Thursday morning had me filled with anxiety and upset as we stared at the boards posted outside the kids school. On it were the class listings…every grade split. Every single one. I realize that some think this is a fine way to do it…..I am not so sure. I had gone with Patrick to take […]
School
School Daze
So I was just sitting down to write my annual rant about why school sucks and why especially (it seems) the Vancouver School Board sucks and why this time of year fills me with more resentment than tears or whatever and then I read this. GO NAOMI!!! I did not have tears when either kid […]
April (snow) Showers
No really, we will have the chest of drawers finished before this baby is born. Really. Staring at the bits will make it happen. Doing one tiny bit every week or so, will get it done. The instructions make my husband run away. We appear to no longer have a power screwdriver. This is […]
Children Remember
Because my sons school had craftily arranged a ‘pro-d’ day yesterday, they held their Rememberance Day assembly on Friday. When I strolled into the gym, I was instantly touched by all the posters that some of the older grades had made in honour of the soldiers past and present. One was ‘For my Grandpa.’ […]
Helicoptering my kids…Happily
I hate parenting. I mean…I hate the pain that it opens you up to….the worry, the anxiety, the fear…..you watch these little people growing up and you have to see them negotiate all the obstacles you did and you know you really can’t do much about it at all. I just want to wrap up […]
First Day of Grade One
‘cept it wasn’t. Because they had to go to their old Kindergarten class and teacher and then they just drew pictures and read for an hour and that was it. Tomorrow, they MIGHT have a class and teacher to go to. Might. I really don’t get how they run schools here at all. I don’t […]