Logan drew this at school:

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My post from last February about homework in kindergarten has attracted such a large number of readers, I decided to revisit the subject.
This year I have another kindergartner and the homework that started to trickle in at the beginning of the year has been gaining speed by the week.
Last week, when I went on my [...]

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Let me begin by saying that in general, I have nothing but praise for teachers. Goodness knows they deserve much more money and respect than they actually get. Their job is raw-to-the-bone tough and often thankless and I, for one, have a heap of a lot of respect and admiration for them. Teaching is something [...]

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Here he is, my baby boy, on the very first day of his full-time school career this morning:

Notice the happy smile on his face?
Here he is getting on the bus:

Notice the sweet, happy, blemish-free face my little Logan is sporting?
This is Logan shortly after arriving home this afternoon:

Hmmm, he appears to have come back a [...]

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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 school [...]

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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. It [...]

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Last night was the parent/player volleyball meeting at school for grades 6-12. Because of the school’s small size, the volleyball coach has been letting the 6th graders play on the junior high team. My daughters’ large class brings a whopping 15 players to the team and since our volleyball team is one of the best [...]

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The meeting minutes from our school board’s last session included a bit about how Junior Kindergarten will not be in existence this year. I have to admit, I felt a bit guilty when I read this as it was my decision to send Logan to Kindergarten that caused the whole thing to disintegrate. The superintendent [...]

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So Logan’s preschool program was this morning. It’s the third one I’ve been to. It’s also the last one I’ll be attending, ever. For my kids, anyway. <<sniff>>
The upside? His summer vacation has officially begun and he’s thrilled about it. He’s full of big plans for the summer, though most of them involve actual summer [...]

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I’ve made up my mind about Logan’s kindergarten career: We’re skipping the Junior and going straight to Kindergarten.
My reasons are threefold:
1.  When Logan gets in a mood on mornings he doesn’t want to go to school, he always whines, “I hate school! It’s so BORING!” Considering he’s one of the oldest kids in the class, [...]

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