In September, I signed up to be a reader for ABC, Atchison Book Club, at John’s school. ABC is a program, where once a month a parent comes to school and reads a book to a class. I was told by some other members of the PTA, that this is a popular program and gets filled up… Continue reading ABC Reader
John had Spanish class today. He told me “I learned how to spell my name in Spanish today!” Intrigued, I ask “How?” He says “J….U….A….N!” I giggled and said “Oh your name in Spanish is Juan.” He said “No. It’s John! But I’m not sure how J U A N spells John!” While he was… Continue reading Juan
John had half a day at school on Friday and he spent majority of the day in Time+. I picked him up first and in the car he told me that he and two other boys came up with a great idea during Time+. He told me: “Someone read a book about teeth. And we decided… Continue reading The Batwing Megazord
Last Friday, I wrote Tickets. It was all about John and how he earns tickets at Time + (his aftercare program at school) for being quiet and well behaved during attendance. Last Friday, he had 9 tickets but on Monday, he earned his 10th ticket. He was so excited. When the kids have ten tickets,… Continue reading tickets – part two
The other day, John said to Daddy “Don’t worry Daddy! I don’t want to be a firefighter anymore. I want to be a scientist!” Daddy was very happy to hear this and asked John, “Why do you want to be a scientist?” John said “Because I want to travel back in time to see how… Continue reading The scientist
Since Daddy and I work full time, John needs to stay after school in the Time + Program. The program runs from after school until 6 pm. John loves it. Every day the kids are given time for a snack, then they work on their homework and then they have free time to play games… Continue reading tickets
Gillian had her first field trip today. Her class got to visit Huber Woods. Since the trip was to a park, they allowed a lot of chaperones. I was able to sign up (along with 12 other moms and dads). Gillian and I got to her school this morning and we waited for all of… Continue reading The field trip
Tonight at dinner, we asked the kids about their days. Gillian said “I play with Nicholas and Sophia. I sit in timeout chair.” I asked her why she had to go to timeout. She said “I didn’t stay on my mat at naptime.” At least she is honest. We asked John the same question. He… Continue reading How was your day?
We were about a minute too late to get the bus this morning. As I locked the front door, I saw the bus drive past our street. It was totally my fault. I should have gotten us outside earlier. But I thought, it’s Monday so the bus would probably be late. Well I was wrong.… Continue reading Missed the bus
Gillian and I picked up John from school today. We noticed that there was a plastic fireman’s hat in his backpack. I asked John if a fireman came to school today. He said “Yes! We learned about fire safety.” I asked him to tell Gillian what that means. He said to Gillian “You can’t play with matches or… Continue reading Fire Safety
John and Gill went up a hill 