Education

I Need You

March 6, 2013

For three mornings my husband Jim has listened to what my mornings are like with our kids. He is on vacation this week and with no where to go, as the kids are not on break. Today they shamed him into driving them to school. His parting words? “Boarding school cannot possibly cost much more [...]

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We Need a List of all the Bad Words so we Don’t Call the Teacher that Again

January 4, 2013

what is health education
how to parent
what is parenting
birds and bees

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Friendships, Opinions and Social Media

November 7, 2012

It is so hard to voice political opinions when you are talking friendships. You want to respect one another. I have been very careful to not voice my opinion online. I was just over on my Facebook page and found so many people I respect and care about are complaining about the outcome of the [...]

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Funny First Days and the Proof is in the Photos

August 27, 2012

Mitchell, said with a very grown up matter-of-fact manner …”Dadda, I think there is more yelling than learning going on in Kindergarten.”

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Our Most Embarrassing School Art, To Date Anyway

August 1, 2012

For all of you with girls I want to remind you that little boys are different. For little boys, that area is a toy that stays with you. To quote one of my kids when they were three, “When can I get one of these BALLS out so I can see what they look like?” Your daughter is putting shoes on her Barbie’s feet right now and I have an anatomically (in)correct foot-less pasta dude on my fridge.

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The Difference Between Mothers and Sons

July 25, 2012

This is what I do with hydrangeas from the yard. Cute, right? Get it?  It is an ice cream cone.   Even cooler is that they are all from the same bush is our yard. The boys brought the stalk you see below, into the house yesterday and asked me if they can cut more [...]

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“That is Because Their Parents Don’t Love Them.”

July 24, 2012

“Well, Mrs East must REALLY want to get rid of Caleb because they put a flatscreen on his wall and hooked up an XBOX.” -Peter

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Creek Tips

July 22, 2012

  I love it when I come across something my boys have done that I didn’t know about. Here is a video our Peter shot at one of his special critter catching locations. The walk to the creek the time prior revealed a snake.  It looks like he went back with our big black rubber [...]

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The Trouble With Trends

June 30, 2012

The trouble with trends is they come back. They are cyclical. A swing of a pendulum and we go from neons to pastels and from pointy high heels to round toe ballet shoes.

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Frog Hunting With Kids During Summer Evenings

June 28, 2012

Sense of humor…Peter likes to take “frog orders” before he heads out. I say I would like a green tree frog and his brothers might say a bullfrog. Peter especially likes to watch people open the tote and see how many he has brought home. Below is poor Mitchell not expecting dad to pull giganto bullfrog out.

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