Last Wednesday my kiddo was wide awake from 1 a.m. to about 5 a.m. As I rubbed his back I was certain he was drifting off to sleep. My eyes fluttered closed, but it didn't last long. Jackson jumped up, got in my face and said, when I get older I need to drive a dune buggy. This folks, is how his ADHD brain works. I couldn't help but giggle, even though I was dying to go back to sleep. A few hours later, I woke up relieved to have a day at home with nowhere to be. To be honest, I Continue Reading
All Aboard The Learning Express
Last week I needed to up my homeschool game. Jackson was getting bored. He was unable to focus on the task at hand. Writing spelling words on his white board wasn't cutting it. So how did I solve this problem? I went to his closet and pulled out all his trains. I collected all the train books we own (which are a lot). I grabbed a few more supplies and set up a learning area filled with locomotives, coal cars and steam engines. Here's how we made trains part of our school Continue Reading
When Relief Outweighs the Sadness
I wasn't sure how I'd feel today. It's the first day of public school in our town and it's the first year I won't be sending my son through the elementary school doors. Last week I found myself wondering if I'd feel sad seeing my newsfeed overflowing with first day of school photos.Would I feel sad that my kiddo couldn't do a typical kiddo thing, or would I feel relieved? A day like today brings a mixture of emotions for a mama who is about to embark on her first full year of Continue Reading
The Book That’s Getting Me Excited About the New School Year
I'm an avid reader. I have been for as long as I can remember. As a child I spent family vacations with my nose stuck in a book. I'd easily finish reading four or five books while sitting at a campsite in Colorado. I devoured Nancy Drew and The Baby Sitters Club. I vividly remember my 6th grade language arts teacher reading aloud to us each day during class. I love to read. I love books. Amazon gets a lot of my money. I currently have a stack of books begging for my attention. I have Continue Reading
The Day I Stopped To Make Paper Airplanes
Today I took the time to make paper airplanes with my kid. I didn’t even know how to make a paper airplane (at least one that could actually fly), so I did what any good mama would do - I Googled it. And by golly I made a pretty sweet plane that actually went pretty far once the wind found its way beneath the wings. We decorated them with our favorite colors - his blue and mine purple - and added stickers that spelled our names. He wanted to have a paper airplane show. So he set Continue Reading