Giveaway : Teach My Preschooler Kit

Welcome to the TeachMy.com Baby/Toddler/Preschooler Kit Giveaway!

Being a mom of three its hard to keep up with each kid and where they're at individually. With Rylee in preschool I'm always searching new ideas to keep learning in a fun interactive way, but to be honest I just don't have the time to create those great ideas and am always wishing I had more resources to help her learn. 

So Owls + Monsters has partnered with Heather from Heartfully Heather to promote this amazing giveaway for one "Teach My Preschooler Kit"! If your passionate about educating your child from babyhood to adulthood, then I'm sure you'll love these teaching kits! I even recommend these kits for all the home schoolers out there. You can check out the complete review of the Teach My Preschooler kit here, or go to Teachmy.com to view all the teaching kits available.

Disclosure: This giveaway is open to those 18 years and older in the United States & Canada with a valid email address. If you are to win you will be contacted via the email address used in the rafflecopter form. Good Luck! Giveaway ends 11-26.

This giveaway is hosted by HeartfullyHeather.com. Please email heartfullyheather(at)outlook.com with any questions or concerns. This blog (Owls + Monsters) is not responsible for the distribution of this giveaway.

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The Working Mama

Well it's back to work for this mamabear, part-time that is! Today was my first day working in two years, it's wierd, it's great, and best of all it's quiet! 

With all the stress of everything going on with my Dad, it's been great to let my brain escape by busying it with something totally unrelated to think about. I'll be working two days a week as a receptionist at a chiropractors office, far from one of those demanding in-your-face, hard-to-please, annoying customer service dead end kind of jobs. Its relaxing and calm and just what I need! 

It's definitely weird being away from the kids, especially after just spending a year crammed into a sardine can with them. I know some moms find it difficult to transition back in to work but not this mom, I don't and won't feel guilty about it! They are in good hands with the best daycare provider available, Daddy, and I'm sure they're having tons of fun doing crazy things and eating things Mommy never lets them have...and they can always come for a visit on my lunch hour.

It's nice to have some time to myself, even if I am "working". Hearing "mom, mom, mommy, MOM!" or Zach's equivilent, "wah wah SCREECH waaaahhhhh!", every three seconds can be a bit draining some days. So don't get me wrong I love my kids, and I love being a stay-at-home mom, but I'm not going to lie... mommy alone time is AMAZING!

Stroll Around Town

Today I decided to forget everything that "needs" to get done and just go outside. It was sunny and there was no way I was staying in our cold dark house. I got Rylee in the stroller, grabbed a few diapers, camera, and sunscreen, and closed the door on my sink of dishes, mountain of clothes, and disorderly house and began our trek to town.

This idea of mine is the complete opposite of what the doctor prescribed for me two days ago as I fell victim to the dreaded strep throat. I'm supposed to be in bed not doing anything....honestly, that is not my forte. And Secondly, I'm feeling much better and surely some exercise and Vitamin D would make me feel even better.

So away we went, coming down our road is a killer on the knees and I had never done it with the stroller so the extra pull on my body was not too fun. But once I got to the main road it was smooth sailing, Rylee was totally lounging in her seat making me wish I was her. Our first stop upon our arrival to town was to pick up some fruit for tonight's fruit salad, then we went to Grandma's work for a quick visit. After that we strolled over to the teeny tiny Saltspring Soapworks where I bought some lip balm for myself, a "just because" gift to myself! And then we grabbed a slurpee and began our trek up to up-town. Up until this point Ry was totally cool, but she was getting hungry and cranky so I hoofed it up the hill as fast as I could and we surprised Daddy with our visit and slurpee. Days like this make me never want to go back to full-time work, and hopefully I won't have to and I can spend all the sunny days with my Rylee.