Despite the late buses (and yes, they were still late in the afternoon), the first day of school was a success! Ane came home considerably more excited about the school year in general (plus, she didn’t have any homework) and described some of her new teacher’s methods for keeping the kids in order.  Including class […]

I bet you were all wondering where today’s post was. It was waiting for the school bus. Today is the first day of school, so I had to wait until the kids got on a bus to bring the camera in and load pictures! It is Ane’s first day of 5th grade… … and Tad’s […]

I emailed Tad’s teacher to ask when a good  time would be to stop by and see her.  She went on maternity leave last April, and is back to teach Tad’s class this year.  So Tad and I went to visit yesterday. He was SO VERY HAPPY.  It was wonderful. Tad was so thrilled to […]

Now that Auntie is (mostly) home for the summer, she and I created a teaching plan for the kids.  She’s doing the teaching, Grandma is the principal, and I jokingly referred to myself as the lunch lady. Each of the older three kids has a list of things they are going to be working on […]