After lots of sleepless nights and tears, we finally decided it would be in Princess Nagger’s best interest to remove her from the gifted program and return her to Gen Ed. Because the gifted classroom has both 5th and 6th graders in the same classroom, and because the educational aspect was 5th grade review when…
I’ve been meaning to post the First Day of School pictures, but you know how time flies. Better late than never, I say! I love doing the comparisons each year – first day, last day – and in this case I figure I’d compare first day of kindergarten and first day of this year. I know,…
So far, (mostly) so good, in the school mode, Little Dude has only gotten in trouble twice more since last week – once for talking in class, and once for throwing sand on the playground. At least he hasn’t had to go to the principal’s office, so he’s making forward progress. Princess Nagger has decided…
I have so much catching up to do, don’t I? Last week was a bust, as I had to fix my blog after the latest update from WordPress didn’t play nicely with my original theme. So I ditched the theme and did something a little different. The same, but not. How are you liking my…
If you like playing video games, there’s a new one out you really should check out. Tomodachi Life has become Princess Nagger and my newest addiction. Doesn’t that look cute? It seems to be the only game in recent days that actually pulls her away from Minecraft, Spore and Pokemon – so that’s saying a…
Anyone familiar with video games has probably heard of the game “Super Monkey Ball”. If not, it’s a game where these cute little monkeys are running around inside a ball on crazy tracks, picking up bananas and gold coins as you go, trying to reach the goal before time runs out. You are basically the…
A couple of weeks ago we went to my dad’s company picnic at a cool place called Remlinger Farms, Northeast of Seattle. The kids were extra excited, especially since they heard there was a roller coaster for them to ride on. As they were standing in line awaiting their turn, both were talking about how…
