We are about to enter the second half of December and so far there is still no sign of snowfall in the Willamette Valley. . . well at least not in Marion and Polk counties. I grew up in Alaska where there was a surplus of snow this time of the year (ha! ha!) so […]
Exercise
Summer School
Have you seen the Hub’s most recent newsletter? In this edition a familiar author mentions the “summer reading slide” and how students can often lose progress they’ve made in reading (and other subjects) over the summer months if they aren’t reading like they did during the school year. The article talks about ways you as […]
Little Helpers
If there is one thing that is constant as a parent it is that there is always something that needs to be done. Whether it’s cooking, cleaning, bedtime, laundry, trips to the grocery store, cooking, cleaning, dealing with a meltdown, cooking, cleaning – it seems like the to-do list never ends. In my family, I […]
Summer Safety Check!
Mid-July. . .I think we have officially hit the halfway point of summer. I can’t believe stores already have school supplies stocked for the upcoming school year. Still, I don’t know if I am sad that the summer will be over in 6 weeks or if I’m secretly happy for school to start up and […]
Who Needs Sleep?
Sleep. I’m guessing that if you’re a parent of young children you may scoff when you hear that word. Perhaps you might say “Sleep, what’s that?!” These little people that we are raising, while adorable and incredibly precious, seem to have a knack for completely throwing off our sleep patterns and “helping” us find new […]