I found a great guide to setting limits on screen time this spring at Your Modern Family. We used it after school, and the kids responded to it so well. My children were asking me for chores! Even our little guy asked for his chore:) And my oldest, who loathes chores, chose to do the list on most days. The great thing is that she had a choice, and she liked that.
You can download the original list from Your Modern Family or the list I updated for our family--and yes, I had to include "brush your teeth WITH TOOTHPASTE" for certain humans living in our home!
A cup of Sunshine for Teacher Appreciation Week. Dollar Store tumbler filled with "sunshine": yellow highlighter, lip balm, mini twix, peanut m&m, butterfingers, crystal light lemonade individual serving packets & juicy fruit gum or yellow box of chiclets gum. Download the card here: PDF
"Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God; But only he who sees, takes off his shoes - The rest sit round it and pluck blackberries.” -Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
I'm trying to take my shoes off as much as possible. Guess that makes me barefoot and pregnant!