When I sent my first daughter off to VPK (Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten), I was ready. Her sister was just 18 months, and I was so happy to have some “alone” time with the baby, who I had always juggled time with before. As I sent our big girl away to school every day, I was so Read Post
Money Saving Back to School Shopping Tips [GIVEAWAY]
Can you believe it’s almost here? Summer has flown by, and in just weeks we’ll be re-entering the world of car lines, PTO meetings, and field trip forms. But before we send our kids back to school, we of course have to stock up and go shopping. Just the thought of it can seem overwhelming. Read Post
Time for Moms to Go Back to School?
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”450px” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]This post is sponsored by Kaplan University, all opinions are 100% my own. [/dropshadowbox] Over the years my career path has changed multiple times. I went from a behind the scenes television producer, to an on camera talent, and later back to producing a Marlins kids show. Read Post
How to Keep Your Kids From Getting Sick
It’s back to school so you know what that means? Back to germs. We have completed just one week of the new school year and already our oldest has a full blown cold, and our little one has the sniffles. After a pretty quiet summer it’s hard enough to get back into the swing of things, so Read Post
DIY Home Wall Organizer with Printable Calendars
With school officially back in season, it became imperative for us to find a way to get organized. You know what I’m talking about…school papers, schedules, folders, backpacks, lunchboxes…the list goes on and on. But in our home we don’t have a clear space for those awesome command centers you see all over Pinterest, so Read Post
Things Kids Say: Kindergarten
We are a couple of weeks into the school year, and the transition has been less than smooth. Thankfully our daughter loves her teacher, and the school is fabulous….but the wake up time has been a killer. As has the car line. I have taken for granted though the magic of what back to school Read Post
10 Things I’d Rather Be Doing Than Waiting in Car Line
Well we made it. Four days into the school year and we’ve survived the brutally early wake up, the tears (mine not hers), kindergarten uniform policy, figured out folder procedures each night (yellow AND purple), and picked our after school activities. But there’s still one thing I just can’t wrap my head around… CAR LINE Read Post
Tips For Choosing the Right Elementary School
Having a hard time finding the right elementary school for your budding Kindergartner? Public vs. Private? Charter vs. Public? Homeschool? Then there are the endless Charter School lotteries,wait lists, zone reassignments, FCAT scores, and classroom sizes to consider. Not to mention volunteer hour requirements, and car line waits, it really can be maddening. So how do Read Post
