These kids had better be going back to school soon

So after the three-plus-months-long homeschool experiment of last school year, I’ve been looking forward to having my kids go back to school IN PERSON. They have given us as parents the option of using a “learn-from-home” model, which of course translates to “you-deal-with-your-own-kid-while-we-force-our-teachers-to-work-with-you-online.” No thank you. That sounds like a nightmare for me AND the

Going Back to Church… IN PERSON!

This was the first Sunday we were able to go back in the church building. We were pretty excited. The church had already informed everyone that masks would be required, and that we would sit distanced from each other in the pews, so we were prepared. When we arrived at the church building and parked

Update: More Baby Birds?

Per my previous post about the baby birds who hatched and flew the nest on my front door, we have some news! I noticed an increase in bird poop around my door again, so we looked into the abandoned nest. There were eggs!! It looks like the adult birds even rebuilt the nest a bit

Pre Covid vs Post Covid

Here’s a picture that made me super excited pre-COVID: And here’s a picture that makes me super excited post COVID:

Baby Birds!!!

I discovered a nest on my front door wreath with baby birds in it! I was super excited. I taped a piece of paper to the front door to remind everyone not to open it so we wouldn’t disturb the babies. (We usually go in and out through the garage anyways.) The kids and I

Homeschooling (Quarantine Style) Continues

Me: Have you finished your online schoolwork? Little Girl: Yes. Maury Povitch: Mom’s check on your google classroom proves…. that was a lie! Me: (scanning in a completed worksheet called “Canada Facts Fun Sheet” for the twins) Boo: What’s that? It says fun sheet. Is it really fun? Me: No. Absolutely not. Kids: I thought

Do we have to talk about this now?

I was taking a nap when my eleven year old son texted me from the kitchen. Yes. TEXTED me. From the KITCHEN. Having failed to get his point across by text, he tried call me. Actually, he tried to Face Time me. Did I mention I was napping? This a bad time to try to

I am NOT a homeschool mom

Let me say that again: I am not a homeschool mom. BUT…. They cancelled my kids’ school. They cancelled EVERYONE’S kids’ school, in fact. So now, I guess, we are ALL going to be homeschool moms. I’ve been hoping that this whole thing is an elaborate April Fool’s joke, but I guess not. It’s April

Guinea Pigs

So, Little Girl has been lobbying for her own pet for some time. We still have the cat; he’s almost ten years old now. I have actually been blogging long enough (?!) that his origin story is in my archives, if you’re interested. I’ve been strongly resisting any new pets on the grounds that we

The Book Fair at School

The twins’ school is having a book fair. They are in middle school now, so I wondered if the book fair might be different, but it’s pretty much the same as it was in elementary school: Ostensibly it’s to sell books and promote learning, but the real goal from the kid’s perspective is buying random