Yesterday was Edward’s last first day of pre-school. We had gone in on Monday for the orientation meeting, but school didn’t officially start for him until Tuesday. Tuesday meant a new first day of school outfit, it meant a full morning away, and it meant the most favorite and best part of all of school, […]
Category Archives: School
It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
School started today! School started today! Ruby was so excited to begin 2nd grade! And to show you how I feel about it, I made this video. Please follow and like us:
An Evil Cliché Comes True
Every morning for the past infinity days, we have had to drag my daughter out of bed and rush her crying off to school because, like her father, she is a night owl. She stays up in her bed reading until who-knows-when, and mornings are not her time to shine. I empathize. If I could […]
Music is the First to Go
It is school budget voting day today here in Burlington. Again. Voters previously rejected the school budget, so now we have to vote on version 2. And a lot of things have happened since version 1. For one thing, we have many new school board members. We didn’t just reject the budget, but the folks […]
Microwaves are Not the Same as Stoves, or How I Ruined a Parent Teacher Conference
When my parents got divorced, I took over a lot of responsibilities as man of the house. Despite being only eight years old at the time, I took this very seriously and I was given a lot of well-earned responsibility. At first, after school would end, my siblings and I would all end up at […]
Yes Officer, That’s My Son
Time to padlock the front door! Some of you may recall that a year or so ago we had a slight problem with small children escaping through the front door at very inconvenient times. We solved this issue with a lock installed on the inside of the door juuuuuust high enough so that Edward could […]
Making Valentines
Sure, we could just buy Valentines at the store and then write names on them, but where’s the fun in that?! My mother taught me better. For Valentine’s Day, one must hand make and personalize cards for all classmates, relatives, and minor acquaintances, and no two can be the same. Scissors! Glue! Tape! Glitter! Stickers! […]
What They Teach Them in Pre-School These Days
Edward is three and a half, and he loves pre-school. I mean loves it. The only way I can get him to go to bed at night is to tell him that he has school in the morning and he can’t go if he is too tired. I am aware that this strategy will likely backfire […]
My First Regret
People have regrets. We all do. Maybe they’re not big ones. Maybe they don’t affect our quality of life, or keep us up at night, but they’re there. Unless you have lived a flawless and perfect life, there are mistakes you have made along the way. And I suppose what makes a mistake into a […]
Edward’s Thoughts on Preschool
You know, I was really looking forward to sending Edward to preschool. Freedom! Four mornings a week to myself! And then he had to go and get on that stupid bus and make me all sad and stuff. Not cool. His Mom rode in with him for his first day and then I had to […]