School + Education

My 5-year-old little boy has the ever dreaded summer birthday.  He's sandwiched smack dab in between the ages of "send on to kindergarten" and "do not pass go for another year". Being the over worrier that I am, I read article after...

Disclaimer: This is a sponsored post for EF High School Exchange Year. My parents hosted their first exchange student in 1999. Even though I was no longer living at home, I thoroughly enjoyed getting to know Max and learning about his...

Here we are with another school year underway. My son loves to walk to school every morning, while I keep hoping that the weather gets cooler. As much as I love walking to school looking like a mess, I...

For over a year, we patiently sat on that waiting list. Stuck in idle but ready to head off to school. Then, we finally got the call. A spot had opened. We were overjoyed and ready to make the...

I have a 2 year old and a 4 year old. I took 8 weeks off work after I had each of my kids. Prior to starting a family I always pictured I would be more than ready to return...

Sometimes when I am playing with my babies, I just zone off and day-dream about the way things were back in my mom's parenting days. Things just seem like they were so much simpler, with way fewer options. In...

My oldest daughter starts school this year. And I am kind of losing my stuff. As former homeschooled children, my husband and I have known since before we ever saw two pink lines that we would be educating our children...

My oldest is getting ready to start Pre-K at the public school this year (he calls it his big boy school)!  I can't believe he's old enough for this.  As excited as I am, I am equally as nervous...

My children are school fanatics. Last year was their first year to attend public school, and they LOVED every single minute.  Now that the new school year is here my two littles are proudly walking down the packed halls...

I'm a stay at home mom to two awesome little people.  My little guy is a sweet 6 month old and my daughter is a funny and smart newly four year old.  A few months back, while looking at options for...

To think that only 9 short months ago we didn't even know you... You have become so much to our family in less than a year.  You are a household name, a topic over dinner, a priority on our prayer...

Teacher Appreciation Week is THIS WEEK! Are you ready? I don't know about you, but spring is such a busy time and buying or creating a great, really cute, really wanted gift can be stressful for me. I will admit that I...