"A Wink and a Smile"

Uniforms purchased Some school shoes bought school supplies ... check! high school books for my oldest were bought (I think they cost more than my college books) book bags and lunch bags ready THIS MOMMY ... not quite as ready ... at least emotionally. I cannot believe that my oldest will be a 10th grader. She is taking some challenging classes this year ... human geography, AP physics, AP chemisty, honors english, pre-calculus, and french 3. This girl is a smarty pants and I am so proud of her. What happened to that little girl with the pig tails? Something new this year is that I will have 3 little girls in the same public school. I'm hoping to make myself a little more visible in the volunteer department this year. While the school is new (only the 3rd year open), it still has some things about it that I am not so pleased about. I feel I need to keep an eye on things better this year ... especially with my precious 5 year old starting there. YIKES! My 5 year old is going ...

Faith & Family : Features : 8 Ways to Be a Fit Mom It was a little more than a month ago that this article was posted on Faith and Family . I was quite honored to be asked a few questions from Kate Wicker . Of course at this point of the summer, I'm feeling a wee bit guilty for not getting out there as much to exercise. Not that I have fallen completely off the wagon. It's just that I have had some convenient excuses as to why I am not getting in what I would like to . The EXCUSES ... too hot timing is all wrong no one to help watch my little ones The TRUTH ... It has been a record breaking HOT summer. Just this week we have had several days of 100+ degree temps with heat indexes in the area of 110-120. Can you say SWEAT? I do, however, have a treadmill. It does work just fine. My excuse there is that I only like to do a few miles on it at a time. The outdoors is where I prefer to RUN. While summer seems to be a time that most would think that a stay at home mom ...

My 8 year old got it for her birthday, but so far everyone has fallen in love with building some sort of CONTRAPTION(s) ! Seriously, this has come out of the box EVERY day for the last month. I'm pretty pleased with the play factor. TWO THUMBS up for me ... creative, quiet, and it makes a child THINK. Great Christmas gift idea for many ages .