With school starting and us crying mommies sending our children off, I thought I would share some great poems with you, to remind yourself your not alone, you’re a great mommy, and they grow up so fast! So go ahead, print these out, make a cup of coffee and have yourself a good cry after you send the little ones off to school the first day! Get it out of your system and then next week we are back to work on Fall cleaning our homes! So you have a couple of things to cry about!! Continue Reading >>>

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Dear Dawn,
Summer is over, the kids are back in school and I’m lost. What am I supposed to be doing all day. I can’t believe how fast my chores get done now without all the interruptions. By 12:00 I’m sitting here looking at the walls. I have no idea what to do to keep busy.
Help, I’m bored!

Dear bored,
You’ll get used it! Really, I remember the quiet after the kids first went to school, finishing my routine and then not knowing what to do. Think about what you did before you had kids. Maybe you liked pottery, photography, or music. Take a class. Learn a new language. Read. Volunteer. You will find things to do. Maybe you can volunteer at the kids school. Just remember that this is your time. Enjoy it. After bringing up babies and trying to run a household and never having a moment of peace, now you have it. Think back to what you wish you would do if you only had the time. The world is yours (for a few hours anyways), so go enjoy it. You can do almost anything you want to do!

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How Labor Day Began

On September 5, 1882 in New York City the first Labor Day in the U.S. was celebrated as a “workingman’s holiday” when (despite the threat of mass firings!) workers united in a parade 10,000 strong down Broadway proudly led by Irish-American activist Peter MacGuire.

A holiday was born.

From New York, the idea spread across the country to honor workers every year. Congress finally passed official legislation in 1894 making the first Monday in September of each year a legal holiday. This year, it falls on September 1, 2008.

You don’t have to get too fancy for this last great summer bbq. You can do this at your home, the local park, or the beach. Keep it simple with the food, decorate in red white and blue, and have fun games for the kids to play. All American food should be on the menu!

• hot dogs
• hamburgers
• potato chips
• corn on the cob
• watermelon
• root beer floats (don’t forget the straws)
• cupcakes decorated colored sprinkles
• homemade ice-cream (kids take turns cranking) or make your own sundaes
• strawberry shortcake or parfaits

Have relay races, a water balloon toss, hoola hoop contests, sidewalk chalk drawing, bocce ball, a family dodge ball game, or softball game!

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For many of us it’s the last week of summer before school begins. How will you spend this week? I want all of us to spend it with our families! Forget about the cleaning and schedules this week. Throw them out the window. Be spontaneous this week. It’s the last hurrah! Lets celebrate this week! Check the 50 Summer Fun List and see what you can fit in this week! Spend these days with your kids. Get them prepared for school but put them at ease. Don’t let them see you getting all nerved up about the upcoming school year. Have fun. Surprise the family with something special.

How about packing up a picnic for a dinner in the park? Don’t tell anyone till its time to go! Let your kids spend the day in their pajamas one day this week and snuggle up with them watching cartoons, playing dolls, and having pillow fights, all day! Eat junk food all day with them. Ice cream for breakfast! Why not? Have fun! Order pizza and eat it on the good china by candle light! Go outside and play at night. Go catch some fireflies, gaze at the stars, roast some marshmallows, camp in the backyard, have fun and laugh! Bottom line here is this challenge is easy.

All you have to do is be a kid! Have fun and don’t worry about the house for a few days! It will be a mess but who cares. This is the last week of summer, let it go. You’ll have plenty of time to catch up when the kids are in school all day! We will be revamping schedules in the coming weeks to coincide with our kids new schedules, so for now cherish your kids this week! Enjoy these last warm summer days and nights!

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