Every week Number 3 and 4 have to complete a Math Menu worksheet as part of their math homework, and every week they choose the “complete a fact worksheet” in the Drinks column. Today I was up in the office working with Mo. From 1 to 3:30 pm, all the kids were at school […]
Archives for September 2014
You’ve got fourteen years to get it right.
I grew up in an era when a teacher could still legally spank you. When it wasn’t uncommon for your ass to meet the business end of a wooden spoon if you got yourself in trouble. Where, if you were being a slacker at practice, your swim coach wouldn’t think twice about whipping a kickboard […]
So much for that plan.
I got an iPad last December. I thought I would spend a lot of time on it, doing work for the blog. In reality, I was spending most of my time tracking down which kid had gotten a hold of it, charging it back up after one of them had completely run down the battery, […]
An Open Letter To My Children’s Teachers Regarding Homework
Dear Teachers, I used to be one of you. Overworked, underpaid, and underappreciated. For ten years, up until I got married, I was an elementary school teacher. Back in those single days, before I had kids of my own, I felt pretty strongly about homework. Kids should have it. They should get used to it. […]
This is what all birthdays should be like.
Yesterday was Number 4’s birthday. If you remember last year, I suprised her with a special day. Yesterday she asked me if we were going to have another spa day and if I was going to pick her up early. I told her that I wasn’t. That we would celebrate when she got home. She […]
I’m done filling up my schedule. I want to fill up my life.
I went away with my husband this past weekend. It was just the two of us. No kids. It was the first time in ten years that we’ve spent two consecutive nights alone. And together. And I realized something while we were gone. My life has become completely insane. I know we have no money. […]