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We Are Back…With Food
So we at Flying Mom Pants took a little break…ok, a year long plus break…many things have happened over the last year or so…new businesses…new schools…tweens have become teens…you know, life. Anyway, we are back and hopefully, we will be bringing … Continue reading
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Being thankful…
It’s that time of year…Thanksgiving. Not only is the holiday about food (yes, I’ve become obsessed with googling the perfect way to roast a turkey. Still a turkey novice so any help I can get is a good thing…) but … Continue reading
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Tagged coworkers, Facebook, family, friends, husband, pets, sons, thankful, Thanksgiving
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Finding my third gear
Many changes have occurred in the past weeks. School has started. Despite all my worrying, Frick is adapting well to middle school. Frack is back in the mode of school, friends and soccer. The husband and I both have new jobs. The husband now works … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycle, bike friendly, bike riding, excercise, excercising over 50, me time, working mom
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Trying to put my chopper on the ground
Well, here we are at the start of week three of school. It is hard to believe we are already into September and a new school year has begun. There have been a lot of changes this year. As I … Continue reading
Posted in middle school parenting, older moms, parenting
Tagged 6th grade, activities, aide, anxiety, behaviors, boys, challenge, challenging, child, children, coping, daughter, disabilities, disability, education, gen ed, general education, helicopter parenting, helicopter parents, helicopters, hover, middle school, Minecraft, over-parenting, pay time, Princess, self-esteem, shadowing, special ed, special education, struggles, teacher, traits
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The Chore Chart
I have been threatening to do a chore chart or list for such a long time. But just kept putting it off. Once in a while, I would get the kids to help around the house. But I never really … Continue reading
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Tagged brother, chore charts, chore lists, chores, clean, cleaning, disabilities, disability, education, enthusiastic, floors, food, friends, jobs. cleaning, learning, meals, mopping, parenting, responsibility, sister, sweeping
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Summer finally…blah!
It was inevitable. I knew it was going to happen but later not sooner. After one week of summer break under our belts, I heard it. I’m bored!!! And it happened on day two! My soon-to-be 6th grader (referred to … Continue reading
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Tagged 11 year old, 6 year old, activities, activity, agreeing, bored, boredom, boring, camps, chore list, chores, conundrum, creative, driver, educator, entertainer, first grade, first grader, interested, interesting, interests, job, jobs, parenting, parents, planner, planning, routine, school, schooling, sixth grade, sixth grader, summer, summer job, tedium, thankful, thanks, think, thinking
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The Dance of Acceptance
This past school year has been frustrating, scary, wonderful, exciting and challenging. It has been definitely a roller coaster ride. There have been so many extreme ups and downs without a lot of middle ground. Every time I had been … Continue reading
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Tagged 6th grade, acceptance, ballet, dance, dancing, disabilities, disability, education, emotional, emotions, first grade, gen ed, IEP, inclusion, Individualized Educational Plan, K-8. K-8 school, kindergarten, kindergartener, kindness, middle school, parenting, school, special ed, tolerance, waltz
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Flying by the Seat of our Well-Worn Mom Pants 