I am pleased to report that day two was much, much better for Ane. She came out of her classroom (she was line leader) with a big smile on her face, eager to tell me all about her day. Ane says that Mrs. V. read the story of The Gingerbread Man, they made gingerbread cookies, […]

As scheduled, I was there at school as soon as the morning kindergarten was over. Ane was standing against the wall, waiting for me, and pouting. When I asked her what was wrong, she pointed at the bus, where most of the other kids were getting on. “I want to ride the bus home!” This […]

Doesn’t she look so grown up? Where did the time go? She came bounding into our room at 7 am this morning, yelling, “MOM! You’ve got to get up! I can’t be late for school!!” Her bus doesn’t come until 8:42 am. Trust me, we were up and dressed in plenty of time. Ane breakfasted […]

Ane’s teacher is not at all like I had expected. This is a good thing. The teacher we originally thought that Ane would have was laid off at the end of last year – it had been her first year teaching, and with budget and personnel cuts, she was low man on the totem pole, […]