Back to Reality: Back to school

SEMI-CHLORINATED LIFE

For many, school is starting back up. It’s amazing how time flies when you are having fun, right?! And yet for parents, back to school is often a welcome reintroduction to schedules and structure…a.k.a reality.

Here is how getting ready for back to school goes down in our house . . .

About a month from the first day of school, I go through the kids entire closet and force them (yes FORCE because they never want to do it) to try on every ounce of clothing.  We make three piles:

1. The “giveaway” – clothes that no longer fit or liked.
2. “I am not sure” – clothes that fit but are not worn or the kids aren’t sure they’ll wear.
3. “I’ll definitely wear” – clothes that fit and the kids wear.

. . . Read the rest of this post here on Babble!

Babble -- Semi-Chlorinated Life: Lessons in Parenting, Sports and Life

I have been a Babble fan for a long time.  Many of my friends have contributed, and so this a proud day for me. I finally have a Babble Voice. In life, I have a few major skills I can fall back on.  Swimming is the obvious, but my true skills are a) the ability to detect the presence of any pool within 1000 yards — I am like a beagle on a chicken bone when it comes to the scent of chlorine.  For most of my life, it was my perfume whether I liked it or not – And b) my experiences and the many people I’ve met along this journey we call life that have shared their knowledge with me. My wealth of knowledge isn’t all that astounding, but I have learned a lot about sports, parenting, healthy living, and  life and continue to learn more everyday! And that is why I am so proud to be contributing to Babble.

Now, let’s lay this thing out.  I plan on writing about things I know, things I think I know, things I know I need help with (with a little help from my expert friends), and things that I find so hilarious, they just have to be shared.  Here is how it will break down…find the beat…

• Healthy Living-Everything In Moderation
• Organization- Simplifying Chaos
• Parenting- Authentic and Imperfect
• Sporting Life- Mama loves her football and running, and watching the kiddos play.

Read the rest of this post on babble in my babble voices blog -- Summer Sanders: Semi-Chlorinated Life.