We all know that Ane is quite capable of being jealous of her brother and the attention that he’s been getting. She has made that quite clear in the last few weeks – right down to pouting that her brother was sick, and wishing that SHE was sick so SHE could get all the attention. […]

My day yesterday was spent searching for as much information as I could glean about this case in Florida. To quote the news article from the South Florida Sun-Sentinel: Melissa Barton said she is considering legal action after her son’s kindergarten teacher led his classmates to vote him out of class. After each classmate was […]

Well, it seems that Ane’s immune system isn’t as hardy as she thought. The poor kid fell ill at school today, prompting a phone call to me from her teacher to come pick her up. She had the same fever that Tad had had on Friday – and threw up in the car on the […]

Tad had a rough start to his weekend. Friday, I had a dental appointment (lucky me), so I left Ane and Tad with Grandma and Gichan for the morning. When I came back (clean and cavity-free, thank you very much), I noticed how quiet the house was. Too, too quiet. I found Tad sacked out […]