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Hi, I’m Kay!
Weirdly domestic homeschooling, work from home mom of 3. When not wiping noses, playing taxi, or washing a never-ending pile of laundry, I spend stolen moments in the bathroom reading as much as I can and drinking heavily reheated butter coffee.

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Hi, I’m Kay

Weirdly domestic homeschooling, work from home mom of 3. When not wiping noses, playing taxi, or washing a never-ending pile of laundry, I spend stolen moments in the bathroom reading as much as I can and drinking heavily reheated butter coffee.

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Turkey isn't good.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ In fact, I'm convinced that most people eat it because they got one free from somewhere. 🤷🏾‍♀️ Because 2020 is weird and just....wrong in every way, we're bucking the entire system and having (catered) BBQ.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ This year has been a strain on many, and even the kids have made sacrifices in these months. Today, do not "REWARD" yourself with a a self care moment. TAKE some time for yourself; even if that means locking yourself away in your room for 10 minutes with the last slice of pie and cranking up the volume on your phone to listen to Christmas music to drown out the family noises on the other side.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Today may your mashed potatoes be fluffy and your mac n cheese be creamy. Stay thankful 🧡💛❤️⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #virtualmoms #girlbosshustler #homeschoolmomlife #buildyourbiz #bossmomlifestyle #mompreneurlifestyle #workingmomlifestyle #bossbabelife #girlbosshustle #sheboss #homeschoolmom #bossmomlife #productivityhacks #workinghomeschoolmom #sidehustle #WAHM #momboss #blackhomeschoolers #momssupportingmoms #womenempoweringwomen #laptoplifestyle #SAHM #businesswomen #virtualassistant #onlinebusiness #workfromanywhere #workfromhomemom #workingmomlife #workingmom
"How do you work and #homeschool with an infant ar "How do you work and #homeschool with an infant around?" 👀 That's it, that's the post. 📷: Throwback post of Boo at 6months 😍 . . . . . . . #virtualmoms #girlbosshustler #homeschoolmomlife #buildyourbiz #bossmomlifestyle #mompreneurlifestyle #workingmomlifestyle #bossbabelife #girlbosshustle #sheboss #homeschoolmom #bossmomlife #productivityhacks #workinghomeschoolmom #sidehustle #WAHM #momboss #blackhomeschoolers #momssupportingmoms #womenempoweringwomen #laptoplifestyle #SAHM #businesswomen #virtualassistant #onlinebusiness #workfromanywhere #workfromhomemom #workingmomlife #workingmom
I've been a work at home, homeschooling mom since I've been a work at home, homeschooling mom since 2012. When the US school system fell apart in April, I saw it coming. I watched online homeschool group membership explode. I watched working moms with no childcare options panic. I've never received so many DMs asking how I did it all. And now there's a different shift. As families decide that virtual learning isn't right for their children... as moms realize that homeschooling is more viable than they thought it was...as the educational tides in our country shift... Mamas let me tell you, I'll never go back to office life. And you don't have to, either. It's 2020 and there's absolutely no reason you can't be working from home if that's what you want. Now.... What's stopping you? . . . . . . . #womenwhohustle #femaleentrepreneurs #girlbosslife #womenwhowork #growyourbusiness #womenhelpingwomen #bossmom #womenbusinessowners #goalgetter #mombosslife #mommybloggers #workfromhomemom #mombosslife #mompreneur #mompreneurlife #workingmomlife #momssupportingmoms #workingmomlife #savvybusinessowners #empoweredwomen #entrepreneurialmindset #soulpreneur #businessmom #mamapreneur
I will eat mac n cheese and cranberry sauce all ni I will eat mac n cheese and cranberry sauce all night and not care what else is on the table 🤷🏾‍♀️ . . . . #thanksgivingdinner #changeiscoming
🍦🥶👩🏽‍🔬*~We all scream!~*👩🏾‍🔬🥶🍦 Ice cream is science! Chemistry to be exact. The salt added to the ice in the outside bags lowers the freezing/melting point. So you end up with SUPER COLD ice, rapidly freezing the ice cream base in the inner bag. It was so cold they gave up on shaking it by hand and put it in a backpack to kick around for awhile. Have you managed any tasty experiments lately?
🧚🏾‍♀️🦷~*Missing Teeth*~🦷🧚🏾 🧚🏾‍♀️🦷~*Missing Teeth*~🦷🧚🏾‍♀️ 6.5yrs later, I think I might see the tiniest hint of myself in this one. Just along the edges, where the baby fat is making way for cheekbones and a defined chin. Where the roundness of my chunky toddler in the fluffy cloth diaper ends, has emerged this little girl with a new love for skinny jeans and flip flops -- how very California of her. True to her mother's heart, she loves singing (all day long) and musicals and dancing and tea and yoga and books and she prefers eating over cooking. She's grown so much over these last 6 months -- more than my mommy heart was ready for. But there was just something about her losing this first tooth that struck me in the gut. In a world where my children's age isn't marked by first days of school, yearbooks, and spring picture days, this tiny missing tooth feels huge. The days are long, but those years? Oh, how short they are.....
👻🎃💀~BOO!~💀🎃👻 These are just som 👻🎃💀~BOO!~💀🎃👻 These are just some of my "plans" for the week, which cover: cooking, math, reading, chemistry, character development, social skills, teamwork, etc. What are you up to this week?
***1 hour of silence*** I was in the middle of ha ***1 hour of silence*** I was in the middle of half a dozen things last night and needed them to stop asking me questions about the feel meanings of life. Enter: @squarepanda. It's one of their favorite educational apps. The bluetooth base is the main component, and then there are more than 10 free apps to go with it. Across the apps, there's a database of 4000+ words and you can add custom words and photos as well. I definitely recommend it if you're working through any basic reading program below 2nd grade or 8yo. Note: the new base looks different than the one we've got here, but they are the same product. Side note: these headphones are the best. I plug the oldest's into the tablet and the youngest's into the oldest's and everyone gets to hear! This is magical on road trips when they're watching one movie on one screen. The brand is @mpowofficial.
**Live in the moment** Last night, about 5 minute **Live in the moment** Last night, about 5 minutes before the start of bedtime, someone asked me why snails needed a shell and slugs don't. I didn't pick up a book or consult the internet. I was reading, so I simply said, "I didn't know, but that's a good question". Instead of continuing to ask me, they proudly used the tools they had at their disposal, and spent 30 minutes asking S̶K̶Y̶N̶E̶T̶ our Google Home questions about snails and making it play snail videos. Then (because they never forget a thing) they remembered a 100+ page animal book we have that has one tiny blurb on snails. Then they drew snails. I personally now know more than I've ever cared to learn about snails. I could have shut them down and ushered them off to bed right on time. I could have stopped what I was doing to find the answers to their questions. But watching them learn to seek answers on their own? That's the stuff we strive for... #homeschoolingdoesnthavetobehard #letthemplay . . . . . . . #blackhomeschoolers #blackhomeschooling #unschoolers #blackunschoolers #unschooling #secularhomeschool #homeschooling #homeeducation #homeschool #homeschoolers #thisishowwehomeschool #wildandfreechildren #wildandfreekids #wildandfreeINcolor #CAhomeschoolers #learningathome #raisingreaders #learninghappens

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Turkey isn't good.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ In fact, I'm convinced that most people eat it because they got one free from somewhere. 🤷🏾‍♀️ Because 2020 is weird and just....wrong in every way, we're bucking the entire system and having (catered) BBQ.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ This year has been a strain on many, and even the kids have made sacrifices in these months. Today, do not "REWARD" yourself with a a self care moment. TAKE some time for yourself; even if that means locking yourself away in your room for 10 minutes with the last slice of pie and cranking up the volume on your phone to listen to Christmas music to drown out the family noises on the other side.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Today may your mashed potatoes be fluffy and your mac n cheese be creamy. Stay thankful 🧡💛❤️⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #virtualmoms #girlbosshustler #homeschoolmomlife #buildyourbiz #bossmomlifestyle #mompreneurlifestyle #workingmomlifestyle #bossbabelife #girlbosshustle #sheboss #homeschoolmom #bossmomlife #productivityhacks #workinghomeschoolmom #sidehustle #WAHM #momboss #blackhomeschoolers #momssupportingmoms #womenempoweringwomen #laptoplifestyle #SAHM #businesswomen #virtualassistant #onlinebusiness #workfromanywhere #workfromhomemom #workingmomlife #workingmom
"How do you work and #homeschool with an infant ar "How do you work and #homeschool with an infant around?" 👀 That's it, that's the post. 📷: Throwback post of Boo at 6months 😍 . . . . . . . #virtualmoms #girlbosshustler #homeschoolmomlife #buildyourbiz #bossmomlifestyle #mompreneurlifestyle #workingmomlifestyle #bossbabelife #girlbosshustle #sheboss #homeschoolmom #bossmomlife #productivityhacks #workinghomeschoolmom #sidehustle #WAHM #momboss #blackhomeschoolers #momssupportingmoms #womenempoweringwomen #laptoplifestyle #SAHM #businesswomen #virtualassistant #onlinebusiness #workfromanywhere #workfromhomemom #workingmomlife #workingmom
I've been a work at home, homeschooling mom since I've been a work at home, homeschooling mom since 2012. When the US school system fell apart in April, I saw it coming. I watched online homeschool group membership explode. I watched working moms with no childcare options panic. I've never received so many DMs asking how I did it all. And now there's a different shift. As families decide that virtual learning isn't right for their children... as moms realize that homeschooling is more viable than they thought it was...as the educational tides in our country shift... Mamas let me tell you, I'll never go back to office life. And you don't have to, either. It's 2020 and there's absolutely no reason you can't be working from home if that's what you want. Now.... What's stopping you? . . . . . . . #womenwhohustle #femaleentrepreneurs #girlbosslife #womenwhowork #growyourbusiness #womenhelpingwomen #bossmom #womenbusinessowners #goalgetter #mombosslife #mommybloggers #workfromhomemom #mombosslife #mompreneur #mompreneurlife #workingmomlife #momssupportingmoms #workingmomlife #savvybusinessowners #empoweredwomen #entrepreneurialmindset #soulpreneur #businessmom #mamapreneur
I will eat mac n cheese and cranberry sauce all ni I will eat mac n cheese and cranberry sauce all night and not care what else is on the table 🤷🏾‍♀️ . . . . #thanksgivingdinner #changeiscoming
🍦🥶👩🏽‍🔬*~We all scream!~*👩🏾‍🔬🥶🍦 Ice cream is science! Chemistry to be exact. The salt added to the ice in the outside bags lowers the freezing/melting point. So you end up with SUPER COLD ice, rapidly freezing the ice cream base in the inner bag. It was so cold they gave up on shaking it by hand and put it in a backpack to kick around for awhile. Have you managed any tasty experiments lately?
🧚🏾‍♀️🦷~*Missing Teeth*~🦷🧚🏾 🧚🏾‍♀️🦷~*Missing Teeth*~🦷🧚🏾‍♀️ 6.5yrs later, I think I might see the tiniest hint of myself in this one. Just along the edges, where the baby fat is making way for cheekbones and a defined chin. Where the roundness of my chunky toddler in the fluffy cloth diaper ends, has emerged this little girl with a new love for skinny jeans and flip flops -- how very California of her. True to her mother's heart, she loves singing (all day long) and musicals and dancing and tea and yoga and books and she prefers eating over cooking. She's grown so much over these last 6 months -- more than my mommy heart was ready for. But there was just something about her losing this first tooth that struck me in the gut. In a world where my children's age isn't marked by first days of school, yearbooks, and spring picture days, this tiny missing tooth feels huge. The days are long, but those years? Oh, how short they are.....
👻🎃💀~BOO!~💀🎃👻 These are just som 👻🎃💀~BOO!~💀🎃👻 These are just some of my "plans" for the week, which cover: cooking, math, reading, chemistry, character development, social skills, teamwork, etc. What are you up to this week?
***1 hour of silence*** I was in the middle of ha ***1 hour of silence*** I was in the middle of half a dozen things last night and needed them to stop asking me questions about the feel meanings of life. Enter: @squarepanda. It's one of their favorite educational apps. The bluetooth base is the main component, and then there are more than 10 free apps to go with it. Across the apps, there's a database of 4000+ words and you can add custom words and photos as well. I definitely recommend it if you're working through any basic reading program below 2nd grade or 8yo. Note: the new base looks different than the one we've got here, but they are the same product. Side note: these headphones are the best. I plug the oldest's into the tablet and the youngest's into the oldest's and everyone gets to hear! This is magical on road trips when they're watching one movie on one screen. The brand is @mpowofficial.
**Live in the moment** Last night, about 5 minute **Live in the moment** Last night, about 5 minutes before the start of bedtime, someone asked me why snails needed a shell and slugs don't. I didn't pick up a book or consult the internet. I was reading, so I simply said, "I didn't know, but that's a good question". Instead of continuing to ask me, they proudly used the tools they had at their disposal, and spent 30 minutes asking S̶K̶Y̶N̶E̶T̶ our Google Home questions about snails and making it play snail videos. Then (because they never forget a thing) they remembered a 100+ page animal book we have that has one tiny blurb on snails. Then they drew snails. I personally now know more than I've ever cared to learn about snails. I could have shut them down and ushered them off to bed right on time. I could have stopped what I was doing to find the answers to their questions. But watching them learn to seek answers on their own? That's the stuff we strive for... #homeschoolingdoesnthavetobehard #letthemplay . . . . . . . #blackhomeschoolers #blackhomeschooling #unschoolers #blackunschoolers #unschooling #secularhomeschool #homeschooling #homeeducation #homeschool #homeschoolers #thisishowwehomeschool #wildandfreechildren #wildandfreekids #wildandfreeINcolor #CAhomeschoolers #learningathome #raisingreaders #learninghappens

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