My baby turned five just the other week, and she’ll be starting Kindergarten in just a matter of days. I remember how bittersweet it was celebrating the last first birthday with my four kids. I realized the chubby toes...
We need to have a chat about middle school.
I’m getting real and cutting out the sweet stuff. If you want to read a saccharine post about sending love notes to your 13-year-old in his lunch bag and taking time to read...
This post is the first of a series of school lunch posts that are designed to help you pack nutritious and yummy food for your little ones!
Remember when school lunchboxes were metal with a cartoon character on the front?...
I promised myself I'd wait until my daughter starts Kindergarten to print the "first day of school" sign for the obligatory picture. Then I started thinking about printing all 13 signs right this very second so I'd be very, very...
Is a back-to-school list staring at you or screaming, "Hurry! Get it done!"?
It can be overwhelming, especially when you have a little one who in just weeks will wave goodbye as he/she heads through those seemingly gigantic elementary school...
Alamo City Moms Blog is excited to have our sponsor from Rhea Lana's Children's Consignment share more about her upcoming event. Her team is hosting a resale extravaganza on the northwest side of San Antonio during tax-free weekend. She'd like to...
Summer wound down a whole lot faster than I was expecting. The slow pace of summer has quickly dissolved into the hectic rhythm of a new school year. Our boys (Davis, 10 & Patrick, 9) started a new school...
This week marks a big change in the daily lives of many homes all across the state. Last week was all about sleeping in, having breakfast in your PJs and (sometimes lunch too!), afternoons by the pool, and staying...
When we first moved to San Antonio, we planned on staying for 5 years. It is now seven years since we moved here and I don't think we're going anywhere, but that is not the case for many of...
I have always loved school.
On my first day of first grade, I woke myself up in the middle of the night, got myself dressed, grabbed my backpack and sat at the kitchen table, where I greeted my startled mother...
I don't know if starting kindergarten for the first time is more stressful for the children or their parents! There is much more that goes along with this milestone than just walking into school on the very first morning....
The beginning of the year is just as nerve-wracking for the teachers as it is for the students and parents coming into the classroom. The week before school starts is full of training, organizing, and asking questions: What will...
I am thrilled that my son, F.T., got plucked off the waiting list and will be attending Great Hearts Monte Vista this fall. This is the first time F.T. will be attending a school that requires uniforms, so I...
We are now a week into school in San Antonio, and the back to school excitement has definitely faded at my house (that tends to happen with the first homework assignment!). Usually during the first week of school I...
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