Piecing together ways to save money, protect the environment, and keep kosher.
For many families summer started almost two months ago. For me, it really has only been a little over a month. The local Jewish schools end mid to late-June. I usually start the summer updating my Camp Mommy post, but this year I started the summer with COVID and haven't quite caught up with things... Continue Reading →
The Pesach/Passover preparations are finally done and we can enjoy time off with our families. Some of you may have family in from out of town. Some of you may be still working. However, if your kids are at a Jewish school, they are on Spring Break and may be taking outings with one parent,... Continue Reading →
Many summer reading programs started in June and we have already been logging our reading! My apologies that this post is so late, though. Summer just really started a few weeks ago for our family. I am getting back to blogging and continuing to share family resources for summer. I love having a concrete way... Continue Reading →
For many of you summer started several weeks ago. For me, it has really only been two weeks. The previous two weeks have been busy with packing our school building, end-of-year teaching meetings, taking a family vacation, and getting our oldest son off to Israel. So for us, Camp Mommy really just started this week!... Continue Reading →
Summer reading programs started early this month and we have already been logging our reading! My apologies that this post is so late, though. For many of you, summer started a month ago. For me, summer just started mid-last week. I am getting back to blogging and continuing to share family resources for summer. I... Continue Reading →
I am fortunate that as a teacher, I get to spend my summers with my children. Although this year, there didn't seem to be much separation between the school year and summer with everyone being home! For those of you whose children go to public school, summer likely started a month ago. However, my children... Continue Reading →
(updated 6/25/20) We found out Sunday (3/15/20) that our local Jewish schools will be closed for at least the next two weeks, possibly until after Pesach. The public and private schools have been mandated to do the same by Wednesday. As a teacher, I have been researching ideas for how my students can continue learning... Continue Reading →
Are you looking for more free or inexpensive summer activities? In addition to my Summer Bingo/Camp Mommy post from yesterday and Family Fun Outside the Home page, here are the details on FREE bowling, roller skating, and cheap movies to take advantage of this summer. Kids Bowl Free: Kids can receive two free bowling games a day for... Continue Reading →
(updated 7/11/19) Every summer, my four boys and I enjoy what I call "Camp Mommy," as well as a few weeks of real camp. I am always searching for NEW ideas of things for us to do together. Keeping them occupied is not always cheap, though. So several years ago I researched and created my... Continue Reading →
We are still a few weeks away from summer officially starting for my family, but many of my friends who have kids in public school are already out for the summer. Summer reading programs have already started, so we are starting to log our reading, too! I love having a concrete way to encourage my... Continue Reading →
Surviving on a tight budget 