July is always a super busy time. We visit the entire family- on both sides, my husband's and mine, during the month of July. Needless to say, it goes by pretty quickly!!!
We also visited Wilmington, NC on a whim. It was such a fun weekend. Here's some of our summer fun:
We also visited Wilmington, NC on a whim. It was such a fun weekend. Here's some of our summer fun:
Don't you love photo collages? I do!!!!
I just found one in the Play store and downloaded it for free. Kinda like a digital scrapbooking for me!
On another note....
Do some days feel looooong to you? Like it will never end and you've heard "no" a million times and don't think you can hear it anymore? I feel ya. That's when it's time to call the babysitter, go out with some friends, and get some YOU time. My girls saved me last week. It was just one of those tough weeks for me. I'm not even really sure why. Maybe it's all the traveling. Needless to say, I haven't laughed so much in a long time. It was like we were 22 again and had no cares in the world. We blasted music, danced, had Menchies, and just made each other laugh. A lot. Maybe even more importantly, we could talk about what worries us, pushes us over the edge, and talk about how we're all in the same boat. "Don't worry, mama. You're doing just fine." :)
We captured some of our silly antics:
I just found one in the Play store and downloaded it for free. Kinda like a digital scrapbooking for me!
On another note....
Do some days feel looooong to you? Like it will never end and you've heard "no" a million times and don't think you can hear it anymore? I feel ya. That's when it's time to call the babysitter, go out with some friends, and get some YOU time. My girls saved me last week. It was just one of those tough weeks for me. I'm not even really sure why. Maybe it's all the traveling. Needless to say, I haven't laughed so much in a long time. It was like we were 22 again and had no cares in the world. We blasted music, danced, had Menchies, and just made each other laugh. A lot. Maybe even more importantly, we could talk about what worries us, pushes us over the edge, and talk about how we're all in the same boat. "Don't worry, mama. You're doing just fine." :)
We captured some of our silly antics:
So if your days are going a little slow, or you want some creative things to do after camp, I made a toddler/PreK activity calendar. I developed it because my little's daycare was actually talking about sending home homework (in preK????). All they are sending are worksheets- which this teacher has a big NO about. I think it's fine to review skills and have practice- and many parents want that...
I would rather the conversation be about how can we talk with our kids? How can we build their vocabulary and background knowledge that is essential to their schooling success? That's why I developed this calendar. I use something similar for my first graders. Pick any day you want or go in order. It's designed to last as long or short as you want, but to get you talking with your child. It helps me to have some sort of plan or idea so that I don't sit around saying "what do you wanna do??"
You can get it here at my new TeachersPayTeachers store. If you leave a comment here on the blog with your email I will send it to you for free. :) Or you can email me from the contact tab above. Who all is out there in cyberspace? :) If you wouldn't mind rating me on my store, I would greatly appreciate it. Just trying to get things going there...
I am working on more activity calendars for specific months/seasons, so stay tuned!
I hope it helps you or inspires your own ideas. I would love to hear!
TTYL :)
I would rather the conversation be about how can we talk with our kids? How can we build their vocabulary and background knowledge that is essential to their schooling success? That's why I developed this calendar. I use something similar for my first graders. Pick any day you want or go in order. It's designed to last as long or short as you want, but to get you talking with your child. It helps me to have some sort of plan or idea so that I don't sit around saying "what do you wanna do??"
You can get it here at my new TeachersPayTeachers store. If you leave a comment here on the blog with your email I will send it to you for free. :) Or you can email me from the contact tab above. Who all is out there in cyberspace? :) If you wouldn't mind rating me on my store, I would greatly appreciate it. Just trying to get things going there...
I am working on more activity calendars for specific months/seasons, so stay tuned!
I hope it helps you or inspires your own ideas. I would love to hear!
TTYL :)