I’ve got to admit that i didn’t see this one coming. I thought that I’d been staying on top of my oldest boys schoolwork. His report card, delivered Yesterday, tells a different story altogether. Instead of finding that he’d managed to pull himself out of academic suicide, the numbers prove the opposite. He’s failing the [...]
The scene above has been common in the Russell house for the past several weeks. first it was a nasty cold that wouldn’t let anyone go, then I managed to contract a rather serious infection that dropped me like a rock for a full week and a half. As it stands now the entire house [...]
I haven’t had the time or energy to post a lot here over the past few days. Lil’ B. is home sick with a nasty cough and low grade fever and his brothers have decided to turn their attentions to killing each other of before heir next birthdays roll around. For the most part I’m [...]
The past few weeks have been hectic and a little dizzying. Lil’ B. has been picking up language skills at a staggering rate, which at times is a bit overwhelming. I’m just not used to him walking into a room, looking straight at me and saying “want pop-tart!” It’s a 12 on the amaze-o-meter, but [...]
I spend a lot of time writing about how well Lil’ B. does at school and at home here on this little slice of the web. I think a lot of why I focus on the positives is because that’s what both the school and I focus on the most. That doesn’t mean that llife [...]
