Category: Musings on Elementary School

Birthday Party Dilemmas

We used to do at-home parties for friends and family–parties were too big and caused problems for birthday child. By the time each child was 5, we moved on to doing two parties, one for friends and one for family–it…

5 Years Old and Shows It

My son is 5 and, boy, is he giving me a run for my money. He is a burping, talking back, argumentative, defiant ball of 5-year-old “ness.” He started kindergarten in late August. All was well for the first week.…

5th Birthday!

Well, the fifth birthday celebrations are at an end. He had lots of fun the last two weeks while he celebrated his birthday. His birthday was April 3. We celebrated his party over several days/weeks. -On April 2, the day…