You Might Be ADD

You Might Be ADD: 10 Signs You Have It!

Ladies and, well, ladies, it’s been a tough couple of weeks here at the Slacker house. Slacker Mode is in full gear (maybe it’s like allergies… it gets worse depending on the More »

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Ten Ways to Use a Timer With Your Kids

10 Ways to Use a Timer With Kids

Sometimes, a mom needs a few tools in her arsenal. These toys may include a hidden stash of candy to halt a breakdown when you need to leave the house, or the More »

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FHE Made Easy – An Introduction

What’s FHE Made Easy? And can family home evening possibly be “easy?” Well, no. But my aim is to make it easier. FHE for the Slacker parent, if you will. Here’s the plan: More »

Walk Beside Me Introduction

Walk Beside Me LDS Preschool: L is for Love One Another

The newest addition to my LDS Preschool curriculum Walk Beside Me is here! This week is brought to you by the letter L! (Abigail has discovered Sesame Street, can you tell?) This More »

A Few Questions for YOU!

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Question

Would you do me just a quick little favor? Would you mind just filling out this quick little form? I’m contemplating some changes in the future for this little blog of mine, and I’d love your input.

Since my blog “niche” is just a wee bit scattered (uh, ADHD anyone??), I want to know why you are here reading this blog. Are you skipping every few posts, just waiting for the posts you’re most interested in? Or are you loving every single word I write? (Ha ha.)

Filling this out should take you two minutes, max. Unless your kids interrupt you every twenty seven seconds while reading it, then I can’t guarantee anything!

Looking on the Bright Side.

Source: Noricum via Flickr.

 

Source: Noricum via Flickr.

Source: Noricum via Flickr.

Over the last 30+ days, I’ve somehow developed the habit–a real live actual habit–of keeping my dishes washed. This is nothing short of a miracle in my book. In the course of my entire married life, I have almost always had a sink full of dirty dishes and… Continue reading

Creating a Morning Routine {My Attempt}

If you’ve been following along on Facebook, you know that I’ve been attempting to establish a morning routine, one itty bitty baby step at a time. This week I’ve been focusing on simply getting dressed by 9 a.m.

{I know many of you are out the door by 9 a.m. and are rolling your eyes. However, I think most would agree when you have no place

Slacker Mom Does Homeschool… Kinda.

My last posts about homeschool were approximately one million years ago. Anyone who happened to read those posts since then probably pictures us, sitting daily at our dining room table, working through math facts and adorable literary themed crafts and activities.

Weeeellll…..
You were wrong.

My plans are grand and typically well thought out but my brain is just a teensy bit defective, so… Continue reading

A Stay At Home Mom Morning Routine

Ugh. Routines. The worst.

That is to say, I am the worst at routines. Our only real routine is not having a routine. That’s pretty routine around here.

I’m trying to mix it up though. I fell off the homeschool horse (doing better now but not great) and really… we’re just lazy all day here. That’s not exactly the enlightening educational scenario I imagine for my kiddos. Even if… Continue reading