Our Back to School Feast was lit! No, really, the house almost burned down as a result. In my attempt to create a fun, calm transition to their new school, I continued our tradition of a beautiful dinner filled with special food and carefully-chosen decorations. It was lovely. Brent made grilled ribs, I made homemade…
Tag: school
Boxes from Belgium
All the boxes from Belgium arrived this week. They made our already cramped apartment a bit tighter and the relocation process feel complete. They also filled my children with the joy of reunification with their stuff. They arrived after a successful month of my work at Citizen Schools including a board meeting and a board…
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…
School Update: Liam
Last night I sang You Are My Sunshine (with modified lyrics, of course, as he never appreciated the idea that someone might ‘take him away’) and as I walked out of the room he excitedly said ‘oh yeah! I have gym tomorrow…yes!’ Whoa. You should know, Mr. Reader that Liam lived in constant anxiety about…
More questions than answers in Thailand
My week in Bangkok was great. Our conference was successful and I left with an overwhelming feeling of accomplishment for what this work has yielded. The stories of impact on schools and students left me breathless while the drama of knowing I am leaving TFAll and wrapping my head around the doors closing and friendships…
Bon Courage!
Our lives are consumed by exams right now. Ellie and Liam are both up to their eyeballs in review packets and everywhere you look in our house has evidence of studying: a ruler lies on the floor outside Liam’s room, my couch has 2 pens and a highlighter, exercise pages have blown off the table…