It’s countdown in the GreenHouse until school begins. Two days! Through the years I’ve developed a few strategies for the last stretch. These hints just might help you hold on to the little bit of sanity remaining as you trudge for the finish line. 1. Meet your kids’...
“A family that plays together stays together.” I thought of that last week when I looked out the kitchen window and saw our boat leaving the neighborhood behind someone else’s truck. I heard the squeak· squeak·squeak that she always makes when she bounces...
What will you accomplish today? Yesterday I didn’t check anything off of my “to-do” list. In fact, I didn’t even have a “to-do” list. I didn’t have the satisfying feeling from getting anything done, because I didn’t. I didn’t meet with a student, wash and fold any...
April 1st. This day will always remind me of the worst April Fools joke on our family. It was four years ago when the twins were in the tenth grade. Actually, it wasn’t a joke, but what we did that day seemed so unbelievable that some thought it was an elaborate joke...
I know you don’t want your kid to be a “quitter”. Me neither. But at sometime, our kids will face the tough decision, “To quit, or not to quit.” Maybe it’s soccer, football or volleyball. Or it could be the baritone, ballet, or eating chocolate chips out of the Nestle...
This week my son threw me a curveball—even though I’m the one known for doing that in our family. A year ago at this time Lucas had already done months of off-season conditioning and weeks of preseason before the high school district soccer games began in...
