At lunch yesterday, Ray and I mused about whether we should put a micro-chip in Sophie, the way people do with pets. He claims this really goes on in Russia, where kidnapping rates were so high. I brought up safeytat.com again.
It was all idle chatter, til the phone rang a couple hours later. I love [...]

Ms. X called shortly after school let out today, to report that Sophie had a great day. One “time out,” but otherwise pretty darn good.
“And she wrote her name today,” she added.
“She what???”
At all the meetings we had last winter and spring, to determine Sophie’s next step, the one face at the table that was [...]

Four days in, and Sophie hasn’t been kicked out yet.
The first week of kindergarten is full of growing pains for all the kids, and for Sophie I think it’s been especially hard because of the heat (you try going back to school — and onto the playground — when it’s 111 degrees out, and humid) [...]

It’s only been a little over a month, but already, Sophie’s pre-school experience is fading away.
I saw it yesterday in our breakfast with the still-fabulous, still-celebrated Ms. Janice — without her classroom as an accessory, she’s now become simply a very good friend, rather than teacher. I had the role of the enforcer (not one [...]