Posted in parenting on Jun 30th, 2008
It never ceases to amaze me how dumb some parents are—maybe the world is just getting a lot more liberal, but I prefer to stay in my own little conservative bubble–thank you!
My friend called me absolutely furious yesterday. Her nine year old son spent the night over at a friend’s house for his birthday; a [...]
Posted in Site News, Uncategorized on Jun 29th, 2008
I’ve been tagged and I really didn’t know what that meant! Tag, you’re it! Just like the game that we played as children, except now it’s on the computer. Mindy tagged me to answer the same questions that Marina tagged her to answer—my delimma is that I have to tag someone else and I only [...]
Posted in parenting on Jun 25th, 2008
Today I had to take Victor (my little foster guy) for his 6 month check up—- what a people watching adventure it turned out to be!
First, the waiting room was slightly crowded, mostly with a family that consisted of a loud mother, a father, a grandfather, three girls who looked to be somewhere between 9 [...]
Brothers and sisters are the best thing in the world—and the worst thing in the world, and sometimes both at the same time! Sibling rivalry has been a huge topic of conversation lately. Perhaps because it’s summer and there is more time for them to “bond” or because parents have more time to notice the [...]
Posted in Preschool News on Jun 17th, 2008
I was reminded last week how much I love my job— this was the week of Vacation Bible School, which is always a fun week. This year’s Power Lab curriculum had lots of fun activities. I usually try to connect with some of the preschool parents and meet new parents while their children are engaged in [...]
Posted in Preschool News on Jun 13th, 2008
One of my pet peeves in working with children are lazy teachers! With young children there are so many opportunities to help them learn and it really does not take much effort on the part of the supervising adults. Today I was in a school and saw a small sign on the door announcing a [...]
Posted in Preschool News on Jun 13th, 2008
At the end of school this year the four year old class had splash day. They had slip & slides, a ball that shot out water, swimming pools, squirt guns, and sidewalk chalk—their whole day was fun in the sun! Jack and his friend, Tyler, could not resist whacking the branches of a small tree [...]
Posted in Foster care on Jun 10th, 2008
How does a four month old child end up in foster care with 2 broken femurs? We got a phone call tonight from CPS looking for placement for this child; unfortunately we are not taking any more children until I get back from Africa. Regardless as to whether this child is in my home or not— [...]
Posted in parenting on Jun 9th, 2008
After more than a week of celebrating mine and Carolyn’s birthday, I am back to blogging….unlike my husband, I don’t carry my laptop with me! After being in three different cities this week I have lots to blog about!
School is out—hallelujah! I always loved when my children were home and we could set out own [...]