Dearest Valued Village, We immensely appreciate your compassion for our big kids over the past year. Really. And while compassion is still certainly in order, let’s not confuse compassion for pity. Compassion will keep your challenges to them kind while pity will allow them to take advantage of you. Consider this written notice that the pity...
There are bocce courts 10 minutes from our house. Yup. We’re excited as Ty looks. We let the littles play from half court. And proof, that you can’t take the dance out of the dancer. Or the precision out of an engineer. Or the attitude out of a teenager. Keep watching Queen Attitude. Nope. She...
This is the year of simplification and getting back to basics. We are making a more concerted effort to incorporate memory work review into our day and relying on great books. You can read about our routine by clicking here and detailed curriculum choices here. Below you will find booklists for the week and this...
This is the year of simplification and getting back to basics. We are making a more concerted effort to incorporate memory work review into our day and relying on great books. You can read about our routine by clicking here and detailed curriculum choices here. Below you will find booklists for the week and this...
For a fleeting moment, I actually let myself believe we could slip into the fall schedule without drama. We had actually gone a couple months without Patrick having to come home from work, and all the kids (but one especially) had made notable forward strides. Note to self: When dealing with kids from trauma, never...
Our most competitive child has been racing his heart out. Here’s the play-by-play of his first duathlon. Despite warnings to pace himself, he started strong off the line, heading into the park in second place. He was beat after that first 0.6 miles and had fallen back a few places, but he persevered. It’s helpful when your...
This is the year of simplification and getting back to basics. We are making a more concerted effort to incorporate memory work review into our day and relying on great books. You can read about our routine by clicking here and detailed curriculum choices here. Below you will find booklists for the week and this...
They say we call the upcoming season “Fall” because of the leaves. I’m calling it “Soccer” from now on. It’s much more appropot. This kid scored the only goal for his team Saturday. This is the only situation for 10-year-old boys (or any males for that matter) where it’s perfectly acceptable to hug complete strangers. Go,...