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Dear teachers and administrators, we adore you. We came in at the beginning of the year not knowing what to expect and are moving on to first grade completely in love with you. So spend the next five days on the playground, in the library (we promise to return wayward books) and on field trips. You have earned every bit of joy that comes at the end of a school year. #teachers #loveletter #thankful #education

To our kids’ teachers, a love letter

May 19, 2016 / Jenna / 0 Comments

There are five days left in the school year, friends. Five days. I don’t know who’s more excited — the kids or the teachers.

No homework, spelling lists, math facts or AR books came home this week and Wild Man reports that more of his lessons are happening outdoors. I’m certain the uptick in nature hikes has nothing at all to do with the end of the year and has everything to do with the migratory patterns of the monarch butterflies that mean the playground is teeming with them. That totally counts as an extra helping of science, right?

Now, other parents may be frustrated that their kids are coming home literally spackled with dirt after building ponds for ants and tiny boats of sticks for the ants to sail on, but not this Mama. I’m thrilled.

Sunday Share: Books we love, kindergarten edition

March 13, 2016 / Jenna / 0 Comments

Happy Sunday, dear friends!

I hope you are having a wonderful weekend and are ready for the week ahead! In the past few weeks, Wild Man’s reading has improved by leaps and bounds. He’s even reading bedtime stories these days. This voracious reader Mama is loving it. This week we are sharing five books we love, the kindergarten edition. These books are beautifully written and illustrated and make kids and adults happy.

Lord, I hope this day is good

March 10, 2016 / Jenna / 0 Comments

I was driving home the other day and the Don Williams song “Lord, I hope this day is good” came on the radio and almost as soon as the song started, tears started flowing down my cheeks. The song has always had this effect on me and yet, I never could put my finger on why.

And then it hit me. The raw vulnerability of the chorus reminded me of all the times I had cried out to God with a similar plea.