Today was Connor’s second snow day of second grade. I decided to work from home and let him enjoy a day off instead of taking him to all-day child care, which worked out nicely for everyone.
Category Archives: parenthood
Karate Belts
My boy has earned his blue belt in American freestyle karate. White through purple belts now hang on his bedroom wall.
First Snow Day of Second Grade
The school district had already called the two-hour delay the night before, so I was already planning to drop Connor off at the centralized before-school Extended Time location used for weather delays and cancellations. As it happens, I overslept like stupid, so we hadn’t left the house yet when my pocket buzzed with a school cancellation notice.
I decided to work from home and let Connor have an actual snow day.
I used part of my lunch hour to go watch Connor play in the snow.
After lunch, I went back to doing actual work. Mei was super confused about why all of her humans were at home.
Connor played Atari with his Dad for a little while before he went out by himself to play in the snow. I finally called him back inside at 5:00pm, at sunset, and he still asked me why he had to come in.
I’m glad I threw Connor a bone and let him stay home for an honest-to-goodness snow day. He had a total blast.
A New Season of Jammies
‘Tis the season for warmer jammies!
Last fall, I fueled my new-found sewing obsession by making my son a season’s worth of jammie pants. This fall, he needs some new jammie tops, since all of last year’s long-sleeved commercially-bought tops have become belly shirts.
Recalcitrant
My son was highly displeased that I asked him to pause his Minecraft video to try on this jammie top in progress.