Tomorrow will be the start of our weekly long At Home Summer Camp, Camp Lieb. I’ve carefully planned out fun activities and snacks for the entire week. Each day has theme and usually some sort of learning element but it’s mostly just going to be loads of fun. I plan on blogging about our week…
This week the boys and I picked up a Passport to Raleigh Parks. It’s a fun program our local parks and recreation department has put together to encourage people to visit more local parks. How to participate in the Passport to Raleigh Parks program: We started our park tour at Annie Louise Wilkerson Nature Preserve….
Simon has been slowing showing interest in using the potty. We haven’t fully committed to potty training just yet but I’m trying to let him discover potty training on his own. He’s usually pretty interested in using the potty but he’s completely uninterested in wearing underwear. Eventually he’ll come around. Today he decided he needed…
This week the 2 older boys have been spending their evenings at VBS. It’s been a fun little break from our usual routine of swim meets, dinner drama, neighborhood walks and evening meltdowns. Joe and I have been taking full advantage of 2 fewer kids. The other night we took the 2 littlest boys out…
I’m a virtual farmer. Not really, but recently I’ve been spending a lot of time researching farms, farmer markets and various farm animals. And no, I’m not playing Farmville. This past week or so I’ve been busy with some fun design work. You see, a little over a year ago my brother, sister-in-law and their…
I’m watching from a distance as he jumps up and down with excitement awaiting his turn to dive. He’s completely focused on expressing his excitement, he doesn’t realize he’s disturbing the kids around him and he doesn’t hear the coach right away when she asks him to stop. On occasion I try to intervene and…