tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9213835501335487011.post8780476883828998564..comments2023-09-13T03:54:53.454-05:00Comments on Are We There Yet?: Back to School 2014Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06582340182176367822noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9213835501335487011.post-86547981685850563972014-10-19T08:40:09.501-05:002014-10-19T08:40:09.501-05:00I love this post. I know we talked about it in IRL...I love this post. I know we talked about it in IRL, my worrying obsession is the other way (Our cutoff is July 31 in AR) and Nate (late June bday) is consistently one of the very youngest everywhere... I worry about it ALL the time - especially in his very structured public school setting - even when his teacher and administrators assure me he is FINE in the first grade. <br /><br />Want to come have coffee so we can analyze and dissect together?!?! :)katandkarlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04503444226601869298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9213835501335487011.post-71263460375895148062014-10-14T09:29:33.112-05:002014-10-14T09:29:33.112-05:00First, welcome back. You've been missed! ;) If...First, welcome back. You've been missed! ;) If you see your blog stats and keep wondering who the hell in NYC is checking your site daily for an update, well, hello, it's me. <br /><br />Now on to the kids. They are adorable here. Love Georgia's sleepy eyes and big smile. And June looks like she matured several years. Where did that little girl go?? And Waylon. Just stop it. He's such a handsome little devil with all that sisterly love to make him grow. Glad to hear that things are starting to get in a groove, though I realize grooves aren't everyone's thing. I really love summer and all the possibilities of mixing up the schedule too. It's hard to do the same thing day in and day out. But I feel like kids need that and love it much more than we realize. Even when they're bitching about it. So hang in there and hope you find some peace in that hour and half. Woo hoo!<br /><br />And of course, I am totally intrigued by your first aside about the housing/funk/suburb conundrum. It's one that Nacho and I have been entertaining as he embarks on a new job this month. We have options to move and have been looking at places around Boston and north of there (Portsmouth, NH). And while it seems beautiful and appealing in so many ways (we could own a home! great schools! outdoorsy stuff!) I can't help but think I would have a hard time adjusting to the lack of social opportunities as a stay at home parent. So yeah, I'm curious to hear more about your city v. burb observations also because I know a friend who actually DID move back to our neighborhood after a year in VA and she is warning us all not to move. Ever. So there's that. <br /><br />Anyway, in summation....good luck with the school year...keep blogging....and kick that funk in the ass. Ann Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08841819360060900538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9213835501335487011.post-44412683617361862922014-10-10T09:50:04.859-05:002014-10-10T09:50:04.859-05:00Yay! The pictures are so cute!
We’re trying to ...Yay! The pictures are so cute! <br />We’re trying to decide what to do with Mia next year too with Montessori vs. Public School. It seems like everyone her age is going to move on, so we’re thinking maybe she will too but I’m not sure if that would be best or not. And I had no idea about the trend of holding kids back. If only schools were better places for kids these days, then we wouldn’t have this problem. Although I guess we’ve come a long way from the one-room school house with the snapping ruler. <br /><br />And yes I did see Fed Up and… why do we put up with this madness? I was kind of disappointed that they only addressed obesity as the primary epidemic that results from this stuff and didn’t get into the other less quantifiable problems. Hopefully there’s a sequel in the works. I’m so embarrassed for our country and what the history books will say about our “advanced” culture of fake foods and brainwashing. <br /><br />Anyway, congrats on getting the school year started off right! And give yourself a break, you have three young children, that’s like the equivalent of 12 kids decades ago. And 2 hours of preschool is definitely too short. <br /><br />Ipads in first grade? <br />Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11072326298100274125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9213835501335487011.post-26910604366893837702014-10-09T15:51:49.627-05:002014-10-09T15:51:49.627-05:00I don't think you should worry about your choi...I don't think you should worry about your choices...especially not compare them to those others are making. If it makes you feel any better, TONS of parents in Dallas hold their younger kids back. People joke that it's the trend. It's actually gone totally overboard. The cutoff here is July 31, but parents are commonly holding back kids with birthdays as late as March. My sister held back her oldest (his bday is just 5 days before the cutoff and he really wasn't ready for kindergarten), but he is not at all the oldest in his class.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00982235954558236351noreply@blogger.com