Story: my kid is in the bottom 5% of the class!?!?
We’ve had our issues for the past two years with Maggie in preschool and pre-k, and about a month back
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misc
random observations, thoughts, and things that don’t fit into normal categories
Back to school, and what a difference the school makes
Different school, different year and damn, this place seems to have it right. I called and they confirmed M was
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My nearly threenager finally flipped her lid
I don’t know what Aerin was mad about yesterday, I was upstairs trying to get Kim’s phone to work, but
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Buying kindergarten supplies – only three stores
Got some at Google Checkout, some at Walmart, and then had to go to Staples to find a very specific
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Two months plus and no tantrums
For about five years we lived with the instance I called Katie Kaboom. This is when my otherwise lovable child
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Took my 5yo to a Monster Truck show
After years of watching House MD I decided I might want to see a Monster Truck show one day. This
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I made my 2yo a superhero with a Smart house
Over on my other blog, Pocketables, I’ve been given a lot of smart plugs for review. I’ve also got three
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Camp’s been a trip
There’s been a real change lately in Katie Kaboom’s comings and goings in that she’s not been around except for
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Maggie’s first movie: The Incredibles 2
The thought of taking my kid to a movie in a theater has been both an appealing one and the
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5yo can’t remember 1 min ago, recites 2mo old presentation
I’m driving my 5yo to summer day camp today, this is a child who you ask what she did at
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A fandom redeemed – Hulking out for anger management/bedtime
When I was a kid I had various relatives tell me that reading comics was going to rot my brain,
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