Clean socks are a privilege, not a right
“Presently, in terms of language learning, at the kindergarten level, there are only two choices: English and French,” said Eileen Sue, a member of B.C. Parents for Mandarin. “We do feel that children learn languages best before the age of nine. They are language sponges.” Learning Mandarin will give children an edge, helping them better […]
Found out today that they are dissolving Adam’s grade one class. Once teacher has (we think) already been let go and the other one is being moved to a higher grade. His class will now (on Monday) be split between the KINDERGARTEN class and the Grade TWO class. So you are going to split up […]
So really, it is a happy day. The Crunchy Husband and I are celebrating ten years of being married. We have actually known and dated each other for a lot longer than ten years…you can tell by the styles in these photos just HOW long it has been! This was, I think, our first valentines! […]
It has been blogged about all over the place…do we spend too much time on our computers? Do we read books less? Do we neglect our families? Etc Etc. And as I sit here with the kids vanished into bike riding joy out ‘there’ somewhere, and the laundry piles up and the kitty litter stinks…..maybe […]
I don’t do confrontation well. My brain shuts down and I don’t say what needs to be said right away. It leaves me shaking and angry and takes a long time for me to calm down. I am still shaking and angry. I will be for quite some time. We live in a court..a circle […]
While the glitz and glamour of the American Elections ensnares us on a daily basis, we have to remember to focus on our own Federal Election AND our civic election this fall too. Harper is hell bent on getting a majority government. I personally do not want that to happen. I like minorities..it means […]
Just got PC back hooked up and it has already crashed once today. Holding my breath as I really don’t want to lug it back to the guy. Hopefully it is happy now. It has been a bit ‘domestic’ around here. I can now truly admit that until Crunchy Husband started working OUTSIDE of the […]
So the weather here has been quite spectacular. We do get really great Septembers….warm, sunny. Nice way to finish of the summer. Being that Crunchy Husband had work to do and there was a kids birthday party next door, that we weren’t involved in..I decided to get the kids out and about and we went […]
Hmmm yes, my computer is still not fixed….apparently I will get a call today or tomorrow about it. I am borrowing hubbies one right now while he is at work and the kids have wandered off again to annoy my mom. I have a hard time typing with the hubsters pc though. He is ROUGH […]
