Have you seen this? According to my 15-year-old, I’m an all-powerful, evil villain who is personally responsible for all the woes of Bearden High School’s Color Guard. Students in Color Guard get a credit on their high school transcript. Since they are on block schedule, the class is about 25% of their regular school day. […]
Earlier in the week, Tommy called to tell me he wanted to stay on campus for the weekend. He then asked me to make the 4 hour round trip drive to give him clean laundry. I told him he could go into town and buy himself a pair of jeans and a bag of underwear […]
Our only bathtub is broken. Wait, that’s too far in to the story. Sarah’s summer art assignment was a large body of work in a variety of media with a common theme. For reasons unknown to anyone, Sarah chose soup cans for her theme. The last week of summer, with her deadline for completion staring […]
If I do the carpool thing in slippers and jammies, will I: a. have car problems b. have teachers and/or parents wave me out for a chat c. cause my 15-y-o embarrassment that results in her seeking a legal change of name, school transfer and minor emancipation d. all of the above
After years of me calling Evan feral, Missy labeled Evan free-range. This year, the free-range boy starts getting saddle broke. He has to learn the difficult task of organized playtime aka preschool. Sounds simple enough. Yet, we still started out with bucking and braying. After days of talking about how much fun preschool is, Evan […]
Remember several years ago when Tommy did this to his forehead? This past weekend, Noah went camping with the Boy Scouts. He came home looking like this: He also had a circular hickey on his arm and his abdomen. I stopped looking for the odd marks after that. I don’t want to know if there […]
This is Amy’s second year riding the bus to school, but her first year riding it home in the afternoon. Wednesday, she forgot to get on the bus and the office called us to pick her up. Thursday, I was sure there would be no problems and walked to the bus stop to meet her. […]
Friday night I stayed up until 2 packing for Tommy. The rest of the night I stared at the clock. Saturday morning was a blur of car loading and trying to get out the door. I busied myself with paperwork the entire drive to LMU. As the car entered the campus, Tommy whispered, “I have […]
Are you ready for school? Some of us are and some of us are not. Sarah, Noah and Amy are ready. Their backpacks, bags of school supplies and clothes for tomorrow morning are piled by the front door. There are also three large flags leaning on the door, because all teenage girls carry an armload […]
Cathy – Is there any food that all of the children will eat other than chicken nuggets? Mom Mom – Tommy eats almost anything. He won’t eat tomatoes or brussel sprouts. Sarah eats white foods. Chicken, pasta and bread. No fruits or veges. Noah eats meat and ketchup. Amy eats most foods, but is leaning […]