Apr 07 2021
I just picked up Emmett from school today and his second day back has been a resounding success. He’s so excited and I feel so good right now because after focusing so long on his physical safety, I can finally doing something positive for his emotional health as well. Everything went well for him today …
Oct 02 2020
Moving on…. So we had a pretty decent day today. Elliott had to get his Chromebook swapped out, so Lizze and her Mom picked that up and took care of that for us. That was super helpful and I’m grateful. School is going better and the boys are starting to get into something that when …
Sep 09 2020
The boys have school today and I have four meetings before mid-afternoon. I’m not entirely sure how I’m going to pull all of this off just yet but I’m hoping for cooperation. I fully expect to be inturrupted but I’m not sure what else I can do. I have to be in three places at …
Aug 28 2020
Let me start by saying, I hate everything about this school year. I hate how our kids and teachers have been put in impossible situations because our leadership won’t take COVID seriously and do what needs be done in order to get us through this. That being said, we’ve made a major decision in regards …
Aug 22 2020
It’s been a crazy stressful week but I’m so proud of how we persevered. The boys ultimately made it through their first week of distance learning and even exceeded their hours for the week. Their experience has been improving and while Elliott is still having technical issues, Emmett seems to be experiencing fewer. For the …
Aug 19 2020
I’m not gonna lie. Distance learning has not been a positive experience thus far, but today is a new day. Elliott and Emmett are back at it and giving it yet another shake. Thus far, Elliott’s been met with more frustration and technical issues but Emmett seems to be doing pretty good. He’s currently in …
Aug 18 2020
We just finished up the 2nd day of distance learning and it’s been a disaster. The school appears to be over capacity and struggling to meet the demand. Yesterday was full of connectivity issues and today has been the same. We are getting messages that too many kids are trying to log in to the …
Aug 17 2020
The new school year starts tomorrow morning and we’re as ready as we’re going to be. We spent the day working around the house. I sat down with each of the boys an went through school stuff. I tried my best to mentally prepare everyone for what feels like a monumental undertaking. Elliott and Emmett’s …
