Top Ten Reasons for Not Eating Supper
10. I’m sick. 9. (Coughing) 8. I don’t like this food. 7. I’m cold. 6. I just want to lie down. 5. I need to go get something. 4. My tummy’s full. 3. I need to go potty. 2. I’m tired. 1. I don’t want dessert! So, in Arizona a bunch of people get shot [...]
Hold Fast to Dreams . .
. . for if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly – Langston Hughes I feel like a broken-winged bird sometimes. Like I just want to soar, to experience the joy of flying, but I as much as I try, I can’t get my wings to work. Sometimes it’s when I yell [...]
Habla Ingles?
Do you speak English? I ask this question all the time nowadays. Mostly when calling parents. Of course, they say no, so I tell them “Hablo poquito espanol” (I speak a little Spanish) and try to get my point across in my limited Spanish. And “poquito” typically means nothing as these parents start talking 50 [...]
TGIF
It’s Friday evening. 5:30. And I’m already in my pajamas. Can you tell I’m glad to be home? After a trip to the Parent Teacher Store (LOVE that place!) with the kids, we got home at 5:00 today and “we” are currently playing with playdoh. (Mama suggested that after there was some discussion about going [...]
Mama Bear, Teacher Bear
Today was Ephraim’s first “frown face” day. His teacher wrote me a long note explaining why he was in time out twice. Let’s see: hitting, not sharing, throwing rocks, pulling a kid’s shirt while the kid was at the water fountain. Mama Bear was not happy. Now, Ephraim is only 3, and 3 year olds, [...]
God Made Ice Cream Trucks . . . And Other Tales From the First Week of School
All four of us made it through the first week of school. Whew! It’s the hardest week of the year. For teachers, at least! So far I am pretty impressed with Davidson Academy. The kids have adjusted well and have already learned so much! On the way to school yesterday, Ephraim said, “God made light. [...]
Potty Progress . . And Other Tales From the First Day
Madeleine walked in a made 2 friends immediately. Ephraim clung to Steven and cried. Exactly what I would expect. Ephraim evidently got over it pretty quickly, because when I picked him up, he said he’d had a good day. He told me he needed to go potty, and I started taking him to the girls’ [...]
Feels like ages . . .
since I’ve had internet at home. It’s actually only been a week. Of course, I had four or five great blog topics last weekend, and now they’re mostly forgotten. That’s what I get for not writing them down immediately! Quick updates: We SOLD our house Monday!!! It is officially NOT ours anymore, but the new [...]
Why I Need to Live in a City with Subways
My car. Broke down. AGAIN. So, I was in the parking lot after school yesterday ready to go pick up the kids. I had plans, too. Big plans. We were going to run by the post office for stamps, run by the library (found a library book in Mad’s room the other day – oops! [...]
Working Moms: Speak Up!
Almost five years ago, my husband and I started attending an Eastern Orthodox church, and much to our evangelical parents’ chagrin, we eventually converted to Orthodoxy. It has been an astounding, mystical, and life-changing journey. However, there is something in the Orthodox world that bothers me. A lot of Orthodox moms are stay-at-home moms (and [...]
