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…
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…
Today is the last day of summer break for the kiddos – I guess you would say today is the last day of freedom for them, tomorrow is my first day of freedom. If you could see my face right now, I’ve got a mischievous smirk going on. Don’t get me wrong – I love summer months of…
I have to get used to the different spiders here in Washington State vs. Pennsylvania – after having been gone from this state for 17 years, you forget those things. I was going to say I have to get ‘reacquainted’, but honestly I’d rather not. Some of those suckers here are ginormous! Like the one…
So many people have been sharing the first day of school pictures! Now that we’re back in Washington State, it’s an unfamiliar sight since school doesn’t start here until after Labor Day. Princess Nagger is especially happy that it’s still full-on summer here. I’m very glad the kids don’t start school until September, instead of…
What is it with school starting in August in many areas? Thankfully that’s not the case here, we have the start like I remembered from when I was in school, following Labor Day Weekend. That’s the weekend that officially marks the end of summer, at least on a mental status. Princess Nagger is especially happy…
