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What's Up Wednesday in April

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It's the last Wednesday of the month and that means it's time for What's Up Wednesday.  What We're Eating: I just got home from Kentucky on Monday night and today I'm heading to pick up Alec from college for the summer so it's been a lot of "fend for yourself" nights around here!  I did an awful job taking photos of my food on vacation too so I just have a couple meals to share. mini cinnamon/sugar Bonuts with bourbon cream cheese frosting (we all shared these) My one and only sweet tea of the vacation- it really hit the spot! Fruit and granola from Biscuit Belly a grilled vegetable Cuban sandwich What I'm Reminiscing About: How on Earth has this guy turned 21 this month?! What I'm Loving: These ladies and I had the BEST time in Louisville this past weekend! I'll have a full recap up on the blog next week.      What We've Been Up To:   Evan and I have been out hiking and walking anytime it wasn't raining (...
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Throwback Tuesday: Planning a Home School Field Day

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 I shared this post for the first time exactly 9 years ago on April 29, 2016 after we had attended another fun homeschooling field day. At the time my boys were 12, 10, & 8. I should begin by admitting that I have never worked by myself to put a field day together; ever!  But I still think I'm qualified to help you put together a great field day because I have attended a few field days and worked in conjunction with other mothers to organize them. We just attended a field day with our homeschool group and it wasn't very hard to put together with all the moms working together.  Our group leader secured a location for us; just a free public park with lots of room for us to spread out. We plan a mid-week, mid- day event (April and May work best as long as school vacation are avoided).   We ended up having the entire park to ourselves and the weather cooperated so nicely! Each of the moms planned an event (a few moms teamed up to create an obstacle course) and broug...
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