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School Project: Mom Deserves A Beer

Two hours of baseball and then over an hour of working on a second grade school project. “Have you finished your facts yet?” “How many facts did you finish?” “Can you please finish your facts?” “No, you can’t put that all together until your facts are done.” Seriously. Writing down eight facts on cards (which… Continue reading School Project: Mom Deserves A Beer

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Mom of Boys Means Motivation With Snacks

My Gram used to say, “A way to a man’s heart is through his stomach.” I must say, while this is true, I think a way to his heart, his head, his muscles, and his nervous system is all through his stomach. Food is their everything! When I tell everyone I have three boys they first tell me… Continue reading Mom of Boys Means Motivation With Snacks

The Bookshelf

Elementary School Book Fair: Scholastic Disappoints

The Scholastic book fair is once again coming to our school next week. It will be nice to get some new books on the shelf. However, I was a little disappointed when the Scholastic flyer arrived in my son’s folder. I sat there at the table checking out all the titles of the books they… Continue reading Elementary School Book Fair: Scholastic Disappoints