I looked out the window after school today, and saw rain pouring down on students and teachers as they loaded the buses. It didn’t look good for me, and I’d parked my bike outside and left all of my rain gear (cheap poncho and plastic bags) in the Freeloader bags, where it was already getting [...]
At 5:00 this morning, the alarm clock came to life and blared out that there’d been another earthquake in Haiti, magnitude 6.1.
“Oh, no”
“What?!”
My husband and I responded simultaneously. He turned the alarm off and went back to sleep, since he was going to work two hours late today. I rolled over and didn’t go back [...]
Posted on January 16th, 2010 in Parenting
The girls went upstairs to bed, and within a few minutes I could hear shrieks of dismay. “Give me my book!” “I don’t want to listen to the Wiggles!” “I can’t find any pajamas!”
I think we need to do something about bedtime again. I know that having a routine is key, especially for young children. [...]
Posted on September 08th, 2009 in Cycling
Last year around this time, I was struggling to get the kids to daycare and school and myself to work by bike. All I had was my old yellow bike. I didn’t have a child seat or trailer on it.
We got everyone into jackets and backpacks. The big girls put on helmets and were ready [...]
Posted on August 27th, 2009 in books
I don’t do many of these list memes, but I liked this one. Wendy (she’s my sister) started this one. And she didn’t make up any silly rules about tagging people, which is refreshing. Making lists is hard for me, though. Why this one, and not that one?
Five Books I Know Better Than I Know [...]
Posted on June 13th, 2009 in Parenting
This morning, the whole family wanted to go to the farmers’ market. I thought we’d pick up some veggies and have lunch. Steven wanted to visit the free health screening van (he doesn’t have medical insurance). The kids just like to get out and about.
I told them we’d have to do some cleaning up first. [...]
Posted on May 11th, 2009 in Parenting, Sustainability
If I could, I’d love to homeschool my kids. I have enough education and experience working with kids to do it well, even if I’m not a certified teacher. And as public schools are cutting programs, curriculum, and employees, homeschooling sounds better and better.
But it’s not a good financial option for my family right now, [...]
Posted on March 12th, 2009 in Parenting
I attended parent-teacher conferences for my two older kids tonight. My girls are excellent students, and in general well-behaved, but we did discuss a couple of areas of concern. Nothing big, and I’m not going to dish about my kids online, but of course I keep thinking things over and planning what to do.
I’ve been [...]
