The new calendars for the Chicago Public School year has come out and I noticed something a little bit irritating. There will be 10 more days of school next year. *let’s allow that to sink in for a moment* Four of those days, I’m not too upset about – basically, there will be attendance on [...]
It’s hard to believe my youngest son is now on his fourth week of kindergarten today. The first day was a little bumpy as I juggled both of my children’s needs. Plus in the eyes of my kindergartener, I made the vital mistake of leaving him with his dad while I walked my oldest son [...]
I was casually chatting with our girls’ first grade teacher about their assessment scores. There seemed to be a discrepancy between the three different assessment tests they take each semester, with one test lower than the others. It wasn’t terrible, but it was different enough that I wondered why she thought it happened. She said, [...]
One of my favorite parts of being a parent is introducing my children to the books and movies that I loved as a kid. Now that my daughter, Zuzu, is almost 8, she is ready for some of the longer children’s books that I remember so fondly from my elementary school days. She and I just finished reading [...]
A story I read in my old-fashioned, printed newspaper really made me think about how many big, traditional corporations are still struggling to find a profitable business model in the digital world. The Chicago Tribune story “Publisher puts new limits on library e-book” outlined Harper Collins’ new policy of allowing 26 downloads and then charging [...]
What did we do before the Internet? I’m not being facetious; sometimes it’s hard to remember what life was like before we could find three disparate ingredients left in our kitchens, enter them into a search engine and come up with a dozen possible recipes. Every day there are new wonders to be discovered. I [...]
I know as a mom, I should feel outrage for the woman convicted of fraudulently sending her kids to a safer school. I know I should be up-in-arms screaming about how unfair it is that she just did what she thought was best for her children. I read the story several times trying to work up [...]
It’s never too late to learn something new, and I’ve learned a lot in the last year about colleges, applications, financial aid, and all things related to institutions of higher learning. In fact, I’ve learned it twice (or at least learned twice as much as most people), because I have two very different twins who [...]
Arts and crafts has long been a summer camp staple, but imagine a camp where kids paint, draw, dance, and create with professional artists in real studios and galleries. That is precisely the experience that the Oak Park Arts District Summer Art Camp offers. The Oak Park Arts District is an organization of the myriad business located along nine [...]
When I was in school, my least favorite subject was science. I attribute this to some really (really) bad science teachers. I had the unfortunate experience of being a student of three science teachers who were on the brink of retirement. As an example of how bad things were, my mom told one of these [...]
I sit at my computer and try to get things done. Even with the TV off and no radio, I can’t help but learn that LeBron James has signed with the Miami Heat. My husband comes upstairs to tell me that he signed for a league maximum $99 million over five years. I can’t escape, [...]
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