Showing posts with label family. Show all posts
Showing posts with label family. Show all posts

Thursday, August 8, 2013

The countdown is on...

Yes folks, it's that time of year again.....  THE KIDS ARE GOING BACK TO SCHOOL!!!

---no, I'm not excited...  why do you ask?

...just kidding...  I can't wait!

Now, I know the kids would be offended at this, so let me clarify:  I'm not excited that they'll be gone all day, I'm excited that I'll have more time to focus on some of the projects that I've had on my to-do list for far too long...  and that it'll be quiet because they'll be gone all day.  ;o)

So, I mentioned some of the organizational YouTubers that I've been watching awhile ago (I'm not sure which post...  maybe I'll link to it in the future, just not right at this moment).  One of them is At Home With Nikki, she does lots of organizational, time management, cleaning and decorating videos (apparently she has a blog, but I haven't checked it out at this point).  About two weeks ago she posted this video full of back to school tips...

Well, I jumped on it and went out and got supplies to make my own school information binder for the kids.  I'm so happy with it so far!  It has already helped me to stay on track with the little bits of registration that we I was slacking on.


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Thursday, June 13, 2013

My kids' summer bucket lists...


The other day, I got a phone call from my mom suggesting that I have the kids write up summer bucket lists.  They gave me some pretty funny stuff:


O's cover 



Rye's list:



"To DOOO this summer!
  • go to the pool
  • cook a lot!
  • ride my bike!
  • spend a lot of time with my family!
  • go to the park!
  • spend a lot of time outside
  • spend a lot of time with my mom!
  • have sleepovers with Mackenzie!
  • spend time with Lily"
Moo's list:



"bucket list of summer notes
  1. make milkshake
  2. Disneyland
  3. go to the mall
  4. have a sleepover
  5. plant a tree
  6. get a girls' day
  7. make cookies
  8. get cows to come over from Aunt Holly's so we can have some milk
  9. go to the pool
  10. go to the park
  11. go to Grandma's"
O's list:


"O's summer bucket list
  • blow out citronella torches
  • drink milkshake
  • play at the park with Puppy Gramma
  • play on Mommy's phone
  • go to "rocket ship" park again
  • make necklaces
  • eat with Miss Ginny (our neighbor)
  • make s'mores with Kitty Gramma
  • decorate shirts (my suggestion: tie-dye!)
  • make kites (original thought: 'make paper Christmas trees')
  • make paper tables
  • go to the zoo (and see the snakes)
  • draw something
  • play with my toys
  • run around
  • play with roly-polies
  • look for bunnies in the clouds and sky
  • eat pepperonis not on pizza
  • play with water
  • go swimming
  • drink lemonade (and juice)
  • play with Jack and Lily
  • plant plants
  • fly like birds ('you say, "how are we gonna fly?"  ...with airplanes!')
  • play with Mommy
  • play with a lot of people
  • let's cook!
  • cook hot dogs
  • sleep and just go to bed (jammie day)
  • make bracelets
  • drive to Kitty Gramma's house
  • garden
  • ride bike"
...so I guess we won't run out of things to do over summer break between their lists, my mom's list and mine...

...oh, and I found this in the garden a couple of days ago...
...it was delicious...
...we split it five ways...

What's on your summer bucket list?