American Family » Marvelous Miss M http://american-family.org Tue, 22 May 2012 03:07:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 wasted housewife talents and a hapa or unhapaness http://american-family.org/2011/12/12/wasted-housewife-talents-and-a-hapa-or-unhapaness/ http://american-family.org/2011/12/12/wasted-housewife-talents-and-a-hapa-or-unhapaness/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:29:27 +0000 AmericanFamily http://american-family.org/?p=4119 http://american-family.org/2011/12/12/wasted-housewife-talents-and-a-hapa-or-unhapaness/feed/ 12 The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree… http://american-family.org/2011/12/09/4112/ http://american-family.org/2011/12/09/4112/#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 03:26:53 +0000 AmericanFamily http://american-family.org/?p=4112 When M started school, it quickly became clear that she was a teacher’s pet.    She is cute and an easy student to teach.  She is a sweet girl and a people pleaser who will pretty much bend over backwards if she thought that was what the teacher wanted.

I could not relate to this [...]]]> http://american-family.org/2011/12/09/4112/feed/ 22 Nablopomo day 8 http://american-family.org/2011/11/04/nablopomo-day-8/ http://american-family.org/2011/11/04/nablopomo-day-8/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2011 01:51:49 +0000 AmericanFamily http://american-family.org/?p=3910 Tonight M told me that a boy and a girl in her class are “dating”.  She said it somewhat ironically with air quotes, but seriously, 8 year olds are “dating”?  Oh man.

Also, I gleaned that piece of information on a walk to the library.  Score one for asking vague questions when the kid doesn’t [...]]]> http://american-family.org/2011/11/04/nablopomo-day-8/feed/ 5 Napblopmo day 3 http://american-family.org/2011/10/29/napblopmo-day-3/ http://american-family.org/2011/10/29/napblopmo-day-3/#comments Sat, 29 Oct 2011 18:13:59 +0000 AmericanFamily http://american-family.org/?p=3881 Onward with the questions!

Elise asks:

Why did you quit Chinese school?

We quit the year M was in a twice a week immersion program at a local university.  (Post about dropping out here.)  I was also doing private tutoring with both M and L so that was already three days a week plus Chinese [...]]]> http://american-family.org/2011/10/29/napblopmo-day-3/feed/ 5 Girls Growing Up http://american-family.org/2011/08/07/girls-growing-up/ http://american-family.org/2011/08/07/girls-growing-up/#comments Sun, 07 Aug 2011 16:37:55 +0000 AmericanFamily http://american-family.org/?p=3772 It only took 5 days for someone to refill the toilet paper roll.  Who finally stepped up, acted like a responsible adult and did it?

L.

Five year old L.

Jeesh.

Two other members of this family will be getting a lecture today and L will get a small treat of some sort and some [...]]]> http://american-family.org/2011/08/07/girls-growing-up/feed/ 8