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The Way it Really Is Mom Blog

I help moms through sharing honest personal experiences, practical tips, and helpful printables through my blog, The Way it Really Is.com. I’m a stay-at-home homeschool mom of 6-year-old identical twin boys and a 8-year-old boy. My mission in life is to help others, as I did in my former career as a school psychologist, and now do with my blog. Join me and see what The Way it Really Is, is all about!

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Beach Day Essentials & 4th of July

. Hi Reader, I hope your week is going well so far! We LOVE going to the beach, how about you? Our kids haven't been to the ocean yet but here in Minnesota, there are so many lakes to enjoy. We go so often we've kind of become experts at successful beach days. That said, I wanted to share our favorite beach day essentials for our family and some extra ones for if you have babies! Family Beach Day Here are our tried and true favorite products to make a wonderful beach day! Family Beach Day...

Camping and Outdoor Journal for Kids

. Hi Reader, I hope your week is going well so far! Expanding on the topic of summer fun and adventures, this week I'm sharing my fishing blog post about everything you need for fishing with kids AND a new camping and outdoor journal I just made! I've been going fishing since I was a little girl (I share pics in the post) and I taught my boys how to fish at a young age as well. It's fun to take them to a dock where there are so many sunfish they constantly catch them! We always put them back...

Best Travel Toys for Toddlers and Young Kids

. Hi Reader, Are you planning a trip this summer? Whether you're going on a road trip or an airplane, here are a couple of my blog posts with road trip essentials, tips, and toys! Road Trip Essentials Here are our top tips for planning your road trip from setting expectations, planning for breaks, meals on the go, activities, and more! Plan Your Road Trip Travel Toys Heading out on a trip and looking for the best travel toys for your toddlers or young children? I’ll share with you our...

Easy Ways to Prevent Summer Learning Loss / Summer Slide with FREE activities

. Hi Reader, I don't know about you but I'm still trying to figure out what summer looks like for us. Today I had a discussion with my kids, 6yo twins and 9yo, about what they'd like to do this summer. They want to be sure to have iPad time (of course 🙄) and time to play outside. We'll also pepper in going to the local beaches (yay Minnesota lakes!), library events, and some online learning resources they have through school. Though honestly, right now, they want nothing to do with school so...

. Hi Reader, Happy End of the School Year, or at least close to it, right? My kids were officially done last week but rain and wildfire smoke here in Minnesota is keeping us indoors for the time being. We hope to have reprieve tomorrow for our eldest's 9th birthday and maybe even go to the beach for a bit before his weekly Lego club on Outschool. If you're looking for a way to help your kids continue their education into the summer or just to keep them busy and connecting with other kids,...

Summer Cleaning Freebie

. Hi Reader, Are you having a hard time getting on track today after the long weekend? I sure am! It's the last week of school for my kids, and they have a pretty light and different schedule for their online school this week, which keeps changing. I'm trying to catch up with all the emails (personal and business) from over the weekend and figure out what I'm doing again. lol I'm guessing many are in a similar situation today, just trying to catch up and get into this short week! Summer...

. Hi Reader, I hope your week is going well! It's been a windy rainy one here in Minnesota which is good, we need the rain. I hope you're doing well and weren't hit by any severe storms in the past week. I've been working on a lot more twin-focused blog posts to help Google rank me higher but most of the posts are great for non-twin families as well. Such as, when to transition from a toddler bed to a twin bed for twins...this transition is mainly the same for just one child, so I hope you...

40 and Fearless bundle this week only! Get 40 items for just $40. From productivity to perimenopause, this bundle covers it all.

. Hi Reader, When we say the 40 & Fearless Bundle has something for every part of your life, we’re not kidding. Here’s just a taste of the 40 products inside: 💪 Identity + Self-Care: Feel more like you again, with resources to help you reconnect with your energy, purpose, and passions. 📅 Productivity: Tools and systems to manage the chaos and get things DONE, without burning out. 💰 Finances: From budgeting to saving to ditching the 9–5, these tools will help you feel confident with money. 🍼...

The Disappointment of Mother's Day and a Mother's Day printable

. Hi Reader, I hope your week is going well! This week I have a couple more Mother's Day related items to share with you and next week I'll have an exciting bundle to share with you where my first course will debut!! Below I'll share a new printable in my shop and a blog post about the all too often disappointment of Mother's Day. Mother's Day Printable The other day, I made a Mother's Day printable that kids can complete about their mom to give as a gift. If you're the mom in the family, you...

20+ Mother's Day gift ideas plus how to hint what you'd like this Mother's Day

. Hi Reader, I hope your week is going well! Mother's Day is in less than two weeks and if you typically get disappointed, it's a good idea to start dropping hints. Here are some ideas: Create a Mother's Day wish list and leave it somewhere he'll see it Text him deals on things that you want like "Hey! I just saw this was on sale, it'd make a great Mother's Day gift for me!! 😉" Casually mention it as you're discussing plans for the month of May Involve the kids to drop hints by telling them...