Today was Number 5 and 6’s birthday and also Number 3’s 8th grade moving up ceremony. I’ll get to the birthdays tomorrow. Today was very busy and very tiring and I just wanna go to bed but I am 4 for 4 with 4 posts in 30 days, and I am on a massive action […]
last day of school
There Are Bus Drivers. And Then There’s Miss Pam.
For the past eight years, Miss Pam has been picking at least one of the kids up and driving them to kindergarten and first grade and then returning them safely home at the end of the day. That’s like one thousand four hundred forty days. For the last one thousand four hundred forty school days […]
For Those Of You Struggling With The Transition Into Summer
This first day of summer has snuck up on me. I’m not prepared. I’m not organized. It’s kind of like when Christmas seems so far away, and you know you have plenty of time. And then all of a sudden, BAM. It’s Christmas Eve Day and you haven’t wrapped a single present. You haven’t even […]
I’m a last-day-of-school failure.
Today was our last day of school. I had big plans for the end of the school year this year. I was going to hand write really thoughtful notes to all the kids’ teachers. I was even going to give them a gift that didn’t cost me much money but which would be completely individualized […]
Bittersweet
Last day of school, summer is here. Last day of Number 2’s 8th grade year. Last day packing lunches and taking the bus, Last day for alarm clocks and making a fuss. Last day for ripping the brush through the hair, and frantically searching for the something to wear. Last day for homework and papers […]