It is time for back-to-school once again! This year, back-to-school is quite different from all the years before. The girls were homeschooled for a while, […]
day 20 – senior year.
Senior year! Exams. Prom. Tears. Pomp and Circumstance. Parties. Graduation. Yearbooks. But not for this year’s seniors. Last days of school via Zoom. No gatherings […]
succulent.
Camille’s latest science experiment is quite lovely.
back to school.
After an action-packed summer, the girls started back-to-school yesterday. For the first time ever, the girls are in the same school and Chloe has teachers […]
winding down.
It’s that time of year. All the tests are behind them. Books turned in. Lockers emptied. But they still have to report to school each […]
APUSH award for camille
Tonight, Camille was honored at the high school for all of her work in her APUSH (AP US History) class. She’s enjoyed the class, despite […]
chloe: book festival introducer
Chloe had the honor of introducing Tony DiTerlizzi on the Children’s Stage at the Decatur Book Festival this weekend. When we went up to Tony […]
poetry slam for chloe
Not Camille is interested in the language arts, Chloe is too. A few years back, Chloe decided to enter the LEAF poetry slam. As it […]
creative writing award for camille
Camille’s first year of school is almost at a close. While she has faced challenges in moving from homeschooling to public schooling, she’s managed to […]
hairspray!
One of the (many) reasons that we decided for Camille to head off to school this year after years of homeschooling was to have a […]
school: graduation
After almost two years at F.AVE, it is time for Chloe to move on from being in upper elementary and onto middle school. The past […]
school: overnight field trip
Chloe’s on a field trip. Sure, she’s been on lots of field trips before with her school, but this is a three-day field trip to […]
school: expressions on the ave
The fifth grade at Chloe’s school has been hard at work on a “unit of inquiry” these past few weeks. While I’m not yet convinced […]
literary cafe
I will readily (probably too readily) admit it — I’m not thrilled that Chloe is in school. I miss our days of traveling and exploring […]
and so it begins …
Last week I called the high school to set up a counseling appointment for us to begin the process of transitioning Camille from homeschool to […]
new2school: bumping into the teacher
I’ve mentioned before that Chloe’s school year last year was not a good experience. I haven’t written much about it here, but the classroom and […]
new2school: school picnic
Last Friday, Camille, Chloe, Chloe’s friend and I packed up some fruit, veggies, bread and cheese and made our way down to Oakhurst for Chloe’s […]
first day of school
The summer went by far, far too fast. I can’t believe that it is time to turn Chloe back over to the system. Last year […]
instagram: pool time
At long last, we had some pool time once again. Chloe loved swimming with her two new friends from downstairs. I just hope that the […]
new2school: science project
“Mom, I have a science project that is for extra credit. I don’t want to do it.” Two days later: “Everybody else is doing it, […]