Before diving back into the busyness of Back to School, we took a week long camping trip to beautiful Grand Marais, Michigan and, despite living in Michigan for 33 years, this was a place I had never visited before. Now, I love visiting big cities. I just love the energy and never ending “things to [...]

Whether you spent the entire Summer walking up and down the beach or you only made it to the beach once on that family vacation, you’ve probably discovered a bowl (or bucket) full of sea shells have come home with you. So, what on earth do you do with them all? Here are some fun [...]

Despite the influx of Back To School posts these past few weeks, I am still dragging my feet on letting Summer go. Which is funny since I would classify this Summer as not being the greatest. Living in a condo with three kids and a dog with no real yard for running or playing? Not [...]

I was pretty disappointed when the ballet/tap camp that I signed the girls up for earlier this Summer got cancelled. But not disappointed enough to really look for an alternative. Then they had such a great time with their Princess Science Camp that I thought I should maybe find one more little day camp for [...]

I’ve avoided looking at the calendar much this week. Because, somehow, we’re already at the end of July. And I don’t understand how that is even possible. People kept telling me, once you have kids, each Summer seems to go by faster and faster. They were telling the truth! We haven’t had a busy Summer, [...]