Posted in Miscellaneous on May 25th, 2010
The kids are all officially done with school now, as of today. Here’s the rundown so far: Logan, who finished school on Friday, had his first day at the Boys & Girls Club today. While I was traumatized by the whole prospect of leaving him there alone, pretty much defenseless, he barely said “goodbye” to [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous, Photos on May 22nd, 2010
“What happened?” I asked Cody, after reading the above paper. “I just couldn’t hold it in any longer!” he told me.
Posted in Miscellaneous, Reflections on May 21st, 2010
I just found this among my many saved drafts from November 2008, when Logan was still in preschool. Now, a year and a half later, it’s a precious memory, rather than a complaint/reflection. The days Logan isn’t in school, he follows me pretty much everywhere, all day, and never stops talking. If I’m working in [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on May 20th, 2010
is tomorrow. It seems like just a few weeks ago I was lamenting the fact that he was starting kindergarten and now he’s just about finished. It’s such an overused expression, but time really does go by way too fast. I remember being jealous of my friends whose kids were in school all day. I [...]
Posted in Guest Bloggers, Miscellaneous on May 14th, 2010
I’m sitting here with 8-year-old Sydney Wambach, a second grader in Fargo, ND, and we’re going to do a little interview for today’s post. Me: What’s your favorite part of school? Sydney: Art, because I love to draw. Me: What are you looking forward to most this summer? Sydney: Camping at Storybook Land. Me: Do [...]
Posted in Humor, Miscellaneous on Mar 22nd, 2010
As I went through Cody’s papers after school yesterday, my heart melted upon seeing this: (In case you can’t read it, here’s the translation:) Lucky Cody I think I’m lucky because I have a new baby cousin. I have a good mother. “Oh, Cody, that’s so sweet!” I said, giving him a hug. “That really [...]
Logan drew this at school:
Posted in Discussion of the day, Miscellaneous on Nov 2nd, 2009
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 [...]
Posted in Discussion of the day on Sep 16th, 2009
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 [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on Aug 27th, 2009
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 [...]
