opinions are 100% our own!  My fifth grader struggles with reading and writing. It is something that's been ongoing since kindergarten. In the very early elementary grades you think to yourself...

This post is sponsored by Aqua-Tots Swim School. All opinions are 100% our own! When my son started swim lessons at our local Aqua-Tots swim school almost two years ago, I thought that learning to swim and breathing control would...

This post is sponsored by Aqua-Tots Swim School. All opinions are 100% our own! It's finally cooling off in Collin County. The temperatures are slowly lowering and the leaves are falling, but my toddler is still splish-splashing away once a...

Moms, let's get real. . . Deciding where to send your children is tough! Whether it's daycare, preschool, public school, or private school, these are the places where your child will grow, develop, feel nurtured, and spend a large...

My first year of teaching was for a class of first graders. It’s an understatement to say that I was more apprehensive about implementing and maintaining a classroom management plan than I was about teaching a room full of...

This post is sponsored by Oak Brook School. All opinions are 100% our own!   Do you know what one of my biggest parenting surprises was? Realizing how stressful (and frankly, anxiety-inducing) it can be to find and secure childcare for...

If your nursery is anything like mine, we have baskets and shelves overflowing with books! I instilled a bedtime story as part of our "routine" way before my little cherub could even make out the pages, so we have...

I type this post from the OTHER SIDE. The OTHER SIDE of what seemed like a deep ocean of….well, pee, tears, frustration, and…other stuff. We began our potty training journey on April Fool’s Day (perhaps the first mistake on...