Baby March
Tuesday we had a very odd event take place at school. My one-year-old, CC, become the subject of some serious entertainment. We were about 10 minutes early to school and some of Molly's friends began gathering around our stroller to gaze at CC. Before I knew it there were seven or eight kids surrounding her and she was desperate to get out of the stroller. She didn't mind the gawking, but she wanted to stretch her legs.So, even though it was freezing outside, and she was only in pj's with a coat (no shoes)...I let her out to wander. I know, I know, I probably lost the respect of all parents that were viewing this spectacle because the poor child had no shoes...only footie p

Drug Free
This morning Molly was rummaging in her backback for something she got at school the previous day. She told me it was a "free drug thing". That definitely had my attention. She eventually removed from her bag a red ribbon stating that she was "Drug Free". I asked her if she knew what that ribbon meant. She replied..."Yes, I know. And you know what else, Mom? Probably, if Michael Jackson had gotten one of these ribbons in Kindergarten, he wouldn't be dead now." After I told her that she definitely understood being "drug free", I told Molly that maybe she was watching too much of the "Today" show with me in the morning because she doesn't forget anything. She then stated,

Disturbed
Yesterday we had another "boy" moment that I really have to share. I hadn't been talking about these funny stories about boys in front of Molly because I didn't want her to think this "boy" stuff was that big of a deal. Here I thought this blog would be about funny school stories, and now I'm finding that my six-year-old may be thinking about boys a lot more than her "ABC's". The newest event happened while we were walking to my friend, Katie's, yesterday. We had to pass by her school on our walk and she had me stop on the corner as we approached. I looked at the playground and there were two boys playing on the monkey bars. I looked back down at my daughter and saw that s

Field Trip
The field trip last week was a school bus safety lesson followed by a bus ride to a nearby park. It also happenned to be Molly's birthday, so at the park we had birthday snacks. My friend, who is a bus driver by day and an extremely talented quilter by night, was in charge of the bus safety lesson and transportation, which was kind of fun. He looked a little tired of his lesson because he said this was about the 15th kindergarten class he'd met with. Yikes!The great thing about kindergarteners is they aren't afraid to answer questions. He'd ask a question to the class and EVERY kid would raise their hand. They'd all expect a turn to answer and they pretty much could say an

Sick...Or Not Sick
I received the call today from the secretary at Molly's school notifying me that she was in the office due to illness. I had only left her in perfect health thirty minutes before. The secretary informed me that Molly thought she was going to throw up but she didn't have a fever. So, I grabbed the baby and off we went. I found Molly in the office looking a little nervous but not too ill. Immediately I wondered if something else was going on.So, I gathered the girl up and home we went. My first clue that something was amiss was when I told her she needed to lay down as soon as we got home and she wanted to know "why?" I explained that when you stay home from school because