As much as we’d love to be a Disney family, high tailing it off to Orlando a few times a year, that’s not really practical for most of us, is it? No, and even if you do, there will be plenty of time between to fill up with memories at home. Here are 3 things I’ve found lately to have a BLAST with my children without spending much money at all and without leaving our house. 4 Almost Free Ways […]
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Our family is living on a budget for the first time…..since 8 years ago when we read that Dave Ramsey book. This year was a huge change. We went from paying about $3,000/year in school tuitions to Classical Conversations and preschool to paying about $15,000/year total in private school tuitions. That’s two full school tuitions plus a partial one for my kindergartener, who has a partial scholarship. It was a big jump. We realized we were going to have to […]
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It was an exciting weekend here, so I have FUNNY stuff to share today. I thought this photo well captured the key difference between Daniel and me. Look at how neat his memory tiles are. Look at mine. He clearly got a few things from his father. Looks sweet, right? You’d never know that 30 minutes before he cried all the way through Target until I cried uncle and went home. *Groannnnnn.* Hehehe! No, I’m just kidding. I have no […]
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John David is 3 years old, but he already knows that Christmas equals presents. He is also fully in love with Santa Clause, aka the King of Christmas. And in all fairness, who wouldn’t love a man who shows up once a year just to give you all the things you wanted???? Sign me up for that! So you might be wondering why I’m talking about Christmas in October, but the thing is that if you are planning a children’s […]
» Read moreMy crazy week is over. There’s a fresh new week to take on, with no mistakes in it yet. Rest assured. We will add plenty. 🙂 But this week my spirit is at rest. It won’t be much easier. Joshua broke his arm Saturday, and it will be re-cast this week. That means we will have to manage……dumdumdum……the health insurance circus. How many hoops can we make this lady go through? They are the best at that. JD threw up […]
» Read moreLast month we were on vacation, staying at my parent’s house, aka Nana and Granddaddy. Nana’s table requires a tablecloth. Not a big deal, right? Not unless the Dan Man is eating at that table. In his defense, he probably wasn’t the only one; it just seemed like it was usually him. Poor Nana. I am not even kidding when I tell you that Dan was spilling drinks about three times a day. I went to the store and bought […]
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