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Fun on the Farm

August 22, 2017 by Stuart

We have been having many day trips to visit various parts of New Zealand and we try to find learning opportunities in them.  We learn about birds, habitat, electricity, fluid mechanics.  Fun stuff.  Then, while driving by one of the numerous paddocks where cows are grazing, we hear a squawk of delight from the back.

“Oh My GOSH!!  I just saw one cow jump on the back of another cow! They look like they are playing piggy back.”

Luckily for us parents, we haven’t started the Life Cycle of the Cow lesson yet.

“Yes,” I say, “Cows like playing piggyback.”

Filed Under: Anecdotes Tagged With: school, sex

A Good Morning

November 13, 2013 by Stuart

Before having kids, a good morning was one where I would leisurely read the newspaper, watching the sun come up over the city skyline and mountains in the background, sipping a hot cup of coffee.

Now, a good morning is one during which I manage to get all three kids out the door without swearing.

Filed Under: Reflections Tagged With: mornings, school

An Exchange of Love Notes

October 9, 2013 by Stuart

A few nights ago was the Parent’s Back to School night.  It is a night when parents can visit their kids’ classroom and meet the teacher to learn about what goes on in the class.

In my daughter’s first grade class, I sat at her desk and listened as the teacher guided us through their day and had a chance to look through her writing journal, math journal, etc.  In one of her journals, I decided to write her a note so I flipped to an empty page a few days ahead of where she was in the journal and wrote,

“Dear Lilliana, I love you.  -Daddy”

After I wrote it, I started second-guessing myself.  My daughter has recently decided that she doesn’t want me walking in with her to her classroom since she’s too big now so maybe she’ll be embarrassed and irritated that I wrote in her school journal.

Later in the week, I got my answer in Lil’s homework binder.   This binder has a notebook in it in which she writes down her homework assignment.  I help her with her homework and then sign  the page for her to take back to school.   As the kids were changing out of their school clothes, I opened her binder to see what we had to do this evening.  Here’s what was written:

“Math packet due tomorrow

Read 20 minutes

i love you because you are the best family ever. love, lilliana”

 

Filed Under: Anecdotes Tagged With: daughters, school

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