Kelsey is reading everything in sight. She curled up the other night on the couch with The Cat in the Hat, and read the entire book by herself.
Today, a snow day, she has gone through all her school reading skill level books (level 6, for those familiar with such things), and is looking to delve [...]
I noticed something the last week or so, something that snuck up on me.
I’m sleeping at night.
I think my sleeping issues began a few weeks after Kelsey started school at the public school, when I started feeling unsure and unsafe. I’ve been waking up at 4 every morning. I wake up in a panic, go [...]
How do you know when the school you’re sending your child to isn’t a good place for her?
When she asks you if she can go to another school.
When the school and/or teacher has acted in such a way that you fear for her safety — physical or emotional or both.
When, 2 days into beginning a [...]
It’s been somewhat awesome but mostly sucky in these first few months of Kelsey’s kindergarten experience. Let’s focus first on the awesome.
Kelsey has all satisfactory and outstandings on her first report card. She knows her letters, is a good beginning reader, is excelling in areas such as math and art, and is socially mature and [...]
Oh, how I hunger for a well marbled hunk of beef carcass, grilled to medium rare, topped with an inch of boursin and dropped on to my plate. And butter on my bread. My mouth waters at the thought.
My gall bladder sucks big stinking monkey balls.
I’m back on the fat-free diet in my increasingly rather [...]
The younger fruit of my loins has reached the milestone of 3 years old today. Mostly, she made it because she’s entertaining. And because it’s illegal to sell her. And because her antics give me subjects about which to write. And because I’m crazy about her, really, even with all her issues and little psychoses.
She’s [...]
I play this game with Kelsey all the time now, where I make connections of thoughts using word analogies. I’m basically trying to just teach her some concepts about relationships and about linguistic constructions without, you know, letting her think it’s a learning experience. Because she’s going through a phase where being taught isn’t really [...]
School started today for Kelsey! Of course, it’s not exactly what we pictured back in February when we signed her up for a very cool parent-co-op preschool, but it’ll still be good for her. For those of you who haven’t heard, we decided to give up our reserved spot at Little Red Schoolhouse because of [...]
Friday we plan to sign Kelsey up for preschool in September. Wasn’t she just born? How will she go without me, breathe without me, exist without me, ME, the womb from which she sprang into the world? The umbilical cord that used to link us is just a cute belly button, mocking my separation distress, [...]
