If you think your child is struggling at school, and they are in K-3, what should you do?
First, start with the school. If your child is minimally meeting or not meeting expectations in any area of the curriculum, make an appointment to meet the teacher. You need to find out if the difficulties are academic [...]
This past Sunday I had the opportunity to be on the other side of the lens… the lens of Jon-Mark. We have been planning our yearly family photo session since April. We had originally decided on a date 3 weeks earlier but E’s ezcema flare up led us to postpone. Call [...]
Summer is here even if the weather is not cooperating. Come tomorrow afternoon school will be over and we’ll have a whole summer to get reacquainted with our kidlets. If you have a lot of time at home with them you might need some ideas. Below are a few sites I have come across that [...]
Today I picked up my 3-year-old from preschool and he had a special gift for me. The teacher informed me it was a Mother’s Day gift that each child had worked very hard on. My little guy was very excited to give it to me and when I asked him if I should wait to [...]
Mother’s Day….what do you really want…that’s what my kids keep asking…when I reply with good manners, helpful gestures and no fighting they roll their eyes and say yes but moooooooooommmmmmm what do you want? Honestly I love to get gifts but I would be just as happy without. What I love are the little things [...]
Mother’s day is nearly a week away. My daughter was born on Mother’s Day last year. My daughter’s first birthday is nearly a week away- how did that happen? I have been going through this exact thought process at least 4 times a day for the past couple days which has led me to realize that I have mixed feelings about this upcoming [...]
I went back to work last week and the wheels seriously came off the little vehicle that is our family. I know I will not be the first or the last mother to experience this but, it does not make it any less challenging. The worst part is, I only work part-time! I can only [...]
We took the boys swimming the other day and I have to say it was not a fun time. Things were just off from the start. The baby was fussy and my 3YO was jumping all over me and I could feel myself getting more and more annoyed. We weren’t even there for an hour [...]