Archive for Marvelous Miss M

The Wiggles

Earlier this afternoon, M (who is usually not bothered by change) was crying because there is a new yellow Wiggle.
I tried to soothe her by pointing out that she liked both Joe and Steve on Blues Clues, but she said that was different because A) Steve and Joe were on the show together in her [...]

2008 retrospective

I thought about writing an introspective post summing up this year and my hopes for next year.  I tried to whip up some deep thoughts, but deep thoughts are apparently not on the menu tonight.  Instead, I will write a very superficial summary of the highlights my 2008:
-After being in our family for a year, [...]

the most wonderful time of the year

We went to see Santa at the little mall near our house today.   He was a decent-looking Santa, though he could have used a little more lap space.
L was, shall we say, a bit unenthusiastic about the whole thing.

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I have been really sick for the past few days, but I wanted to respond to a few comments before I completely move on from this topic.  (Yes, I know most of you will be relieved when I move on, but I wouldn’t be me if I didn’t mindfuck it a little more.)
I was quite [...]

Back to the future

Coming back to what I was saying yesterday, Mr. A and I both have experience with gifted programs and it is unavoidably influencing our decision-making process.
When I was in third grade, I tested as reading at a college level.  I was in a rural consolidated school district with few resources.  They stuck me in the [...]