Rick suggested a short while ago that we rearrange Benito's room to add the desk in his (Rick's) study that is designated "Benito's Lego desk" and move the cabinet (that is being used as clothes storage) to the desk's place in the study, so Rick can put Lego into it. Honestly, my unstated reaction is "I don't want Benito playing alone in his room ( Read more... )

Today was Benito's first day of grade 2. Technically, his school year started on Tuesday, but it was Rosh Hashanah and he was at synagogue. Also, the first day for grade 2 is one hour. Come on now. Anyway, he missed that day, and Wednesday, so today was his first day, and he was pretty psyched for it. He missed his friend Henson, he wanted to ( Read more... )

- Right now, he's playing Minecraft and I'm reading on the couch. He's repeating this made-up phrase or word or sound, in a little sing-song. "Wimpy-dimpa," with an occasional "fwimpy-dimpa," or other such variation, same little up-and-down tune, on repeat, for minutes on end. This is a kid who does not stop vocalizing. He once sang the refrain ( Read more... )

I don't think I respect sleep. It plays a valuable function in life, I know that. I just would rather do other things. We watched the first episode of a new show called The Wilds, on Netflix. It is already very interesting, with a varied cast of female teenagers all stranded on an island, with lots of uncertainty as to how each pair of them fit ( Read more... )

Last night at dinner I was thinking that I need to post some of Benito's dinner conversations, because they're all about his ideas of what he wants to do in the future, exploring questions related to words, science (COVID/diseases, light, astronomy, solid/liquid/gas), geography, biology (germs, skin, snot, moquito bites), or religion, and are full ( Read more... )

It could've been a lot worse, but it was a bit unexpected ( Read more... )

3 weeks?! Well, it's September... something... 18? Okay, so not quite three weeks. Every day still left in September counts, dangit, because it's Elul as well, prep time for High Holidays, and again I need to prep something, and I only have until Sept. 30th.

So: ( Read more... )

It's erev Kindergarten. Honestly, it's hard for me to say that because the first day is only a 1 hour assembly, which doesn't seem very kindergarten-y. Eh, it's still the first day. Rick and I will drop him off at 8:40 for an 8:45 assembly, and then I'll pick him up at 9:45. Will I go get a coffee in that hour? No, I will run over to South Arm ( Read more... )

Today is Benito's last day of daycare! How can I feel "not ready" for this? It's not that I'm "not ready," it's that there's so much managing of information at work, I feel overwhelmed already with keeping everything progressing smoothly (students headed towards graduation, managing changing requirements, exceptions to grad requirements, plus ( Read more... )

It's been weeks already and I didn't write about camping! Let's fix that while I still retain any of it ( Read more... )