Summer Reading

Little Boy made a Summer Reading Journal at school so he can write down the books he wants to read. He seemed to think it was important to fill in all the blanks inside.  As you can see, the only place he can gets books is apparently the bookshelves in his room. So he had

School Pictures

I have my kids’ school pictures up on the wall in the entryway. I change them out every year when they get new ones, sometimes twice a year if they get fall and spring pictures done. I save the old pictures in a special album. I really like doing this.The only problem with this system

Posterboard

Late one evening, Boo, my eleven-year-old asked me for some posterboard. This is something every parent hates. Posterboard= a school supply that is difficult to store, annoying to carry, easily crushed or ruined, and is never requested until the last minute. Anyways, I made a special trip to Wal-Mart and bought two sheets. “Did you get

The Water Bottle

The twins got off the school bus on Friday full of excitement. Little Girl said, “Guess what? Some one threw a water bottle out of the bus window and the bus driver yelled, ‘Whose water bottle was that?’ but no one said anything. The bus driver was really mad about it.” She was bursting with

It’s Graduation Season

We recently reached the last days of May, and that means EVERYONE seems to be graduating from something. Last week I attended three separate events marking the end of my kids’ school year. None was particularly exciting. I mean, let’s be honest. Graduation ceremonies are a complete snooze. You sit there listening to the names

This post is just an excuse to show off a cute picture

In addition to Pajama Day, they had Crazy Hair Day last week at the twins’ school. Little Girl flat-out refused to take part, but Little Boy enjoyed letting me make his hair “crazy.” Isn’t that the cutest thing ever?!

Pajama Day

Last week they had pajama day at the elementary school. The twins were beyond excited.  Boo, however, was less enthused. In fact, she’d actually slept in her clothes the night before and had changed onto her PJ’s for school. At least she didn’t go through the dramatics of last year, where she worried about being

How Early is Early?

One morning Boo asked to be awakened early to finish her schoolwork. She left three notes for me around the house about it.   This caused her father to wake her up at 4 a.m. ( “I didn’t know how early she meant,” he claimed.) She groaned and went back to sleep. Dude. NOBODY means

Parental Shell-Shock

Last week, after I’d dropped off the kids at school, I came back and took Boo a notebook she’d forgotten in the car. (This effort did not seem to earn me any points with her, by the way. She barely gave a backwards glance, much less a thank you. But I digress.) Still, it afforded

How’s the weather in Hawaii?

The short answer: It’s always almost exactly the same. Every day. All year. In fact, here’s the weather chart from the preschool at church: As you can see, we have TWO weather choices here: Rainy and Sunny. I seem to remember from my own preschool/kindergarten days that our weather chart was an entire WHEEL with