Peanut is in fourth grade now. She has homework every night except Fridays. She’s used to this as last year it was the same thing. But she isn’t used to her homework taking about 45 minutes to an hour to do. Do I think it’s excessive? Absolutely not!
She has to read for 20 minutes and [...]

How ironic, Tuesday Peanut was off from school due to Tropical Storm Fay. Last night we were under a Tropical Storm Watch and it was raining, hard. The wind was blowing, hard. The county above us closed their schools. Hubby and I expected that school would be closed again today.
We watched the late news. School [...]

Ah back to school time! The excitement, the jitters, the fun! Peanut surprised me so much this morning, her first day of school.  She changed her mind about my walking her to class like I’ve done every year (well except for Kindgergarten when Hubby had to walk her & wheel me).
Instead I drove her around [...]

Tomorrow’s the day. We’re off to Open House at Peanut’s school. I’ll be there as three persons in one, Mom, PTSO volunteer and church volunteer.
I’ll be getting there early to help set up the Open House which not only allows parents to meet their childn’s teacher but provides us with information from the community’s social [...]