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Getting Back into Routine - Afterschool Blog Hop 26 Aug 2013 | 05:58 pm
First Week of School = Little Afterschool We had our first week of second grade last week, and our main goal for the week was simply getting back to the morning and afternoon routine and adjusting it...
Week In Review–August 25, 2013 25 Aug 2013 | 04:19 pm
Highlights of the week: This week Ms Smarty started second grade! All of us had serious first day jitters, but her first week of school went very well. She immediately clicked with her new teacher an...
Australia for Elementary School Kids–Books and Activities 23 Aug 2013 | 04:47 pm
Why Australia? In our virtual travels around the world we are following Top Secret Adventures monthly packages that Smarty begged us to subscribe to. We spent a long time in China doing activities fr...
Rainforest for Children–Spartan and the Green Egg 21 Aug 2013 | 04:02 pm
I am pretty selective with product reviews on my blog since my blogging time and time with family is limited, and I don’t want to spend it on products or services that don’t fit with my blog or our li...
First Day of School Jitters–Interview with a Second Grader 19 Aug 2013 | 10:06 pm
Two years ago my daughter couldn’t wait to become “a big girl” and cross over from a private preschool to a public school kindergarten. She was very excited about the magical world of school and its p...
Week in Review–August 18, 2013 18 Aug 2013 | 04:11 pm
In our lives: On Monday we said Poka to grandparents and flew uneventfully back to California. Even though we enjoyed our vacation, we were all happy to be back home and sleep in our own beds one more...
California for Children – Redwoods 17 Aug 2013 | 05:03 pm
I am very pleased to participate in Sunshine Kids California Blog Hop organized by California Kid Bloggers. Just 15 years ago I came to California for the first time on a business trip, marveled at ga...
Egypt History Lesson–A Field Trip and a Book 15 Aug 2013 | 05:12 pm
Two events came together that prompted me to try and go back on a virtual trip to Egypt – I finished reading The Kane Chronicles by Rick Riordan, and Egypt was an August country for Around the World i...
Week In Review–We Are Back! 13 Aug 2013 | 10:39 pm
Vacation for adults. Yet again this year we left Anna with my parents in New Jersey and departed from New York for one week cruise to Bermuda. The trip was very relaxing, with a lot of time to read, t...
Five Favorite Board Games for Smarty Pants – Mid Elementary Grades and Up 8 Aug 2013 | 02:32 pm
One of our favorite things to do as a family is to play board games. It brings back for me the memories from my own childhood when I played games with my parents. Since our apartment was small, we did...
