Tonight, out community club in our townlet put on Scare in the Square, year two.

Sparkle was SO excited for the Halloween party!  She didn't want to go ANYwhere today, lest she miss the party and be late.  She looked awesome in her homemade Harley Quinn costume put together by my friend needlewomyn, though.  I found a lace collar my mother gave me when I was a ( Read more... )

Sparkle, Irish and I went for a lovely walk along the newly connected bike trail across the river to the park. 
( woods walk )

Irish was Student of the Month at his school.  His certificate reads:

Irish was chosen as student of the month because he has a positive attitude every single day.  He is extremely enthusiastic about learning!  He is a creative writer and a fantastic presenter!  He has many wonderful traits that any teacher or peer would want in their classroom ( Read more... )

My son Irish lost a tooth at school today, and lacking a container for his tooth, he used a Pokemon ball to store it for the Tooth Fairy tonight.

We are all such geeks here.  Irish informs me I spelled Toothachew wrong; it should be Toothachu.

Tonight, I took Sparkle and Irish to our little townlet's Halloween party for elementary school kids.  It was very well-run, and both kids had a blast.

( Super-long! Super fun! Semi-Spooky! )

So, we went to the band fitting.  ( Read more... )

 Helicopter Maple Seed Parenting, that is ( Read more... )

I had a busy, busy school day with students objecting to having to take notes, then Sparkle's parent-teacher conference (she's doing SO well, and I'm SO pleased!), then swimming at the Y with pondside , then  a dashed supper whilst the DH went to bed to get a couple hours of rest before HIS work, and then off with Sparkle and Irish to the Boy Scout meeting ( Read more... )

Irish had a choir concert this week, and on the same night, a play, in which he had a speaking role with 17 lines.

( the events of the evening )

Irish came home on the bus this week upset, because kids who were usually nice had decided to make fun of him.  He was crying, and I managed to get out of him what had upset him so much.  Irish first really alarmed me because he said that what the boys had said was so mean, he didn't even want to repeat it.  I pressed the issue, my behavior- ( Read more... )