Parenting

We’d like to thank Walmart for sponsoring this post and supplying parents with a great new option for back to school shopping.  As always, all thoughts and opinions are my own.

Last year, back to school shopping for us was insane!  We usually head out a few weeks before school begins to get our supplies but since we decided to take a late vacation (to Rocky Mountain National Park – it was AMAZING!) we were pressed for time.

Once we returned, there was less than a week to get all the school supplies we needed.  Here’s a quick summary of how that worked out:

So, what was it for you? Which moment caused you to stop and say “Where did the time go?” or “I can’t believe that they’ve grown so quickly!”

Sometimes it’s those big moments – their first steps, the first day of Kindergarten or Middle School, when they learn to ride a bike, or the day you hand over the car keys.

I love the month of November! 

I know that most kids think it’s just the time between Halloween and the beginning of the holiday seasons, but for me it’s a great time to be thankful for a number of things. 

I hope as my kids get older, they too begin to appreciate some of the following:

Every year we look forward to summertime at our house!  The excitement of the ‘we can do what we’d like’ days that we all love to enjoy.  But, of course, the kids do want to do some activities that require us to keep track of what day it is 🙂  So, here’s a quick and easy way to pull together all those papers, camp schedules and items needed for on-the-go summer fun!