Archive for the ‘ preschool ’ Category

Mufasa, is that you?

10th July 2009 | 19 Comments

We got a packet of crafty-type things from Maddie’s daycare last week. After dinner, we went through them all as a family and “oohed and aahed” over Maddie’s artistic skills. (Which are virtually non-existent in the manner of most 2.5 year olds, fyi.) Anyhow, when we got to this picture, I knew I had to [...]


Daycare Teacher Gift-Giving Ettiquette

2nd July 2009 | 12 Comments

Maddie may be leaving her daycare soon and there’s one teacher in particular whom we adore. She’s definitely Maddie’s favorite and I have to admit that I kind of love her, too. However, she’s not Maddie’s only teacher, or even the only teacher Maddie likes. I’d like to get her teachers a little something to [...]


Not quite as pathetic anymore

12th March 2009 | 8 Comments

Thank you all for the sympathetic comments. I wallowed in them for a full 24 hours. I’m fine now, so you can go back to your lurking/smart ass comments. I still don’t know anything about The Stones Situation. The sonographer called in sick on Wednesday, so bad luck for me. The dr is sending me [...]


Bits and Pieces

19th November 2008 | 9 Comments

I took Maddie to get a haircut yesterday. She still has that fine, thin baby hair and it was driving us both nuts. Her “bangs” were down past her nose and I had to put them in a “hair fountain” ponytail every day just so she could see. I decided to just bite the bullet [...]


Snot-nosed kids

29th September 2008 | 8 Comments

Maddie’s first day of preschool came with an unexpected gift… a cold. She came down with it on Saturday and the last three days have been filled with snot, fevers, crying and more snot. Did I mention the snot? Oh sweet jeebus, it’s EVERYWHERE. And my child is not keen on sitting still long enough [...]