This quilt that @relysh made for my son’s 2nd birthday is still his favorite at age 7 1/2. 😆
Spring Has Arrived
[Taken April 21, 2019 at 4:39PM]
Mei and I were both pleased to finally open the sunroom yesterday.
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day: April 2019
Granted, Bloom Day was technically five days ago… but I got outside two days before that (with my “good camera,” no less) to document the return of Spring color to my Zone 6 borders, so I present the following without further comment:
Status: T-shirt Envy
Saw the most awesome t-shirt just now: “Will trade racists for refugees.”
Challenges in Parenting
Sometimes it amazes me how much my son is a perfect mash-up of me and his Dad, while still being very much his own person. Talkative, creative, intelligent, snarky, and sneaky, with a short temper and a big heart. Some of these traits come from one or the other of us, and some come from both… but when something comes up that’s foreign to one or the other of us — like not wanting to go to school because it’s boring — it takes some effort to get into his head and figure out how to help.
I asked Connor on two different occasions why it is that he doesn’t want to go to school. Some of the answers he gave:
- Math is easy and boring for him, and his teacher knows it.
- Writing is stupid.
- He keeps getting in trouble.
- His best friend has become a bit of a bully, and that makes him uncomfortable.
Some of these complaints are easily fixed, and some not so much.