Tag Archives: Birthday

This afternoon, my wife and I met with our daughter’s kindergarten teacher. The meeting last thirty minutes and contained the following takeaways. Our daughter is reading and writing at the level of a first-grader. She’s a rule-follower who looks to her teachers for help and does whatever she’s asked. She gets along well with herContinue reading “Parent Conference”

My daughter has enjoyed the free breakfast and lunch options available at her school. The first week, she ate breakfast every day, especially the chocolate milk. And this was after having something to eat home. Since then, she’s fallen into a pattern. What is that pattern? On the days I take her to school (MWF),Continue reading “Secret Patterns”

It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. You love to see it. You hate to see it. My daughter had a weekly to do list. You’ll see it below. Today, as she prepared for her bath, she had a tear-inducing realization: she hadn’t done what she had planned to do.Continue reading “The “To Do” List Blues”

My daughter turns six today. During the past year, she’s had a series of firsts. They include her first… Bicycle Pet Experience reading all by herself Adventure standing in the Atlantic Ocean Graduation (from Pre-K) Day of kindergarten This morning, she went out with me for a birthday donut and to give my wife someContinue reading “Birthday”