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Kindergarten Stadium
When last we heard from our heroine, she was lying prostate in the middle of her living room floor, moaning softly and generally feeling pretty sorry for herself. You see, gentle readers, our heroine...
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Paperwork Flying!
I am not exactly sure how it happened, but suddenly, this is the week for everything to come to a head, deadline-wise: summer camp registration, spring baseball registration, kindergarten registration....
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Kindergarten Registration: Step Two of Four.
So far, registering for public kindergarten has been more time consuming and paperwork-intensive than applying for college ever was. It is a four step process, requires 8 hours of evening meetings, an...
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Still Talking about Kindergarten. No, really.
Gentle reader, are you tired of my ranting about kindergarten registration yet? I promise, I am almost done. The whole process started with a district-wide meeting for all parents, and then individual...
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Watching the Hysteria
First up, if you are a mother, and you are on Facebook, you really need to be following Sanctimommy. Not only are her posts hilarious, and oddly familiar, but the comments on each are priceless,...
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The Call
Yesterday was an anniversary for us today, five years. Five years ago, today, we got the call that changed everything. A common misconception in adoption is that parents somehow pick out the child they...
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So This is Kindergarten
Despite having the start of school marked on my calendar for the past six months, and despite having all sorts of Pinterest-driven resolutions regarding bento-box lunches, cute first-day outfits, and...
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Navigating Bus Stop Culture
My kids started riding the school bus this week, and I am pretty proud of myself for not being the parent that jumped in her car and drove behind that bus all the way to school, just to make sure they...
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Let Me Show You My Titres (baby)!
I thought we were done with the drama of the kindergarten registration process, but apparently, we are not, because yesterday we got a call from the school district, informing us that the kids are...
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100 Days
So, the “100 Days of School” celebration is apparently a real thing, and not just some elaborate Pinterest-inspired practical joke. Who knew? Since it falls in the same week as Valentine’s day, and a...
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