While other moms complained that their babies would only wear an outfit once or twice before the child outgrew it, I kept quiet. My son always wore a size or two smaller than his age. So at 6 months old he was still wearing 0-3 months sized clothes. He wasn’t premature, but he was small. By the [...]
Archive for September, 2011
Too soon to tell
Posted in Education, Kids, Life on September 29, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Wordless Wednesday: Red
Posted in Life, Nantucket, Photography, tagged life, Nantucket, photography, Wordless Wednesday on September 28, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Linked to Live and Love…Out Loud Wordless Wednesday
Frozen yogurt can make the day brighter
Posted in Food, Kids, Life, tagged food, kids, life on September 27, 2011 | 1 Comment »
It says fall on the calendar, but the thermometer has reached well over 80 the last few days. The swamp cooler has been working overtime to keep my classroom cool. Warm classrooms are not conducive to learning so I truly appreciate even the trickle of cool air coming from the vents. Dismissal is miserable – [...]
Raising Wolverine loving shark fanatics
Posted in Books, Education, Kids, Life, tagged Books, education, kids, oral language development on September 24, 2011 | 15 Comments »
This weekend we went to the store and I got the most awesomest costume for Halloween. I’m going to be Wolverine for Halloween this year! I have a costume that has real wolverine claws and a mask and my dad was in the United States Wolverine Corps. Wolverine is my favorite super hero. I really like super heroes! I have [...]
Wordless Wednesday: Fog
Posted in Life, Photography, tagged life, Wordless Wednesday on September 21, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Linked to Live and Love…Out Loud Wordless Wednesday
Where I’m From
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bloggy boot camp, Books, life, SITS Girls on September 20, 2011 | 8 Comments »
When I started this blog last June, I had no idea where it would go or how long it would last. As I tried to find a wider network of women bloggers I stumbled upon the SITS Girls website. After lurking around the site for a while I registered for the Bloggy Boot Camp in [...]
Fostering Independence or Torture?
Posted in Uncategorized on September 17, 2011 | 4 Comments »
We cannot fashion our children after our desires, we must have them and love them as God has given them to us. ~ Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to [...]
Conferences and cookies
Posted in Education, Kids, Life, tagged education, kids, life, parenting on September 13, 2011 | 6 Comments »
A friend started a chat session with me on Facebook tonight. She wanted to know if week 3 was too soon for a conference with her child’s teacher. Am I helicoptering, she asked. At first I misread her question. I thought the teacher had requested a conference, but no. My friend just wants to [...]
Chicken?
Posted in Education, Kids, Life, tagged education, kids, life on September 12, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Driving home from school on Friday I had the following conversation with my Middle School son: Me: How was your spelling test? MS son: Good. I knew all my words, but I think I got a few points off. Me: Why? You knew all your words. MS son: Well, I couldn’t think of any more [...]
Poor Charles – reflections on “You Should Date an Illiterate Girl”
Posted in Life, tagged Books, life, love on September 8, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The blogosphere has seen a flurry of repostings and responses to You Should Date an Illiterate Girl by Charles Warnke. I only came upon poor Charles’ post after first reading You Should Date a Girl Who Reads – which I posted and responded to earlier this summer. While many people seem to focus on his ending [...]
