Ok, so last night, as Blitzen was falling asleep, she carefully laid out her argument for why Therapist V is incorrrect about fairies. 1) Fairies are in lots of books 2) There are fairie sized plates and other household objects in the fairie house and SOMEBODY has been using them 3) Some mornings, when we [...]
Posts Tagged ‘schools’
Fairies, resuscitated and school, explained
Posted in Blitzen, tagged Blitzen, Foster care, foster parenting, friends, imaginative play, parenting, schools, therapist on May 17, 2012 | 4 Comments »
School, sigh
Posted in Blitzen, tagged Blitzen, Foster care, foster parenting, parenting, schools, transitions on May 15, 2012 | 6 Comments »
So, my kid that doesn’t do change well is being transferred to a new school. I know that most children do not like change but with Blitzen, it is a HUGE deal. It took like two weeks for her to process that Andrew is now her ‘tuck into bed person’. Keep in mind, people, that [...]
I love calls from school
Posted in Blitzen, tagged Education, schools on January 12, 2012 | 8 Comments »
Like when during third week with us, when Blitzen smashed heads with another kid on the playground and got a huge black eye and the nurse called me to interogate discuss it with me. Or when the bus matron calls first thing in the morning (and I am talking 6:30am, people) to inform us that Johnny’s [...]
Save Our Schools Rally / Find a School for a Fosterwee
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Rallies, save our schools, schools, sunburn on August 3, 2011 | 4 Comments »
This weekend, we went to DC to attend the SOS Rally, Save Our Schools March and National Call to Action . Great speakers – all of Andrew’s education heroes but I’ll let him chat about that if he wishes to do so. It was enlightening for me – I was excited and inspired and a [...]