Our second child, Little Miss, is almost four. Although I am not particularly girlie in nature, this girl is the Fancy Nanciest princess unicorn lover ever. Her favorite colors are pink and purple. Hubster and I had never really discussed what it meant to parent a little girl versus Spartacus who is very much all boy, but we’re learning along…
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Decisions
I feel like I have been making a lot of decisions lately. I’ve also been putting off a lot of decisions. Some of them feel monumental, but they probably aren’t. This is 2020, and it seems like everything is serious, and I have to take everything seriously. Not even washing my hands can be done half-heartedly. Staying home I decided…
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We Need to Move
About 20% of the time, Spartacus (6) and Little Miss (3) get along really well. The other 80% of the time, they exhibit typical sibling rivalry: “Me Too!” “She started it!” “He hit me!” “That’s mine!” “She’s copying me!” Oy. We can’t send them to their room because they share one (and it is nine feet square). Little Miss takes…
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A Seller’s Market
Unsettled
I am sitting in my classroom of five years, in the process of cleaning it out for awhile. Each of the 29 desks has a pile on it: old graded essays, vocabulary books, newspaper articles I meant to share with my students, boxes of tea, so many coffee mugs, art supplies…a little snippet of my interactions with hundreds of students….
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The Start of Something New
The End of an Era
The Best Quarantine Hot Cocoa for Kids
Day 7: Falling Like Dominoes
Day 4: Puppet Theater
This week Spartacus’ preschool class had been scheduled for a field trip to a puppet show at the library. Obviously the libraries are all now closed, and he was super bummed to miss out. SO we made our own puppet theater! Puppet Theater We told the story of the Good Samaritan for Jesus time. The sad set-upon Jewish traveler was…
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Lessons from my classroom

The Start of Something New
At 2:03 AM this morning, I ran my final semester grade calculation, thus wrapping up the formal administrative part of my eighth year in education.
I wrote my students one last email, and I thought it fitting to share here.

The End of an Era
Eight years ago, I began my teaching journey. This week, I push pause on this adventure.

Day 1: Intro to Remote Learning
My children’s preschool teachers are AMAZING. They created bags of activities, recorded themselves reading books for circle time and hosting Jesus time, and they joined the pastor to record a chapel message. I WISH I were half that put together as a remote-learning teacher! Hubster teaches three section of junior World Religions, and three sections of sophomore Epistles. I have…
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Things I’m Learning

Spring Break Craft: Wine Cork Flag
Spring break this year wasn’t glamorous. One kid got the flu, the other got annual shots, I got a cold, and of course it was a drill weekend for Hubster (It’s ALWAYS a drill weekend, it seems). Also it snowed. At any rate, there wasn’t a lot of extra time for sleep, projects, or even a ton of relaxing. Still,…
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What to do after a car accident
Life101 Adulting Series Let’s assume you didn’t read my 3 tips for winter driving post, and you slid into another car on your way to work this morning. What should you do if you’re in a fender bender? Lucky for you I’ve been in several car accidents — none of which were my fault!! — so I can give you…
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How to Drive in the Winter: 3 Quick Tips
Life101 Adulting Series We had our first major snowfall this past week in Indiana, and my high school students, like every other driver on the road, freaked out. Because driving in the winter can be scary, and maybe something will go wrong. How should you drive in slippery conditions? Winter Drive Tip One: Just Drive SLOWER I know you’re running…
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Family Dynamics

Day 3: Ode to the Poop Game
Today, while I put Scoober Doo down for a nap, the other two got out their current favorite board game and played all by themselves (success!). They call it “The Poop Game” but its official name is “Chickapiglets.”

Day 2: Different time zones
It is our second full day of remote learning and self-isolating. I did not teach today with my part-time course load, so here’s a reflection on our family scheduling and sleep schedules. Kid 1: 7:30PM-7:30AM Our oldest, Spartacus, is five and a half. He plays hard all day, is ready for bed by 7:30 PM, and is awake exactly twelve…
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Waiting for Baby: a Labor Story Part One
Jump to Waterbirth: a Labor Story Part 2 I have been married for eight years, and spent the better part of six of those years either pregnant or breastfeeding a baby. My mom had her first baby at 29, so growing up I never imagined I’d have three kids under the age of 5 before I turned 30, but whelp,…
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