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See You Next Year!
School gets out on Friday and then I head into two glorious weeks of vacation (hooray for working in the field of education!). I will be taking time off from blogging in order to help minimize the stress of the holidays. The truth is I will probably still be writing blog posts (but scheduling them to run in the new year so I feel like I’m getting ahead).
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My mantra for this year was “Make a clearing.” I knew I would need space in my life to accommodate such a huge undertaking of opening a school (while parenting two very young children). As much as I tried to proactively make -
DIY Pants for Kids
Henry’s been having a big problem with his pants lately, either that they are too tight around the waist or too loose. We’ve tried elastic pants and zipper pants, as well as a belt, and our strategies just don’t seem to be working. I finally gave in and decided that I want to sew five pairs of pants for Henry to wear to school.
Our school has a uniform. It’s very liberal–the youngest children choose from three different color polo shirts or a school t-shirt, and navy or khaki for bottoms. I decided to go with navy blue corduroy for his winter pants. I ordered five yards of this fabric… Read More -
No Time for Blogging
Just a quick post to say: “Sorry, I don’t have time to blog this week!”Of course there’s the usual stuff related to starting a school, but the more exhausting stuff has been:- Matt had to travel this past week, which meant I had to assume the role of Solo Parent (my heart goes out to those of you who have to deal with this regularly; it’s so, so hard for me!)
- I came down with a 24-hour bug on Friday afternoon, which left me incapacitated well into Saturday
- Matt and Henry came down with the 24-hour bug on Sunday, so I had to go into Solo Parent mode again
