One of my all time favorite holiday’s is next week. The one that seems to get forgotten about in the stores between Halloween and Christmas. I know I’m thankful for Thanksgiving! Though we really should be thankful more than just one day a year, right? I’ll be making my usual Thanksgiving feast, and we’ll have…
Life is crazy busy around these here parts, I keep trying to think of something interesting or witty to write about, you know, in random form. I keep coming up empty, so I’m just gonna ramble, m’kay? I’m still working at nibbling away at all the stacks of moving boxes, trying to cram everything from…
While it’s Tuesday it feels like Thursday since the kids are off school this Thursday and Friday. I know, right? They just barely started school and already have two days off. I’ve decided I’m going to drag them along grocery shopping on Thursday. I’m sure they’ll be thrilled with that prospect. Last week I did have…
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…
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…
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…
