How To Get Out The Door Quicker with Kids

Thursday, July 27, 2017

If you haven't picked up a copy of Preschool Wise then I highly recommend it! I've been reading through it lately and have come across so many wonderful, practical, and useful tools. I recently wrote this post about a simple technique for teaching your children self-control. Today I'm exploring another section from Chapter 9 in Preschool Wise. We ALL have had it happen. We're in a rush. Trying to leave for church, school, or some other activity and our kids take forever . They suddenly turn into sloths who move so sllllowlllly that we toss up our hands in frustration and assume we're doomed to be late anytime we go anywhere. There is hope! There is a solution! And y'all, it's SIMPLE. Preschool wise refers to this as three candy speed but I didn't personally have any candy laying around when I did it with my kids so we call it three treat speed instead. (from page 177) "This is a way to how your child what accelerated movement is. Sure...

St Augustine: Day 1 and 2 {Putt Putt and Beach!}

Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Labels: beach / britt / florida travels / kye / st augustine / tess

Our annual trip to St Augustine is our FAVORITE family trip of the year! We have the best time and it's just always a chance to do a lot of relaxing and reconnecting as a family. We are so beyond blessed to have a family friend who gives us an incredible deal on his perfect-for-us condo. We are just so thankful and were so eager for this time together! I will tell you what. This point in the game of children packing is no joke. It took me the full week leading up to the trip to be completely packed and ready for it! There was also a high chance of rain every day so I did pack more than usual just in case we had to seek indoor activities. Something that was also extra exciting about this particular trip was that it was the oldest we've ever had kids go to the beach without another baby . Tess is super close to being 3. Life is SO MUCH EASIER. While we are ready and waiting for Tab to join us, I have to also find the positives in the wait and this phase of "older kid...

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