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Thanksgiving Checklists

Laurel Plum — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:35:20 +0000

I wrote out several articles that detailed my entire Thanksgiving routine last year. Maybe some of you might find them helpful now. It took me several years of writing down everything and then doing a written follow-up sheet each year before I was able to get this down so everything worked well for us. One of the [...]

Back To School – The Paper Stacks

Laurel Plum — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:16:00 +0000

This week has been crazy! The Little Guy has now finished his first week of real school. He did very well and really enjoys it. Yay! ! This has been a BIG transition for both of us. Honestly, I think he has taken it in stride better than I have. There were a lot of things [...]

School Room Update

Laurel Plum — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 05:40:34 +0000

Is anyone curious about the progress in my little school room? I’ll give you an update today on the clean up then we will get to the fun stuff! The next articles will be all about the projects that I am putting together to organize the room for learning for him, year long manageability for [...]

Make A Launch Pad

Laurel Plum — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:08:02 +0000

Okay. I know you have heard this one before, but I can not NOT mention it. Especially when we are talking about kids and getting back to school. Every home needs a launch pad. It is just a simple place where you put everything so it is ready to go out the door as you do. [...]

Working Toward Back To School – The Daily Routine

Laurel Plum — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 05:06:10 +0000

I don’t know about you, but I think one of the cruelest parts of going back to school is that it comes just after I have really settled in to living without a watch for a good portion of the day. In Summer a large portion of activities are time flexible. To successfully get through [...]