Christmas came a little early last night, when I pulled some treasures out of the bottom of Sophie’s backpack. First, there’s a beautiful (albeit crumpled) drawing made by Sophie’s BFF, Sarah. And then there’s a story by Sophie and Courtney. (Several times this semester, Sophie’s brought home sweet notes from someone named Courtney. Not to […]
In honor of the season, a holiday shopping post. I can’t think of a time my sister and I have disagreed on anything parenting-related. Not to one another’s faces, anyway. But this American Girl thing is tough. It started with Hanukkah. Jenny wanted to know what she could buy the girls. Well, I told her, […]
I don’t watch E.R. anymore. Mostly because the show went off the air a couple years ago, but even before that, I stopped because after Sophie’s first heart surgery, I couldn’t stand listening to the actors scream medical terms over the bodies — even if it was gobbledygook. Medical dramas were no longer an escape; […]
I don’t want to look a gift cornucopia in the mouth, but the photo above (even cockeyed, I’m not sure why it went vertical when it’s supposed to be a horizontal shot) seems to embody some of the problems we’re having in second grade. This came home with Sophie yesterday. I recall something similar — […]
I finally saw the movie Waiting for Superman a couple weeks ago. If you have anything to do with education or any interest in education (and, now that I think about it, particularly if you don’t) — you need to see it. The guy who made An Inconvenient Truth is trying to do for education what he did […]
Please don’t tell anyone. But the truth is, I’m not a huge fan of pie. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying I won’t eat it, but given the choice I’ll take ice cream or a handful of M&Ms. Even — if we’re being really honest here — a cupcake. But after last weekend, I […]
I’ve been such a downer lately, I thought I’d share some good news. Nothing major — and goodness knows tonight everything could go to hell in a homework handbasket — so I’ll tell you this now. Sophie had a spelling break-thru (is that how you spell that?) last night. At least, it felt like that. We […]
Today I bought Sophie her first ballet slippers. Not really the first, she’s had several pairs — but all hand-me-downs from Annabelle. Today Sophie and I went to the dance store together, marched in past the aerobics knits and tutus and back to the shoe department, where a nice young woman perched Sophie on a […]
The other day Sophie asked me, “How do you spell gummy?” and I walked over to see what she’d pulled up on the computer. The Gummy Bear Song. We’ve hit a new low folks, except that I have to admit that I can’t get the song out of my head. It’s like Barney Goes to […]
