Alexander doesn’t know what he wants to do for a living. Give him a break, he’s only 12. He’s a pragmatic 12 year old who recognizes that he would only change his mind a million times so he’ll just make a decision later on and skip the whole mind changing part of things. Here are … Read more
Somehow I didn’t notice that yearbook ads were due today. Since Jane is in the 8th grade it’s customary to take out a full page ad. Alexander and I were walking and talking about finding some pictures of her in the 3rd grade (the year she started school there) and he said, “Wait. How much … Read more
6th grade is hard. There are lockers and multiple classrooms and teachers who expect you to take care of yourself. Alexander didn’t turn in three pieces of homework this week and he’d completed all of them. He’d simply lost them somewhere in the locker or in transition. When I dug into his binders with him … Read more
This morning was the first day of middle school for Alexander and the beginning of Jane’s last year at the school that’s nurtured them for so many years. The kids didn’t need my help getting ready this morning though I do have the honor of cleaning the breakfast counter that they’ve destroyed in their haste … Read more
The kids just finished middle school orientation and now I’m disoriented. Alexander has a locker and tomorrow he’ll be wearing green and khaki instead of the blue and white of lower school. I drop the kids off and pick them up in a different part of the school. It’s all different and exciting. Alexander went from having … Read more