Practice You've probably heard the phrase "practice makes perfect" through the course of your life. However, perfection is pretty hard, if not impossible to attain. So, instead of setting myself and my family up for failure, we're going with a new phrase around here: Practice makes progress! There has been a lot of practice going on around here lately, and I wanted to … [Read more...]
Packing: Tips, Tricks, and Lists
Packing As I mentioned in my December goals, we're getting ready to head out on a family vacation. I also might have mentioned, I'm a little stressed about it. So, in order to help alleviate some of that stress, I'm trying to get my packing done early. As we all know, when the family goes on vacation, mom doesn't just pack for herself. At least in our family, I pack for all … [Read more...]
The Rest of the Road Trip
The Rest The rest of our Road Trip has been on my agenda to share with you for a while. It's been over three weeks, but I needed to get to a place where I could find the whole thing humorous, rather than frustrating or exhausting. Traveling in the car with three boys is not for the faint of heart. So, I'm going to share the rest of the trip with you, the good, the not … [Read more...]
Spring Break at Home
Spring Break Our first Spring Break officially starts on Friday. Woo hoo? To be clear, it's not really a break for us moms. For me, it means an extra little one at home. While I love having Mr. B home, for some reason, when the three boys are all home, it seems like the fighting gets worse. It's not really two against one, it's just an extra one that doesn't like to share, … [Read more...]
Mid-Month Goal Check October
How can we be halfway through October already?! Even though some of the days have been very, very looooooong, the month has gone by really fast. How does that happen? I'm going to warn you now, this is not going to be a long post. Last night, I spent 2 hours in Urgent Care. My oldest son came home from school, and was very quiet. When I asked him what was wrong, he told me … [Read more...]
