:: Adventures in Daily Living

9.14.2009

a quickie

and now Suzanne has something to say about family :: home-schooling

We are home from a wonderful vacation and back to real life, full of exams and appointments and deadlines.

Jamie has a huge test coming up next week, so he is hunkered down studying for that.

I am teaching two classes at the community college, both on-line, and those classes launch on Thursday, so I am in a hot panic getting those prepped.

Dandy had two assessments today: reading and math. In reading he is precisely at 4th grade level and in math he is between 4th and 5th (ahead of himself, in other words). We are very pleased. Tomorrow I meet with the school for a half-day a week enrollment to work on some behavior issues whilst I continue with the academics at home.

Chickadee starts art classes this week.

The gardens are out-of-control.

The pile of mail is huge.

The car is yet to be unloaded.

That's our life. How is yours?

3 much appreciated comments:

marina said...: busy, i had my second day of school today and i already have homework!!! i miss you!; September 15, 2009 at 5:50 PM
sgwedd said...: I dont know what should i say but i would like to tell you my today's experience & that is when i thin i get tense when i tell i get myself wise & when i sleep i get to meet to the god & their loved ones like YOU!; September 16, 2009 at 12:09 AM
karamjit said...: You seems to be under a lot of pressure and i am confident that you will get through all your difficulties. It is good to know that you have returned to busy part of your life. Thanks for sharing a wonderful experience.; September 17, 2009 at 7:00 AM

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Here I chatter about books, parenting, election 2008, recipes, teaching college writing, and the adventures of getting settled in with our two freshly (Fall 06) adopted school-age children from Russia. This blog is chapter two; chapter one is posted at Jamie & Suzanne go to Russia. I live in the City of Subdued Excitement, Cascadia, Land of the Free.

I am the wife of a man I call My Gift from a Generous God. I am mama to two lovely children, Dandy and Chickadee that became ours in September 2006 in a court-room in Siberia. I am the daughter of two people whom I love and admire. One of them, my dad, is a new (Dec 06) paraplegic.

In my previous life (B.C. - before children), I was a college English teacher, specializing in composition and ESL composition.

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