I don’t know about you, but my kids LOVE Christmas carols or any holiday song out there. In fact, starting the week of Thanksgiving, Christmas carols are playing on our Google Home or Pandora playlist pretty consistently. I LOVE, LoVe, LOOOOOOVE the holiday season and all the fun traditions that come with it.
I don’t want to think that we will be in a lockdown yet again, but with the COVID cases rising, the election going a bit crazy and everyone a bit on edge about this virus, I feel like it may just happen. With that being said, if you have littles this is something you may dread. The last lockdown left us with little imagination to make the lockdown “fun” and interesting anymore. We executed some pretty amazing plans to keep the littles busy and did that for many months only to now have no ideas left. I thought I’d help a momma, daddy, grandma, grandpa, aunt, uncle, caretaker out and get some new, fresh ideas out there in case we are quarantined once again.
Um…you want me to fork over how much??? Seriously gang, preschool or the new car? Preschool can cost an arm and a leg these days. According to the National Association of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies (NACCRRA), the average cost of preschool ranges from $4,460 to $13,158 per year, depending on where in the United States you live. This averages out to a monthly cost of $372 to $1100 per month, per child. YIKES!!!
I don’t know about you, but my toddler has become a picky eater these days and it drives me CRAZY! She doesn’t like veggies, won’t eat meat, and wants to snack all day long. What is a desperate momma to do? I will tell ya! Head to the internet and grab some ideas on how to stop your picky eater from turning his/her nose up at everything they are offered, that’s what!
Times are strange these days. 2020 has proven to throw curveball after curveball, including in our education system, making it difficult to maintain “normalcy.” So what is a parent to do when trying to get their little one to learn without the ability to drop him/her off to an actual location?
Let’s talk about the child safety harness. I have three girls and have been in situations where I feel like they are all 3 going in different directions and I am COMPLETELY overwhelmed and in over my head…and a child harness would be ideal. But on the other hand, sometimes the thought of one makes me uneasy. Talking about child leashes is like talking about political parties. Parents are either strongly for or strongly against them.
As we start getting ready to return to a new type of “norm” at school, it is smart to prepare your child for what things may be like. If you are anything like the school districts around Ohio, then you know that each district has its own plan in place. Some schools are going back as normal with the use of masks, some schools are on a hybrid of 1/2 remote learning and 1/2 attending the physical location, and some schools are solely remote learning.
Alright my mommas out there who have been dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic (Ahem…that is ALL of us)…Are you going stir crazy like myself? We have literally done every art activity I can fathom.
I am assuming there are MANY parents out there in the same boat so I wanted to share some recipes my three kiddos LOVE.
Now that our state has lifted some of the restrictions from the COVID-19 quarantine, I feel like we are able to get back out there and reintroduce life once again to our kids. Don’t get me wrong, we aren’t back in full swing by any means, but we are able to push past some of the barriers that have held us back since COVID-19 struck. Here are some things my family has done or is planning on doing this 2020 summer season.