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Kids Spotlight: Kind Hearts, Brave Voices, and Big Talents
I’m having a slew of Proud Mom moments lately. These kiddos are each so amazing! I’m so glad they are being recognized and able to share their talents, dedication, and faith. Student of…
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Mini Golf Mother-Son Outing
Break is a perfect opportunity to take the kids out for one-on-one time. My active outdoorsy boy is so thoughtful and only included date ideas for at home, so I wanted to share…
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Summer Moments with the Kids
I had several activities out with the kids, especially my boys. Most of them involve eating out because it’s a treat that we don’t get to do normally unless we’re out on a…
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Rock Climbing Birthday
It’s our son’s 11th birthday! I am shocked at how big he has grown from that tiny baby charming his way through the NICU. Today this cutie climbed through year 10 and finally…
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Let Them Be Kids
These kids have such big imaginations and I’m so glad they’re able to have so much free play and reading. The tradeoff with letting kids be kids is that sometimes it’s easy to…
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Kids Spotlight: End of 2025-2026 School Year
It’s the end of the school year! L earned an “All A’s – 4.0 GPA” Award at school that came with a certificate, complete with a nice gold foil stamp on it! She…
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February Family Updates
Our very dead Christmas tree is still up. I cooked for the first time in months (Peruvian chicken, Mexican Picadillo, chicken tortilla soup) and this crew must be desperate for home cooked meals…
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Be My Valentine
I ordered the kids’ classroom exchange cards online because I haven’t had time to go to a store. Feels kinda apathetic but I’m at a “whatever is convenient- done is better than perfect”…
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Creative Kids… Back In My Day
Fletcher has this icebreaker idea at the dinner table where we pretend we are old folks. In a silly almost Southern accent he says things like, “Back in my day, we didn’t have…
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Game Store Date
Fletcher reminded me each day about how excited he was for our Game Store outing as the time drew nearer. Even though he was getting sick and all of my plans and routine…
