Author: Catherine Duncan
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In the Middle of the Mayhem
Raising My 5-Year-Old Boy They say the middle child is the peacemaker, the overlooked one, the quiet soul just trying to find their place. Whoever they are… they’ve never met my 5-year-old. My middle child is anything but overlooked. He’s a whirlwind wrapped in a superhero cape, a ball of motion powered by Hot Wheels…
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Firstborn Firecracker
Raising My 7-Year-Old Girl in a House Full of Boys When people hear I have three kids, their first reaction is usually, “Wow, you must be busy!” And they’re right. But what they don’t always realize is that the dynamic between my firstborn daughter and her two little brothers is its own beautiful brand of…
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First-Time Magic
Our Disney Wish Adventure….with kids :) Let me start by saying: taking a Disney Cruise with young kids (we took our oldest two, ours are 7 and 5) is equal parts magical and mildly chaotic—in the best way possible. We recently sailed on the Disney Wish, and from the moment we stepped into the glittering…
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Fireworks are Fire
June 30 – July 4 Loveland, Ohio 📅 June 30 – Monday 🌿 Outdoor Preschool Storytime – Reading on the River July 1 – Tuesday 🧩 Discovery Pass Scavenger Hunt (daily through July) July 2 – Wednesday 📚 Toddler Storytime July 3 – Thursday July 4 – Friday (Independence Day!) Loveland’s Annual Independence Day Celebration…
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Before the Bell and the Babies:
A First-Year Teacher’s Tale Let me take you back to a time before diaper bags, dinner duty, and digital calendars filled with swim lessons and pediatrician appointments. It’s me. First-year teacher me. Twenty-something, bright-eyed and… wildly underprepared for what teaching middle school actually meant. I walked into my first classroom with color-coded folders, inspirational posters…
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Weekends At Home
“Weekends at Home: Where the Chaos Is Loud and the Coffee Is Strong“ Welcome to my weekend. Population: one frazzled mom, one sassy 7-year-old girl, one endlessly energetic 5-year-old boy, and one very opinionated 2-year-old toddler with a mission to destroy everything in his path. It’s Saturday morning. I wake up to the gentle sound…
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Middle Schoolers and Their Favorite Questions
…And How To Survive Them. Ah, middle schoolers. That delightful age where they’re too cool to care… but also desperately need to know everything. As a part-time teacher and full-time chaos coordinator (aka mom), I’ve become fluent in Teenagerese — a complex language spoken mostly in groans, eye rolls, and oddly specific questions that leave…
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Welp, here goes nothin’
First post • ~3‑minute read Categories: Teaching Life | Parenting | Humor Hey there, fabulous humans! Welcome to Coffee, Crayons, and Curriculum, the blog where lesson plans meet lunch‑box negotiations and where “Is this graded?” echoes right alongside “What’s for dinner?” I’m Kat, a part‑time middle‑school teacher and full‑time mom of three spirited kiddos who think “sleeping in” means…
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Coffee ☕️ Crayons 🖍️ and Curriculum 📝 