FEAR kept me from this job opportunity for over 6 months! I had a friend share about how amazing it was but the fear of teaching foreign students English online and passing the long interview process scared me. I also had fear that I would not be good at it because I had not taught…
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12 Quarantine Ideas for the Family
Since March 13, 2020 my three kids have been doing their distance learning from home. I have a 7th grader, 5th grader and 1st grader. They each learn in different ways and are very far apart in age with what they are learning. My oldest is very structured and organized, so she is pretty self…
A Quarantined Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day is this weekend! Wow! I actually am surprised I even knew that fact because normally I am not sure what month or day I am in. HAHA! Each day looks like the last in quarantine but we are having fun in the Bair House! I thought I would share some of my ideas…
My Favorite Green Apple Smoothie
My mom was visiting and made this green apple smoothie. The kids drank it up and asked for seconds! I loved the flavor as well and it has since been a staple in our house. We change the original recipe up from time to time depending what we have on hand. Here are a few…
Neighborhood ZOO Walk!
This is a great idea anytime but with us quarantined at home currently, this is a fun idea to get kids and adults out of the house walking and learning about different animals. I got the idea from a friend that posted her neighborhood doing it. I then threw the idea out to my own…
Quick Veggie filled Stir-Fry
I was trying to come up with a meal that was quick and used my head of green cabbage and some of my big carrots I had in my fridge. I searched the web and found this delicious and simple recipe that I had all the ingredients for!! Yay! Thank you I Food Real!! Go…
7 Ways to Remember our Beloved Pets
Last October 23, 2018 we had to make the decision to set our 15 year old dog, Maggie, free from her pain. It was a decision we went back and forth on for over 6 months because she would have good days and we would think she was doing okay. It was when the bad…
You have been BOO-ed!!!
This fun tradition of sharing some spooky treats has been sneaked around neighborhoods since I was a child! We do not always get to it with life and time and last minute thinking but when we do, it is a blast! We thought of it early enough this year and got right to work. The…
10 Bair Family Halloween Traditions
When the calendar turns October 1st, I unpack our many bins of Halloween decorations into our dinning room. They await the kids return home from school so we can start decorating! As the kids have gotten older, I do let them take more leadership on where they want things to go. They love having more…