Because sometimes being a parent means doing what’s hard.
Posted in babies, family finances, humor, school on Oct 7th, 2009
The other day, both boys came home with the familiar order form and info sheet in their backpacks: Gear up, mom and dad, it’s almost Picture Day!
I hate picture day.
To be precise, I don’t hate the day itself, since I’m not, literally or otherwise, in the picture. True to my meanness and aversion to being [...]
Posted in school on Sep 22nd, 2009
My mom recently told me a funny (well, not funny-ha-ha, more like funny-hmmmmm) story about the time she got a peek into my younger brother’s kindergarten classroom. Seems that one day, my brother missed the bus, so my mom drove him.
After leaving him inside the school to be walked to his class by the secretary, [...]
Posted in kids and food, school on Aug 13th, 2009
“Mom, what should I do with my applesauce cup?”
I sigh. I’ve explained this before–the applesauce and yogurt cups are recyclable, so bring them home. The plastic utensils? They’re dishwasher safe, my son, so tote ‘em on home. What I say is, “You know what, Daniel? Just put everything in your lunchbox and bring it home [...]
Posted in family life, school on Jul 1st, 2009
Last fall, a new family moved into our neighborhood, and on the first day of school, there was a new girl at our little bus stop. They’d arrived at their house literally the day before school started. From Israel.
That first day, the father took his little girl, Hadar, 6, to the stop. She wanted to [...]
Posted in family life, school, summer on Jun 24th, 2009
The sign at the entrance to my son’s primary school reads, under the school’s name, “A First-Class Experience.” And it is, truly. So much so, that I wish he could stay there all year. And why not?
I love school, and my son does, too — he just finished first grade, and this year we hit [...]