Today, I’m thankful for:
The opportunity that I have to teach my children at home so we can focus on learning a concept instead of just being graded on how quickly you can pick it up.
Finishing our school work for the day before lunch today. That almost never happens, and it is so nice to know [...]
Before I get on to more important things, can I just say that Julie Chen should fire her stylist over tonight’s outfit? Yes, that’s right, I WATCH BIG BROTHER. And Julie’s finale outfit? She looks like she’s wearing a Snuggie.
What do you want to teach your children?
I’ve been thinking about this for awhile, but even [...]
As I was getting ready for the day this morning (shortly after scrubbing the carpet because I was stupid enough to put carpet in the dining room and, you know, orange juice BELONGS on the floor), my oldest three boys came running to me.
“Mommy, Mommy! We’re making a band! Can we have tattoos? We can’t [...]
How do you people with a bunch of school-aged children do it?
A couple of weeks ago, I finally sat down with my calendar and scheduled in all of the boys’ soccer games. I instantly felt overwhelmed. Today, Wyatt’s coach sent a practice schedule for the rest of the season.
Oh. My. Gosh.
Can I just say—Sean agreed [...]
Before I move on to anything else, let me just be clear on one thing:
You people suck.
Or, at least, those of you who had it in your power to help me out of my kitty conundrum and didn’t.
Yes, the sweet little kitty does now have a permanent home. That’s the problem. Do you have any [...]
Awhile back, I mentioned that I was gearing up for a fight with the online charter school that we use because Wyatt is technically 13 days to young to start kindergarten next year. You see, when the federal government pays your bills, an arbitrary date on the calendar becomes the most important factor in determining [...]
School’s Out! School’s Out! Time to let these fools OUT! No more pencils, no more books, No more teacher’s dirty looks!
And, believe me people, the dirty looks have abounded around here for weeks now. From Noah, who was so completely over [...]
First, a little background:
Every year, Sean takes each kid to his office for a “birthday with Daddy” excursion. Since Noah’s birthday fell on the same day as a major, mandatory securities training meeting this week, Sean took him in on Monday instead. As a result, we skipped school on Monday.
Monday night, Caleb puked. Tuesday morning, [...]
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Uhg.
I mentioned last week that I had the joy of the slavery talk with Noah over the course of two history lessons (0ne on Harriet Tubman, one on Abraham Lincoln). I considered, at that point, going into further detail about my feelings on race as a white mother of a biracial child. Given all of [...]
