Are you teaching about turkeys this November? Here are some fun turkey classroom resources that will work perfectly this time of year! Some of the activities include free printables. Turkey Cookies I made these turkey cookies with my first graders during a Thanksgiving celebration and they absolutely LOVED creating them. Even better? I made it […]

This post was sponsored by Cincinnati Premium Outlets. All experiences and opinions shared are my own. Brandon and I headed out on a little day date last week to get holiday ready at Cincinnati Premium Outlets located in Monroe, Ohio. It’s about a forty-five minute drive from where we live in Northern Kentucky, but oh […]

This post shares a turkey vocabulary and labeling activity to use in the kindergarten, first grade, or second grade classroom. With the Thanksgiving holiday nearing, it’s time to incorporate some turkey fun into your classroom! There are many wonderful Thanksgiving texts you can include into your daily read-aloud time. Why learn about turkeys? The material […]

Have kids? This fridge snack drawer organization hack is the perfect solution for easy-access to healthy foods at kid-height! A Fridge Fiasco We’ve had a snack drawer in our fridge since my oldest was a toddler. It was easy to pull open a lower drawer and dump in all the kid-friendly snacks we had on […]

This post shares the story of the precipitous labor and delivery of my fourth child. A precipitous labor and delivery is the birth of a baby within 3 hours or less after beginning regular contractions. Charlie is the baby I never saw coming. Not because of infertility or some circumstance that rendered his conception difficult […]

This post has been sponsored by Borden. All thoughts and opinions are my own.  When I think of milk, the first thing that comes to mind is a milkshake.  As a child, I remember sitting at the counter of a local ice cream parlor and being thrilled when my parents let me order a banana milkshake.  […]

This post was sponsored by Cincinnati Premium Outlets. All experiences and opinions shared are my own. Is there anything that signifies the end of summer more than back to school shopping? Especially after you pull out last fall’s wardrobe only to realize that all of your children have grown several inches in the past year […]

Perfect pancake recipe. Easy homemade pancake recipe. Delicious and simple pancake recipe.  Common ingredients used in this perfect, easy, homemade pancake recipe. Pancakes from scratch. Free printable pancake recipe.  We are BIG fans of breakfast for all meals at our house and this recipe consistently yields the most perfect pancakes.  They’re easy, homemade and DELICIOUS. I promise, this […]

Why your child should be device free in public. The reasons your kids should not take cell phones, iPads, and gaming devices in public. Free printable for teachers to give to parents explaining why their children should avoid technology usage in public. Recently, our daughter had speech therapy, so our two boys – ages three […]

In November 2017, I had a prophylactic double-mastectomy with immediate reconstruction. I was 34-years-old. I made this decision after discovering I carried a mutation to the NBN gene. The NBN gene is responsible for the production of nibrin whose job is to repair damaged DNA. The NBN gene is also associated with an increased risk for developing breast […]