One of the best parts of my son’s high school graduation was unexpected. It wasn’t the processional, with hundreds of young people looking dapper in their caps and gowns marching onto the football field. It certainly wasn’t the speeches. Although the ones at my son’s graduation were short and generated a few good laughs thankfully. [Read More]
#FlashbackFebruary – 24 Steps Of Finishing Kindergarten Valentines
Welcome to #FlashbackFebruary, where I’ll be sharing some of my favorite blog posts from February in years past. Yes, I made this up. Humor me. First, with Valentine’s Day right around the corner, I wanted to revisit the time I helped my daughter, now 14, make cards for her kindergarten classmates. Look how cute she [Read More]
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When Your Kid’s BFF is the Opposite Gender
“Is that her boyfriend?” the stranger asked, winking. I looked at my ten-year-old daughter and her best friend standing next to me in the grocery store. “No, he’s just her friend,” I replied, damping down my exasperation. My daughter’s best friend is a boy. They are fourth graders who are not dating nor thinking about dating. [Read More]
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Don’t Send THIS to School
My children, ages 10 and 6, have both finished kindergarten. However, I still feel trained from their time in kindergarten to save every single empty box, canister, or toilet paper roll. That’s because the kids always needed such items for kindergarten projects, particularly the construction corner. The construction corner was where they taped toilet paper [Read More]
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Those End of School Year Papers
I have two things to share with you today regarding the ginormous bags of stuff that my children brought home at the end of the school year. First, the bags were placed in a heap near our mudroom on the last day of school. On the very next day, my husband came home from work and [Read More]
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This is Normal at My House
BK (Before Kids), I probably would have freaked out at images that I now consider normal at my house. Like this: It’s a Very Hairy Caterpillar made out of pantyhose. It’s so ugly it’s cute. And it’s now living on my kitchen counter for who knows how long. Or there’s this image: It’s my 16-year-old [Read More]
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The Day That Kindergarten Broke My Daughter
It’s no secret that I have had issues with kindergarten homework. Last fall, I got scolded by the teacher for not making my daughter follow directions and color. Color. (You can read the sordid details here.) But it’s May now and my 6-year-old daughter and I have found our groove when it comes to kindergarten [Read More]
