It's been a few weeks into the new school year and I am SO much happier about Ben's first grade teacher than his kindergarten teacher! She's much more communicative, she is much more friendly and responsive to emails about Ben's performance in the class... she just seems like she has her sh*t together whereas last year was so disorganized and ( Read more... )

EDIT: And, turns out it was the COORDINATOR, not G--- who made the edit to the exam! Without notifying me.
Jesus H. Christ on a skateboard.
What is so hard about quickly calling a person and saying "Hey, I think your question is a little confusing with the word "an". How about you change it to "its" and we'll move forward?" instead of modifying a ( Read more... )

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Ben had many activities from the end of May through the end of June with his kindergarten class. Fortunately, I was able to attend most of them (except for the June birthdays party which happened just a few days after James was born)!


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I feel like I should post something to update on Ben's progress in school and what happened during the parent-teacher conference last week.


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I probably posted this about Ben when he was three years old and frustrating as all hell.
Leo has been gearing up for this time during the past few months and boy, is it getting old FAST.

The whole: "I am independent! Yay! I'm going to climb on and break things or myself!"
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It's like we just can't catch a break, you know?


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Yesterday I was on campus from 8:30-8:30 and got home just after Jake put the boys to bed. I ran upstairs to kiss them goodnight. Leo was already fast asleep and snoring, but Ben was drowsy and awake. I crawled into his bed to hug him and cuddle him tightly. He said "Mommy, I had a great time at school today! And then, I had a great time at ( Read more... )