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DEAR SILLY MONKEY – THE SECOND GRADE EDITION (CHAPTER ONE)…
dear silly monkey – what the heck happened to you?! you’re all… tall and sporting leg hair! and i’m pretty sure you have a mustache! i can only surmise you somehow fashioned a time machine and zoomed us all into the future b/c there is simply no acceptable explanation for the fact that you are, […]
DEAR SILLY MONKEY – THE FIRST GRADE EDITION (CHAPTER TWO)…
May 30, 2013
dear silly monkey – you did it! you successfully argued with me every day before school! but more importantly, you completed your very first year of real grade school. way to go, monkey!! so, just like every letter before, and in typical mommy fashion, here are three things i would like to apologize for: 1. i’m […]
DEAR SILLY MONKEY – THE FIRST GRADE EDITION…
August 22, 2012
dear silly monkey – first grade. FIRST GRADE. OMG MY BABY IS IN FIRST GRADE!!! today, you are entering the world of real-real school. sure, kindergarten was real school. but first grade begins the path of twelve grades that will teach you, cultivate you and make you realize just how much this world can offer […]
DEAR SILLY MONKEY – THE KINDERGARTEN EDITION…
August 18, 2011
dear silly monkey – today i held your hand while you stepped onto new soil – kindergarten. your first day, albeit half, of real school. and you were the picture perfect, independent, big boy. so here are three things i would like to apologize for: 1. i’m sorry for my sad faces. i’m not sad b/c […]
I THINK YOUR WHOLE LIFE SHOWS IN YOUR FACE AND YOU SHOULD BE PROUD OF THAT…
March 11, 2011
i am PROUD (–adjective: feeling pleasure or satisfaction over something regarded as highly honorable or creditable to oneself). extremely proud of two amazing people who have blessed my life in more ways than either of them could ever imagine. and it’s not b/c i don’t tell them. it’s b/c they have humility and modesty […]
GIVING THANKS…
November 24, 2010
in honor of thanksgiving 2010, silly monkey was asked “what are you thankful for?” his teachers lovingly began the narrative on his glittery pumpkin cut-out… i was fully expecting any of the following: * mommy * my mama * mom * my mommy * mama * my mom ok, so you get the point. but […]
EDUCATION IS AN ADMIRABLE THING, BUT IT IS WELL TO REMEMBER, FROM TIME TO TIME, THAT NOTHING THAT IS WORTH KNOWING CAN BE TAUGHT…
January 11, 2010
i was a good student. i excelled in all subjects (minus PE, b/c seriously? why is that even a graded class?! and unless i’m going into pro badminton, why do i need to be a fabulous player?). i loved going to school – loved math and science (even won a science fair) and loved being […]
SPENT HER WHOLE LIFE BEING GRADED ON THE SANCTITY OF PATIENCE AND A DUMB APPRECIATION, BUT THIS STORY NEEDS SOME MENDING AND BETTER HAPPY ENDING, ‘CAUSE I DON’T WANT THE NEXT BEST THING…
September 15, 2009
it’s been a rough morning. today was silly monkey’s first true day of preschool. last thursday was just practice. last thursday was a cake walk. last thursday involved less tears…
SCHOOL DAZE…
September 11, 2009
for months now, silly monkey has been talking about school… we pass daddy’s house. we pass mandie’s house. we go over the hill. we pass the sheep. we go to preschool. in fact, it’s pretty much all he’s been talking about, with the exception of planes, trains & automobiles. oh, and lollipops. he’s been so […]
YO, TEACH…
August 21, 2009
it’s a swift ride there. no more than 5 minutes, even in traffic. it’s around the bend and down the hill. past the gas station, the banks, the farm house and sheep. turn here, then there… arrive. pull around back. park over hopscotch. but not in the middle – don’t want to get blocked in. look […]
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