Posted in Miscellaneous on Aug 23rd, 2011
Every year, I post a picture of some or all of my kids on the first day of school. This year will be no different. L-R: Rachel, age 13 (8th grade), Cody, age 9 (3rd grade), Logan, age 7 (2nd grade) and Andrea, age 13 (8th grade). The wisps of gray that you see are [...]
Posted in Brags, Miscellaneous on Aug 19th, 2011
The kids and I went shopping for school supplies on Tuesday. They were over-tired to begin with, as I had just picked them up from a 3-day stay with their aunt and uncle where bedtimes were much later than normal. Logan, especially, was whiny, as he tends to be when he hasn’t gotten enough sleep. [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on Aug 28th, 2010
This week was the kids’ first one back in school. The transition from a rather unscheduled summer to a highly scheduled school year has gone much more seamlessly than I anticipated. For the first time ever, I have mixed feelings about school being in session once again. Typically I hate it because I love having [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on Sep 6th, 2009
I’m on The Writer’s [Inner] Journey today! The author, Meredith Resnick, wrote this: In honor of back to school I asked five of the writers I greatly admire to weigh in. With a very loose hat tip to the wonderful Raymond Carver–I wanted to know what these writers talk about when they talk about back [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on Aug 25th, 2009
So today was the kids’ first day back at school. All but Logan, who only had a 15 minute meeting with his teacher today. His first official day of kindergarten will be on Thursday. You can expect me to be a sobbing wreck that day. I will also be posting a picture of Logan getting [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on Aug 19th, 2009
Cody had a difficult time adjusting to kindergarten last year. He’s not a morning person at the best of times, but faced with a long bus ride and an even longer day away from his beloved home made him even more snarly come 6:50 a.m. Fortunately, he made a little discovery about a month after [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on Aug 17th, 2009
The back-to-school blues have definitely taken over our house, as we’ve gone from a summer that passed all to quickly to a week full of volleyball practice for the girls. We’ve all been lamenting the coming early hours, long days away from home and homework. Last week, Cody received a back-to-school letter from his teacher. [...]
Posted in Tips on Aug 12th, 2009
Twins are so fascinating. Sometimes I can hardly believe how much mine love and cherish each other. Their relationship is unlike anything I ever had with my sisters, though basically they are just sisters who were born on the same day. It’s got its own rules, its own dance, its own nuances. I think the [...]
