Tonight was the 8th Grade Orchestra's Winter Concert. Cheyenne has been in orchestra since 6th grade. There are only two concerts a year - one in the winter and one in the spring. The winter concerts are very short events - typically about a half hour or so. The performance this evening featured six relatively [...]
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I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!
It was always my goal to raise strong, assertive children. In addition, I was particularly determined to instill in my daughters a sense of equality. I never wanted them to feel as females as if they were secondary or needed to be submissive to males. I wanted them all to be comfortable in their individuality and fierce in their defense of [...]
Is being a Kroll’s lady in my future?
Mike, Cheyenne and I had dinner at Krolls tonight. I was seriously craving some knoephla soup and Krolls is the knoephla soup place. It has been awhile since I have been to Krolls. I typically only get there maybe twice a year. I have to be in the knoephla zone and for some reason that [...]
Face time equality…
For the past five years or so, I have created a family calendar each year and distributed it en masse to the family each Christmas. I do our family calendar on Vistaprint.com - far and away my favorite printing site. The calendar is filled with family photos from the past year. It isn't as if the family calendar has ever [...]
Does it come with pants?
I was thinking about being a pirate for Halloween. I saw a cute pirate outfit in The Pyramid Collection catalog and ordered it. The pirate costume came in the mail today. It is just as cute as it was in the catalog. I was not disappointed. I held it up to show Cheyenne and here is how the [...]
Weird – level 10.
I am weird, but I don't have to tell you that. Anyone who has read a handful of my blogs can easily arrive at that conclusion. There are levels of weird though - and let's face it, the level matters. It is easy to tolerate a little bit of weirdness - indeed, we may even [...]
Another year, another love affair…
Well here we are - another school year begins. With each new school year comes new faces and new relationships...and for me, yet another love affair. It all started in August 2010 when I first met the members of STEM's 6th grade teaching team. They were all young, engaged, and committed to creating an educational experience like [...]
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