When Ellie was born everyone said ‘oh a girl….enjoy these early years while she’s young.’ There was always the implication that she would turn into a monster if I let her live into her teens. Maybe she will but right now, at 14, she is so loving and so lovely. Last night she asked if…
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On Growing
Yesterday we drove about 3.5 hours west to Mt. Washington to drop Liam off at Camp Hi-Rock his home for the next 2 weeks. He was nervous but excited as he took the swimming test in the lake and signed up for his first activity. He chose archery from a long long list of options…
4th of July…in America!
Yesterday we celebrated a real-life 4th of July! It was really fun to spend the day surrounded by festive spirit and shared stories. I’m not exactly patriotic (and right now I’m saddened by the actions and image of the USA) but the 4th has always been a day that highlighted my feeling of being an…
Ironically homeschooling
I’ll tell you what’s ironic, Alanis Morisette…a self-proclaimed educator and school system reformer pulling their son from school to homeschool him. I mean frankly the only thing that could make that more ridiculous is if she spent years snarking at homeschooling parents and making cracks about home-dentisting as an equivalent. Ha. Well, that’s exactly what…
Cultural Code-switching
Yesterday evening felt a bit heavy. Liam had a rough day and I am opening my eyes to a couple of hard things to accept. Liam’s ‘bulletin’ (report card) came home yesterday and when I found him after school he had tears in his eyes. He was disappointed in his grades and worried I would…
Restrainer
Liam is playing with a friend right now- it was a much needed visit and distraction. Yesterday Liam joined the official ranks of adolescence by getting his ‘teeth restrainer’ or a retainer as we might call it in real English:) All along he has been pretty uncertain about the entire thing and now he’s certain…
A Matinee Symphony With My Boy
Just trying to catch up on a fun Sunday Liam and I had a couple weeks ago that I don’t want to forget. We joined our friends, Jen and Piper in Louvain La Neuve where we watched the symphony do a presentation of John Williams vs. Hans Zimmer music. I remember clearly the night when…